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2016 Opening & Naturalization Ceremony 12:00pm Parade of Flags

1:00pm Posting of Colors

1:15pm National Anthem

Welcome Sheila Crawford, President Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Mayor Frank G. Jackson City of Cleveland

Councilman Kevin Conwell City of Cleveland

County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell Cuyahoga County Board Member Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Special Remarks Chris Ronayne, President of University Circle, Inc.

David M. Raynolds, Senior Vice President KeyBank Inc.

Recognition of Dignitaries Richard Crepage, Ed.D Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Ground Breaking Ceremony

Naturalization Ceremony The Honorable Judge Dan A. Polster United States District Court Judge

Pledge of Allegiance

America the Beautiful

Cleveland Cultural Gardens

ONE WORLD DAY

2016 ONE WORLD DAYNATURALIZATION CEREMONY

New Citizen’s names will be available on August 28, at One World Day!

Congratulations to all New Citizens of The United States of America

Picture: 25 New Citizens were sworn in at the 2015 One World Day Naturalization Ceremony on Sunday, August 23, 2015.

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN * AMERICAN * AMERICAN LEGION PEACE GARDENS OF THE STATES AND OF THE NATIONS * ALBANIAN ARMENIAN * AZERBAIJANI * BRITISH (SHAKESPEARE) * CHINESE * CROATIAN * CZECH * ESTONIAN * ETHIOPIAN * FINNISH * GERMAN GREEK * HEBREW * HUNGARIAN * INDIA *

IRISH * ITALIAN * KOREAN * LATVIAN * LEBANESE * LITHUANIAN * NATIVE-AMERICAN POLISH * ROMANIAN * RUSIN * RUSSIAN * SCOTTISH * SERBIAN * SLOVAK * SLOVENIAN * SYRIAN * TURKISH * UKRAINIAN VIETNAMESE

The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation (TCCGF)

1163 East 40th Street #205A Cleveland, OH 44114 Tel. (440) 668-5651 www.clevelandculturalgardens.org

PRESIDENT Sheila M. Crawford

VICE PRESIDENTS

Paul Burik Anda Cook

Dr. Richard Crepage

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Mary Hamlin

RECORDING SECRETARY Paula Tilisky

Design and

Preservation Chair Berj Shakarian

Marketing Chairs

Dan Hanson Debbie Hanson

Community Relations

Chair Yvonne Conwell

EXECUTIVEBOARD

Pierre Bejjani Carl Ewing

Larry Hocevar Theodozia Krislaty

Erika Puussaar Svetlana Stolyarova

George Terbrack Thomas Turkaly

OWD Chairs

Dr. Richard Crepage Svetlana Stolyarova

OWD TREASURER

Thomas Turkaly

OWD Producer Johnny Wu

AFRICAN-AMERICAN * AMERICAN * AMERICAN LEGION PEACE GARDENS OF THE STATES AND OF THE NATIONS * ALBANIAN ARMENIAN * AZERBAIJANI * BRITISH (SHAKESPEARE) * CHINESE * CROATIAN * CZECH * ESTONIAN * ETHIOPIAN * FINNISH * GERMAN GREEK * HEBREW * HUNGARIAN * INDIA *

IRISH * ITALIAN * KOREAN * LATVIAN * LEBANESE * LITHUANIAN * NATIVE-AMERICAN POLISH * ROMANIAN * RUSIN * RUSSIAN * SCOTTISH * SERBIAN * SLOVAK * SLOVENIAN * SYRIAN * TURKISH * UKRAINIAN VIETNAMESE

The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation (TCCGF)

