Re: Mosquito festival, Friday and Saturday!

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Posted by Giselle on July 31, 2000 at 12:34:54:

In Reply to: Mosquito festival, Friday and Saturday! posted by Christina Sahinoglu on July 31, 2000 at 08:07:54:

Hi there. Congratulations on your success at the festival!

1) How do spread the word about what it is and get people interested?

--There are some people that make their living from free adverstising
in the "Human Interest" section of newspapers. That is to say they
get free advertising for their business this way. I've never done it,
but I know that there are books out there that talk about how to
attract journalists to your business as a story to put in their
papers. Apparently what you do is to contact the paper, ask who is in
charge of the Human Interest section, get in contact with that person
and send them an outline describing your business and WHY that is an
interesting topic to be spotlighted. Look through your paper, you
will probably find examples of what I'm talking about, such as
articles of local entrepeneaurs or local artists in the community.

2)The other problem I had was that the school's have banned
all "temporary tatoos" this year. So anybody still in the school age
were worried about them going away before school starts in a couple
weeks. Do you think I should go to the school board and try to
explain to them that this is an ancient beautiful art not a temporary
tatoo?

--This is a complicated topic and if you try to convince the school
board that they should allow henna then what is to stop them from
saying that some students may use the henna to imitate tattoos and
still use it as a way to promote gangs and such? Why don't you
instead try to get in contact with the art department of the school
and tell them that you would like to be able to do a presentation on
the beautiful art-form known as henna? Or even get in contact with
the languages department. In my highschool we had "ethnic days" that
presented different cultures and customs from around the world. That
way you don't present henna as a "new age" body modification (which
is easier to put down by the school board), but you would be able to
present it as a culturally diverse art-form related to the topic of
education.

In this sense, the ban of temporary tattoos is a nonissue because it
doesn't apply to henna. Henna is not considered a temporary tattoo so
don't try to approach the school board about it from that angle,
instead approach the school from what henna is: a beautiful form of
body adornment used for thousands of years as a lucky talisman worn
against potentially harmful spirits and as a celebration of the
wonderful brief moments in life (weddings, birth of a child, etc.).

*pant pant pant*

*smile*
I hope that helped any. Again, congratulations on your first festival!

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: Hi there. Congratulations on your success at the festival! : 1) How do spread the word about what it is and get people interested? : --There are some people that make their living from free adverstising : in the "Human Interest" section of newspapers. That is to say they : get free advertising for their business this way. I've never done it, : but I know that there are books out there that talk about how to : attract journalists to your business as a story to put in their : papers. Apparently what you do is to contact the paper, ask who is in : charge of the Human Interest section, get in contact with that person : and send them an outline describing your business and WHY that is an : interesting topic to be spotlighted. Look through your paper, you : will probably find examples of what I'm talking about, such as : articles of local entrepeneaurs or local artists in the community. : 2)The other problem I had was that the school's have banned : all "temporary tatoos" this year. So anybody still in the school age : were worried about them going away before school starts in a couple : weeks. Do you think I should go to the school board and try to : explain to them that this is an ancient beautiful art not a temporary : tatoo? : --This is a complicated topic and if you try to convince the school : board that they should allow henna then what is to stop them from : saying that some students may use the henna to imitate tattoos and : still use it as a way to promote gangs and such? Why don't you : instead try to get in contact with the art department of the school : and tell them that you would like to be able to do a presentation on : the beautiful art-form known as henna? Or even get in contact with : the languages department. In my highschool we had "ethnic days" that : presented different cultures and customs from around the world. That : way you don't present henna as a "new age" body modification (which : is easier to put down by the school board), but you would be able to : present it as a culturally diverse art-form related to the topic of : education. : In this sense, the ban of temporary tattoos is a nonissue because it : doesn't apply to henna. Henna is not considered a temporary tattoo so : don't try to approach the school board about it from that angle, : instead approach the school from what henna is: a beautiful form of : body adornment used for thousands of years as a lucky talisman worn : against potentially harmful spirits and as a celebration of the : wonderful brief moments in life (weddings, birth of a child, etc.). : *pant pant pant* : *smile* : I hope that helped any. Again, congratulations on your first festival!

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