Regional Leaders To Be Briefed On Arts Festival Preparations In March
By Fili Sagapolutele in Pago Pago
Friday: January 11, 2008
Read online at Pacific Magazine
Leaders of the 27 island nation, who are members of the South Pacific Community (SPC) will have a chance in late March to be briefed on the latest development in American Samoa’s preparations to host the 10th Pacific Arts Festival.
According to minutes of a Jan. 8th organizing committee meeting, the SPC meeting of Head of States will be held in American Samoa from March 31st to April 4th, 2008.
So far 16 countries have confirmed their participation but the committee says the actual numbers of participants have yet to be confirmed.
As part of the fundraising effort towards the festival, the committee will sell 3,500 American Samoa 2008 calendars, published by Honolulu-based Transoceanic Media, the publishers of Pacific Magazine.
The calendar includes an official letter from Gov. Togiola Tulafono about American Samoa hosting the festival. He says the festival will be an opportunity to share the beauty of the Samoan culture with the world.
The new festival website is: www.pacartsas.com |