1163 East 40th Street #205A Cleveland, OH 44114 Tel. (440) 668-5651 www.clevelandculturalgardens.org

PRESIDENT Sheila M. Crawford

VICE PRESIDENTS

Paul Burik Anda Cook

Dr. Richard Crepage

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Mary Hamlin

RECORDING SECRETARY Paula Tilisky

Design and

Preservation Chair Berj Shakarian

Marketing Chairs

Dan Hanson Debbie Hanson

Community Relations

Chair Yvonne Conwell

EXECUTIVEBOARD

Pierre Bejjani Carl Ewing

Larry Hocevar Theodozia Krislaty

Erika Puussaar Svetlana Stolyarova

George Terbrack Thomas Turkaly

OWD Chairs

Dr. Richard Crepage Svetlana Stolyarova

OWD TREASURER

Thomas Turkaly

OWD Producer Johnny Wu

Dear Friends of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation,

As Co-Chairs of the One World Day Planning Committee, we welcome you to the Federation’s 71st One World Day! We will also mark the close of our Centennial year and embark on our second century by breaking ground for the Gardens’ Centennial Plaza! We are thrilled and appreciative of your joining in the celebration of this cultural treasure of Cleveland. The Gardens are a place where you can join family and friends (and make new friends) in experiencing the breadth and depth of the cultural richness and diversity of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio as you walk through the Gardens, view the Parade, and welcome the newest American Citizens at our Naturalization Ceremony! So there is much to enjoy and celebrate in the Gardens where you will feel a part of kits Mission of Peace through a mutual Understanding!

If this is your fi rst time in the Gardens, a hearty welcome!! We know that you will enjoy the experience and will want to come back! If you have visited or celebrated with us in the past, welcome back! For all, we hope that you will visit our website www.clevelandculturalgardens.org where you can learn more about the Gardens as well as support the Federation by becoming a Friend of the Gardens.

Enjoy the day!!

Thank you!

Svetlana Stolyarova , Co-ChairRichard A. Crepage, Ed.D., Co-Chair

Thank you to all the 2016 One World Day Volunteers!as of 8/1/2016. Subject to change.

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O n e W o r l d D a y G a r d e n P e r f o r m a n c e s11:00AM- Hebrew Family Picnice & Scavenger Hunt11:00AM- Indian Flag Raising Ceremony11:00AM- Vietnamese Flag Raising Ceremony11:20AM- Chinese Dragon Dance (OCA CLE with CSU’s Confucius Inst)11:30AM- American Legion Peace Soil Ceremony1:00PM- Chinese CCCCA Chinese Cultural Performances1:30PM- Irish Murphy Irish Dancers- Traditional Dance Performance2:00PM- African-American Sister’s O Jamila Yaa2:00PM- Finnish Stubborn Finns2:00PM- Irish No Strangers Here- Irish Band2:15PM- Slovak Lucina Slovak Folk Dance Ensemble2:30PM- Greek Europa (ft. Abraham Anastasiadis & Athanasios Sarantopoulos- Eclectic Folk & Ethnic Blues, Hellenic music through the ages)2:30PM- Hungarian St. Elizabeth’s Dancers2:45PM- Slovak Ken Javor, John Pastirik on accordian with Slovenske Mamicky sing-along

3:00PM- Armenian Have Fun Learning Armenian Circle Dancing3:00PM- Indian Yoga (Interactive- bring your own yoga mat)3:30PM- Rusin Living Traditions Folk Ensemble3:50PM- Czech Great Lakes Light Opera4:00PM- Lebanese Ajyal Dabke Group4:00PM- Romanian George Lates- Folk Songs with Guitar4:30PM- Irish Cleveland Ceili Club (Interactive Irish Dance Demo)4:30PM- Serbian “St. Sava” Children’s Choir (Children Musiking & Talent Show)4:30PM- Turkish Mehmet Gencer & Band performs Folk Songs, Ballads, & Dance Tunes5:00PM- African-American Djapo Cultural Arts Performance5:00PM- Italian Ronnie Fiorentino (songs from Golden Era- Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tonny Bennet, Sammy Davis Jr, etc)6:00PM- Lithuanian Eugenijus Dicevicius songs and musicthroughout day- Ethiopian co�ee ceremonythroughout day- Hungarian Endre Chech on Cimbalon, Steve Hegedeos on Accordian

