World comes to Cape Girardeau for Girl Scout International Fes
Southeast Missourian, MO
Feb 17 2005
At the Girl Scout International Festival held on campus at Southeast
Missouri State University Saturday ScoutsÀinteracted with citizens from
cultures outside the United States and gained an understanding of their
cultures. Pictured from left, are Cape Girardeau Junior Girl Scouts,
Chelsea Schutt and Kaylen Martin, both of troop 9, Palestinian speaker
Hanin Wadi, Benton Junior Girl Scout, Michaela Gean, of troop 19,
Palestinian speaker Noor Wadi, Advance Junior Girl Scout Jacqueline
Maddox, of troop 263, Advance Junior Girl Scout Vicky Baker, of troop
263. Front from left are Lebanese speaker Shadan Roumary and Advance
Junior Girl Scout, Sierra Metcalf of troop 263.
More than 150 Girl Scouts and adults participated in the Girl Scout
International Festival held at Southeast Missouri State University’s
Dempster Hall Saturday. The Scouts dressed in attire from other
countries, learned songs, played with toys and board games and
sampled various confections from Germany and Mexico to learn about
and experience different cultures.
Cultural representatives included students and individuals recruited
through Southeast Missouri State University’s International Center
and community members.
Lixia Li taught the Scouts about Chinese paper art and how to create
detailed scenes with a scissor.
Martial arts and origami demonstrations were provided by Arisa Yasui,
Etsuko Kanegae, Ayaka Uchino, Meiko Zenta, Noriko Obata and Takuko
Furuhata, representing Japan.
Scouts also learned from live and PowerPoint presentations about
Armenia, France, India, Sri Lanka and Mexico.
Girl Scouts donned native costumes and learned to write their names
in Arabic from Hanin Wadi, Noor Wadi, Shadan Roumary, Rania Majed,
representatives of Palestinians, Jordan and Lebanon.
The event culminated with an African percussion performance by Central
Middle School’s music group Shere Khan. The performance included
African music with drums, recorders and xylophones.
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