Posts Tagged ‘koreatown festival’

Korea Daily’s Annual Charity Festival in December

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

KOREATOWN’S CHARITY EVENT OF THE YEAR AT RFK SCHOOLS

Korea Daily, the country’s largest Korean-language newspaper, is holding its annual charity festival on December 11 and 12 on the grounds of the new Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Koreatown.

The event will feature a bazaar where businesses as well as families can sell their wares for the benefit of charity; live stage performances with both traditional Korean and urban American entertainment; activities for children and their families; and the iconic food trucks of Los Angeles.

The organization that Korea Daily has set up to directly manage and benefit from the event is the Korean American Volunteer Corps (KAVC), a group that has been helping minority communities through various programs since 2001. The hallmark event of KAVC is the charity festival they hold every year that is the largest such event in Koreatown.

This year, the festival is for two days, Saturday and Sunday, and will be from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Also distinctive this year is the participation of food trucks, including Komodo, The Sweets Truck, India Jones Chow Truck, Mighty Boba, The Place LA, Kogi™ and KO Tacos.

Further excitement is provided by the venue, which is the wide, inviting space at the newly opened Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Koreatown.  Located at 701 South Catalina Street, the complex of schools was designed for 4200 students, many of whom will be attending the KAVC festival.

More details and the full press release in English will be released in the coming days. For questions: email CharityEvent2010@visitkoreatown.org

2010 Korean Festival Parade in Koreatown LA

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

It’s the 37th annual Korean Festival in Los Angeles! The highlight was supposed to be the Koreatown Parade along Olympic Boulevard on Saturday. Most agreed that it was boring compared to last year. The pace was slow, the performers were listless, and they still had the same old fogy doing the English commentary.

An unpleasantly corpulent city councilman biked along the route waving to a crowd that was yelling expletives at him over how he chopped up Koreatown — the same geezer trying to restrict the universally loved food trucks of LA.

2010 Korean Festival Parade in Los Angeles Koreatown

There were marching bands from different high schools; the South Korean national taekwondo team broke plywood; a judo club and a wushu group had exhibitions; the Salvadoran community was represented; Korean Air had a float; Hyundai ran a couple of their new vehicle models; Wilshire Private School had a contingent… The Johnny Hi Steppers drill team and drum squad were the most energetic performers.

Among the traditional performances were the scissors dance and the mudang dance. A group of cute girls dancing in Korean costume with fans were the crowd favorites.

The festival runs September 30 (Thursday) to October 3 (Sunday) at Seoul International Park, near Olympic Boulevard, cross street Irolo.

More photos on http://facebook.com/KoreatownLA


Venue: Seoul International Park, Olypmic and Irolo
Address: 3250 San Marino St., Los Angeles, CA 90006