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11:20AM- ChineseDragon Dance by OCA CLE in partnership w/ CSU’s Confucius Inst1:00PM- Chinese CCCCA Chinese Cultural Performances

throughout day-EthiopianCo�ee Ceremony

1:30PM- IrishMurphy Irish Dancers2:00PM- IrishNo Strangers Here Irish Band4:30PM- IrishCleveland Ceili ClubInteractive Irish Dance Demo

4:00PM- LebaneseAjyal Dabke Group

11:00AM- IndianFlag Raising Ceremony3:00PM- IndianYoga (Interactive)other activities throughout day

(take VA Shuttle to Chinese Garden)

2:00PM- FinnishThe Stubborn Finns

2:30PM- HungarianSt. Elizabeth’s Dancersthroughout dayEndre Chech- CimbalomSteve Hegedeos- Accordian

6:00PM- LithuanianEugenijus Diceviciussongs and music

2:30PM- GreekEuropa ft. Abraham Anastasiadis & Athanasios SarantopoulosEclectic Folk & Ethnic BluesHellenic music through the ages

5:00PM- ItalianRonnie Fiorentinosongs from Golden Era(Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,Tony Bennett, etc)

2:15PM- SlovakLucina Slovak Dance Ensemble2:45PM- SlovakKen Javor, John Pastirik on accordian

Slovenske Mamicky sing-along

2:00PM- African-AmericanSister’s O Jamila Yaa5:00PM- African-AmericanDjapo Cultural Arts Performance

4:00PM- RomanianGeorge LatesFolk Songs w Guitar

3:30PM- RusinLiving TraditionsFolk Ensemble 3:50PM- Czech

Great Lakes Light Opera

4:30PM- Serbian“St. Sava” Children’s Choir (Children’s Musiking & Talent Show)

4:30PM- TurkishMehmet Gencer & BandTurkish folk songs, ballads & dance tunes

3:00PM- ArmenianHave Fun learning Armenian Circle Dancing

11:00AM- HebrewFamily Picnic & Scavenger Hunt

11:00AM- VietnameseFlag Raising Ceremony2:30PM- VietnameseFashion Show, Singers & Musicians

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11:30AM- American Legion PeaceSoil Ceremony

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Russian Garden

KeyBank Centennial Main Stage11:15 AM

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Kevin Conwell & the Footprints

Parade of Flags

Posting of FlagsWelcoming Statements, Ground Breaking Naturalization Ceremony, Pledge of Allegience

Humble G da Fiddla & the Afripeans

No Strangers Here Band

Sanna- Ukrainian Singer

Murphy Irish DancersPolina Kornyushenko “Tarantella Napolitana” G. Rossini

Emily Stauch & Ben Malkevitch Finnish Songs

Polina Kornyushenko “The Spring Waters”S. Rakhmanino�

Carpatho Rusyn SocietyPolina Kornyushenko “Frulingsstimmen”J. Strauss

Naregatsi Armenian Folk EnsemblePolina Kornyushenko with Nicholas Oita “Time to Say Goodbye” F. Sartory

British Garden Stage11:15 AM11:40 AM

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Yin Tang Chinese Dance Company

Sho-Jo-Ji Japanese Dancers

Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Orchestra

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Miki Saito Japanese Music

Manivic’s Hawaiian Dance Company

Croatian Sons Tamburitza Orchestra

Hasu Patel on Sitar with Tabla

Julia S. Roberts’ Global Warning

Lucina Slovak Dance Ensemble

Great Lakes Light Opera-British & French Opera

Polish Folk Song & Dance Ensemble

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Ivy Belly DanceDahmia & Sisters of the Island

Yes I CAN! Interactive Karate

4te Crew Kpop Performance

Kultura Filipiniana Dance

Rana Knight Belly Dance

Short Performances & workshop

Interactive Hawaiian Dance

Scottish Highland Gamesthroughout the day

(enter from East Blvd- head to lower part of Slovenian Garden)

