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2014 Rose Festival evolves and adapts to a 21st century Portland
The Oregonian
Celebrating its 107th year, Portland, Oregon's Rose Festival has plenty of tradition. But as organizers grow and evolve the festival every year, they need to stay on top of their game to keep the festival relevant in our modern community. While past changes have been dictated by the Rose Festival Foundation and its 75-member board of directors, organizers admit that with the rise of social media, the public has an increasingly large role in deciding what the festival looks like.
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Mudslide-ravaged community attempts to forge on with festivals
The Bulletin
It's not easy planning a community festival for a community shaken by tragedy. "We came very close to canceling. It is still pretty emotional up here," said Martha Rasmussen, one of the organizers of Darrington Day, May 31. Ultimately, Rasmussen said, her group decided that going ahead with a day to celebrate local arts, music, heritage and civic accomplishment made more sense than scrapping it.
NTSB report confirms hot air balloon struck power lines
WWBT-TV
The NTSB released its preliminary report into the hot air balloon tragedy in Caroline, Virginia, confirming the balloon struck a power line during an attempt to land. The Eagle C-7 balloon was destroyed by fire around 7:40 p.m., May 9, about 3.75 miles north of its departure site at Meadow Event Park, according to the investigator's report.
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India State Tourism Ministries promote festivals to draw tourists
Travel Trends Today
Tourism boards across the world have used festivals for generating opportunities to promote tourism. India is following a similar trend and slowly making its mark as a premier "Land of Festivals." In a nation as diverse as India, several cultures have, over the centuries, made India a land of everlasting festivals. Every small occasion, from welcoming the spring or rain and the harvesting of crops, to seeing the full moon, lends itself to joyous celebrations splashed with colors, music, folk dances and songs.
Ferry tragedy undermines South Korea economic 'miracle'
The West Australian
South Korea's ferry disaster has had a profound psychological impact on Asia's fourth-largest economy, shaking public confidence in the very foundations of the country's "miracle" development model. The most tangible economic impact has been on domestic demand, as the mood of national grief at the loss of so many lives — most of them schoolchildren — has manifested itself in collective consumer abstinence
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Northwestern Mutual to sponsor Rose Bowl
USA Today
Milwaukee-based financial services organization Northwestern Mutual will serve as the presenting sponsor of the Rose Bowl beginning in 2015, joining its name with college football's oldest postseason event as the Football Bowl Subdivision transitions its championship to a four-team playoff format.
Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio
BBC News
Riot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cup. Some demonstrators hurled stones while other burned tires and blocked roads. They say they are angry that billions of dollars are being spent on next month's football tournament, rather than social projects and housing.
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Vivid Festival's path to success proves illuminating
The Sydney Morning Herald
It's as much a part of life in Sydney now as the appearance of a soaring tree in Martin Place at Christmas time and flying pennies in the Rocks on Anzac Day: The Sydney Opera House sails will light up to mark the beginning of Vivid Sydney. The winter festival that sees the harbor foreshore lined with light sculptures, and which the world's best artists, thinkers and musicians to Sydney, welcomed 800,000 visitors last year and brought in $20 million to the NSW economy.
Brazil's Olympic sailing venue called an 'open sewer'
USA Today
Sailing's governing body may conduct independent water-quality tests in Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, the sailing venue for the 2016 Olympics and the site of Rio's first test event in more than two months. Any hope Brazil would be able to clean up the sewage-filled bay soon was quashed in a document obtained by The Associated Press recently.
Number of New Orleans parades due to shrink gradually to 30
The New Orleans Advocate
Future Carnival seasons could contain fewer parades in an effort to "create a safer parading atmosphere," under new rules passed recently by the New Orleans City Council. The latest changes follow about a half-dozen rules changes approved before the 2014 Carnival celebration. The earlier amendments to the ordinance governing Carnival included provisions banning spectators from roping off any portion of a neutral ground, street or sidewalk along a parade route; placing ladders, tents or grills within six feet of a curb during a parade; and positioning a portable toilet on public property along a parade route without written permission from the city.
Headed to Rio World Cup? Leave the gold necklace at home
Bloomberg
The two boys had knives. So Carlos Guzman handed over his wedding ring, iPhone and wallet. What really galled him was that the police said they knew where one of the boys lived, yet took no action. "They told me I was lucky I didn't offer any resistance, because this kid has been known to stab people, but since he's underage they can't do anything," said Guzman, 36. "I think it's going to get worse with the World Cup."
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Nigeria: NTDC compiles festivals calendar to boost domestic tourism
allAfrica
In a move meant to promote the course of domestic tourism in Nigeria, the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, Sally Mbanefo, has requested states, local governments and relevant tourism agencies to forward details of their cultural festivals to the corporation. The details of the cultural festivals, our correspondent gathered, would make up the National Domestic Tourism Cultural Calendar of the corporation, which will serve as a veritable portal for domestic and foreign tourists on the innumerable rich tourist sites and cultural festivals in the country.
Festival's 25th is bittersweet
Twin Cities Times
The upcoming Larkspur Flower and Food Festival will undoubtedly elicit mixed emotions, as the celebration's 25th year will likely be its last due to financial constraints. Honoring the city's downtown vibrancy through music, food, fine arts and, of course, flowers, the annual gathering was established by the Larkspur Community Association in 1990 as a way to celebrate and support business on Magnolia Avenue. As the years passed, the event's popularity grew — and so did expenses.
Get your music festival fix without paying sky-high prices
The Guardian
When Ed Miliband bangs on about the "cost of living crisis", it's probably fair to say he's not talking about the price of a ticket to see Arctic Monkeys or Damon Albarn performing in a field. However, music fans could be forgiven for feeling they are paying an increasingly heavy price for their annual festival fix. Guardian Money found that some are paying almost double what they were a decade or less ago for the same event. But if you are looking for some festival action there are scores of cheaper/free events around.
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