Quincy High Cultural Fair By Michaela Walker
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Quincy High Cultural Fair
By Michaela Walker
The British are coming! The British are coming!
And the Greeks!
And the Italians!
And the Brazilians!
And the Chinese!
And so are plenty of other countries. No, I am not predicting World War III. Ladies and Gentlemen, you all know what time it is… IT’S TIME FOR THE CULTURAL FAIR!!!
Please enjoy responsibly.
Delineated: Don’t run, don’t scream, do pay for all the food you take, don’t pretend you were one of the people who put hours of hard work into the table just so you can get out of class, and do get excited.
The Cultural Fair in the past has been a spectacular event, a way for everyone to enjoy good music, great food, and to learn in a very fun and interesting way about how other people live. So, Quincy High, let’s not screw it up.
You will walk by tables covered in vibrant flags, adorned with exotic trinkets and informative posters. There will be noise and bustle. Spicy, sweet, and sour dishes will tease you with your own inability to try them all. There will be music. Familiar and unfamiliar instruments and languages moving in familiar and unfamiliar forms will dance through the air, perhaps as performers dance on the ground. It will be enthralling, invigorating, and enchanting. In a word, it will be awesome.
More importantly, in a way, it will be one tiny step towards a world where people celebrate differences instead of demonizing them. The loudest noise at the cultural fair isn’t the music, it’s the happy chatter of people learning, often indirectly, about the rich diversity of our world. The cultural fair will be as great as we make it, so let’s make it great. For great food and a chance to get a break from class today, and for a better world tomorrow.