Highland Games athletes in amateur men, masters men and women classes from the region will contend for Best in Class in this awe-inspiring

competition of Celtic proportions!Caber Toss, Stone Put, Scottish Hammer Throw, Weight Throw, Weight Over the Bar, Sheaf Toss

1:00 PM Cuyahoga Cossacks

12:15 PM Children & Youth Piano MarathonClass of Dina Khudayberdieva, The Music School Settlement

1:30 PM Children & Youth Piano MarathonClass of Nella Kamerman, Nella’s Studio

2:15 PM Dance Group; Poetry Reading

2:30 PM Children & Youth Piano MarathonClass of Svitlana Ivanova

3:15 PM Poetry Reading; Russian Folk Song

3:30 PM Children & Youth Piano MarathonFinale

4:30 PM Open Piano & Open Mic

6:30 PM Innuendo Band

“Zemlechka” “Mayu Muzha” “Odna Kalyana”

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5:45 PM Old Skool Players Band

5:30 PM Ajyal Dabke Lebanese Group

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Exhibitors List by GardensEach Garden will have a variety of activities throughout the day which may include performances, cultural and educational display, ethnic food, ethnic pastries, beverages and others. In addition, several market places available for additional vendors listed below. Subject to change.

It’s a match made in… Cleveland! When the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation wanted to have an extra special headliner to celebrate the Centennial Year of the Gardens at One World Day there was one name that jumped out – Michael Stanley.

Though he has had regional and national success, Cleveland native Michael Stanley will always be associated with his hometown, and not just when performing his Top 40 hit “My Town”.

Michael Stanley Gee started as a bass player for the band Silk in the late 60’s. The singer/songwriter/ guitarist then went solo for a few albums with the likes of legendary producer Bill Szymczyk and guest musicians Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, and David Sanborn.

It all came together when he formed the Michael Stanley Band (aka MSB) in 1975 and pursued a more straightforward rock direction. MSB’s live shows at the Cleveland Agora became the soundtrack for the 2-album set ‘Stagepass’ with hits Midwest Midnight, Strike up the Band and more. MSB recorded a string of albums through the late ‘70s and early ‘80s that were modest successes nationally but major hits in Ohio. In fact, the Michael Stanley Band was such a sensation at home that it still holds attendance records at major concert venues such as Blossom and the Richfi eld Coliseum.

“He Can’t Love You” (sung by vocalist/keyboardist Kevin Raleigh) became MSB’s biggest hit and came off their album Heartland . “Lover” (sung by Stanley and featuring blistering saxophone by Clarence Clemons) became a concert favorite with the crowd routinely taking over the singing chores on several lines.

The 1983 Top 40 hit “My Town” became an anthem. Many cities and teams, including the Cleveland Indians, adopted the anthem but when Michael sings “This town is my town” and pauses, the crowds know to shout ‘Cleveland!”

Michael Stanley became a popular television and radio personality in Cleveland. He still regularly releases albums -- solo and with group projects such as the Resonators and Ghost Poets. He performs special New Year’s Eve and other shows along with occasional acoustic dates with MSB alumni and other Cleveland musicians. Razor & Tie has reissued most of MSB’s catalog and two excellent best-of collections on compact disc.

Michael Stanley’s honest , Midwestern rock & roll is custom made for Cleveland and will be a perfect fi t for Cleveland’s unique treasure, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. As Michael says, “Let’s get the show on the road.”

Cleveland’s own Michael StanleyHeadliner Artist!

