Saturday 23 September 2017

Reston Multi-Cultural Festival



A very warm day today and we went to Reston MultiCultural Festival at Lake Anne.  The first part of the day was a Naturalisation Ceremony for a number of people who were becoming American citizens.  Each was presented with their certificate having taken the Oath of Allegiance.  Above, this lady is singing 'God Bless America', at the end of the ceremony - after which white doves were released.



There were many stalls around the lake demonstrating traditional crafts and games from different countries ..



...and encouraging participation of those from other cultures in voting, volunteering and community life.



As ever on a warm day the fountain looked very appealing.



We had some lunch and watched and listened to a very talented A Cappella singing group from Baltimore, Maryland.

The festival was due to run until 6pm with many different musical and dance performances.  We moved on to Trader Joe's to do our shopping.

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