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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Julie Marks <<a href="mailto:juliem@spc.int">juliem@spc.int</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[Culturetalk] [SPC-News] Festival of Pacific Arts 2016: One-year countdown begins</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">25 May 2015 7:44:19 am AEST<br>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt;">Festival of Pacific Arts 2016: One-year countdown begins</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">22 May 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Festival of Pacific Arts Coordinating Committee, along with Governor Eddie Baza Calvo, FestPac Coordinating Committee Honorary Chairwoman First Lady Christine Calvo, the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB),
the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities (CAHA) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) announced that today marks exactly one year until the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts (FestPac) officially begins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“<em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Our island will be the center for the arts and culture of the Pacific in 2016. We are rolling out welcome mats and polishing up our island gem
so it will shine brighter when the local and international communities come together for the Festival of Pacific Arts</span></em>.” - Governor Eddie Baza Calvo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Guam will be hosting 27 island nations from across the Pacific for what is called the “Olympics of Pacific Arts” and the largest cultural event to take place in the island’s history from May 22 –
June 4, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The location for the world-class event will be in the heart of Guam’s capital of Hagatña at the Paseo de Susana Park. Millions of dollars are being invested to prepare facilities so that Guam can
appropriately welcome and host the thousands of people expected to participate in FestPac. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at the Paseo Stadium, while a Festival Village will be constructed next to the Chamorro Village for the visiting island
nations. Through federal grants and already budgeted funding, renovations to the Paseo Stadium, Guerrero Softball Field, Guam Seal Park, Guam Fishermen’s Co-op and Paseo Recreation Center will soon be underway. Additionally, lighting and landscape improvements
will be made, including the installation of the Guam Fishermen’s platform. All of the updated facilities will compliment the newly restored Plaza De Espana and soon to be completed Guam and Chamorro Educational Facility, or Guam Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Guam’s capital city will definitely be the hub for all the visiting island nations to experience FestPac,” said First Lady Christine Calvo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Through this next year, we will continue to extend our invitation to the entire global community to visit Guam in 2016. We are honored to host an event that unites the different cultures of the Pacific
on our island paradise.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“We look forward to welcoming the various delegations and for people of all walks of life to immerse themselves in the culture and arts of the Pacific,” said FestPac Coordinating Committee Chairman
and GVB General Manager Nathan Denight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Our FestPac committees are working hard to prepare for this once in a lifetime opportunity and we want our local community to feel proud and excited that this prestigious gathering will begin one
year from now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The theme for FestPac 2016 is, “Håfa Iyo-ta, Håfa Guinahå-ta, Håfa Ta Påtte, Dinanña’ Sunidu Siha Giya Pasifiku,” which translates to “What we own, what we have, what we share – United Voices of the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">SPC is the custodian of the Festival of Pacific Arts, which has been held every four years since the inaugural festival was staged in Fiji in 1972.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Speaking from the organisation’s headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia, the SPC Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga, paid tribute to the impressive early progress made by the FestPac Coordinating
Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“The Government of Guam is driving the preparations and planning through committed leadership and much enthusiasm towards hosting the delegations from 26 Pacific countries and territories,” Dr Tukuitonga
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“The fact this festival has grown over more than 40 years to become a world-class cultural exchange and celebration of the rich diversity of Pacific Island communities is a testament to the host governments,
the region’s cultural producers and to the thousands of people who come along and support it,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The large-scale cultural event gives Guam an incredible economic and socio-cultural opportunity to truly showcase the arts and culture of the region through various exhibits, forums, performances
and workshops. For more information on Guam’s preparations, log on to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.guamfestpac2016.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">www.guamfestpac2016.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">About FestPac:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Also known as the “Olympics of Pacific Arts”, the Festival
of Pacific Arts is a traveling festival that is hosted every four years by a different country in the Pacific and features delegations from 27 participating island nations. FestPac was conceived by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to stop the
erosion of traditional practices by sharing and exchanging culture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A release from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Guam<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Governor’s Office<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">:
c</span>ontact Julius Santos at 475-9379 or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="mailto:Julius.Santos@Guam.gov" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Julius.Santos@Guam.gov</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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