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Thursday, April 02, 2009

International Night to offer food, song, dance Apr. 4

HOUGHTON -- Michigan Technological University’s International Club presents the 2009 International Night on Saturday, Apr. 4.



Members of MTU's Indian Students' Association perform at the 2008 International Night. This Saturday, Apr. 4, International Night will include dances from Colombia, India, Africa and China, as well as a martial arts demonstration and singing. Video clip © 2008 Michele Bourdieu)

Dinner begins at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union Commons. It features exotic cuisine, including Indian veggie curry with a spicy sauce and flat bread, Thai curry, Icelandic saffron chicken, Spanish rice, Hispanic fried plantains, Slavic poppy seed bread and Jamaican rum cake.

Afterward, the show "Around the World in 90 Minutes" begins at 8 p.m. at the Rozsa Center. International students and organizations will perform, including singing; Colombian, Indian, African and Chinese dancing; and an aikido martial arts demonstration.

International singers perform during MTU's 2008 International Night in the Rozsa Center. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu).

Tickets are available at the Memorial Union Commons, the lobby of Fisher Hall and the Rozsa. Tickets are $8 for the performance only. For the dinner and the performance, tickets are $12 for students, $15 for the general public. Visit the International Club Web site for more information.

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