14th Annual
Arts & Olive Festival
Sunday
October 2, 2011
10am-5pm

Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA

"Cañada College, with its olive-themed landscape is a wonderful place to have a festival. I LOVE to talk olives, and it's a great place to do it!"

Don Landis
Olive Curing Presenter

2011 Entertainment & all!

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 14th Annual Arts & Olive Festival at Cañada College to be held on Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Arts & Olive Festival is a celebration with a rustic olive theme. The event takes place on the hilltop campus of Cañada College, featuring more than 350 olive trees.

Olive Information

1 p.m. – Home Cured Olive Workshop by Don Landis
Don Landis is presenting a home cured Olive workshop. He'll talk about the history of the Olive, the history of the Olive in California and a thorough description of the Greek Style of Olive curing with no lye. Olive tasting.

Food Demo

Join Chef Steve Cortez at 11:00 am, 1:00 and 3:00 pm. Q&A anytime. Samples anytime!

Chef Steve CortezOriginally from San Francisco, Chef Steve contributes his culinary affection to his Asian-Latino parentage and his extensive travels to over 80 countries. After a successful career in high tech Chef Steve has refined his talents in the kitchen and the classroom in teaching a wide spectrum of audiences from cooking basics to specialized cuisines of the world. He has worked under numerous masters of cuisine and is always ready to learn that new culinary technique or secret ingredient.

Kids’ Corner

10 to 5   Arts & Crafts and Face Painting for children
12:30     Carnival of the Animals - Fratello Marionettes

http://www.fratellomarionettes.com/

2 to 3     Armando  Ramirez, Storyteller from Redwood City Library  
3:30      Carnival of the Animals - Fratello Marionettes
11 to 1   Cañada Student Juggler - Ben Farber
1 to 3    Cañada Parent Volunteer Balloon Art - Mr. Lalo

Music & Dance Entertainment

11:30 to 12:40 p.m. – Orquesta Pacheco (Salsa band)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZmu40qeDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U2CIJeiJMo&feature=related

12:50 to   1:20 p.m. - Zambalita Middle Eastern Dance Company
http://www.zambalita.com/index.html

1:40 to   2:50 p.m. -  Cold Feat (Modern blues)

http://www.gelbmusic.com/t-coldfeat.aspx 

 3:00 to  3:30 p.m. - Samba Mundial Brazilian Dance Troupe
http://www.musicishealing.com/sambao/about.htm

3:50 to  5:00 p.m. – Swoop Unit (soulful funk and jazz)

http://www.swoopunit.com/


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