Market Place AAfrican American Museum of ClevelandCEOGCCleveland Furniture BankFree Range Skin CareNomad Ethno BotanicalsSub Rosa Tea

Market Place BOWD Command Center (#1)Cleveland Public LibraryClevelandPeople.comAriel InternationalGlobal ClevelandKeyBankMargaret W Wong & AssociatesOCA Greater ClevelandSlyman's TavernSnowBros ShaveryThe Law Offi ce of Irina VinogradskyCleveland Cultural Gardens Federation

Market Place CCleveland Museum of Natural HistoryEast Coast Original Frozen CustardMedical MutualTzu Chi Foundation Cleveland Service CenterVtrendz

Market Place DBARRs Bars, Ltd Federation of India Community Associations (FICA)Global Ambassadors Language AcademyStorehouse TeaTen Thousand Villages ClevelandYouth for Understanding USA (YFU USA)

Inside Garden Market PlaceAirport MINI of Cleveland (British Garden)Barrio Food truck (Polish/Slovanian Gardens)Cuyahoga Community College (Slovak Garden)Federal Bureau of Investigation (Slovenian Garden)Hofbräuhaus Cleveland - Beer Garden/Food (German Garden)India Cafe and Kitchen (India Garden)Niko's Bar and Gyros (Greek Garden)Piccadilly Artisan Creamery (British Garden)Weber's Premium Custard & Ice Cream (Russian Garden)

African American GardenAlbanian GardenAmerican GardenAmerican Legion Peace-StatesArmenian GardenAzerbaijan GardenBritish GardenChinese GardenCroatian GardenCzech GardenEstonian GardenEthiopian GardenFinnish Garden

German GardenGreek GardenHebrew GardenHungarian GardenIndia GardenIrish GardenItalian GardenKorean GardenLatvian GardenLebanese GardenLithuanian GardenNative American GardenPeace Garden of the Nations

Polish GardenRomanian GardenRusin GardenRussian GardenScottish GardenSerbian GardenSlovak GardenSlovenian GardenSyrian GardenTurkish GardenUkrainian GardenVietnamese Garden

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About the Cleveland Cultural GardensWritten by Dan Hanson

The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are part of Rockefeller Park which consists of land donated by John D. Rockefeller on Cleveland’s Centennial celebration in 1896.

In 1916, a journalist and Shakespeare enthusiast named Leo Weidenthal helped establish the Shakespeare Garden which later became the British Garden. Weidenthal saw the multiplicity of nationalities that were in or coming to Cleveland and had a vision of using this City of Cleveland land as a tribute to them.

The second garden was the Hebrew Garden and it was dedicated in 1926. Later in the 1920’s and 30’s other nationalities began working on gardens to represent their own heritage. After the Great Depression, much of the infrastructure was installed with the assistance of the WPA (Work Projects Administration) including bridges and retaining walls.

The history and growth of the Cultural Gardens is a mirror of the history and growth of Cleveland. The early gardens were predominantly European (Italian, German, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Irish, Slovak, etc.) because that’s who had been settling in Cleveland. World events in� uenced the Gardens. When Yugoslavia split, so did the Yugoslav Garden into Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian Gardens. With the fall of the Soviet Union came Latvian and Estonian Gardens joining the Lithuanian Garden. As people from other areas came to Cleveland, interest in gardens for their heritage grew and new and proposed gardens focus on the Middle East, Asia and Africa. There is renewed interest and e� ort to complete African American and Native American Gardens. Soon there will be 35 or so gardens representing many of the diverse nationalities that make Cleveland home.

Because of the Cultural Gardens, Cleveland is the only street in the world with a large statue of Mahatma Gandhi on a street named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Not to mention the statue of Mother Teresa at the other end of the road. Nowhere else can you � nd scientists like Copernicus, Tesla and Madame Curie mingled with composers such as Bach, Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven.

The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation is the group of volunteers who have created, maintained and improved the Gardens over the years. They have given

their time, talent and treasure to build gardens, raise funds for monuments and do the mundane but necessary tasks like weeding and planting � owers – all for the love of their heritage and their City.

Please join us as we celebrate 100 years of this unique treasure. Learn more at clevelandculturalgardens.org.

29 Established Garden SitesAfrican American 1977 • Albanian 2012 • American 1935 • American Legion Peace Nations & American Legion Peace States 1936 • Armenian 2010 • Azerbaijani 2008 •British 1916 • Chinese 1985 • Croatian 2011 • Czech 1935 • Estonian 1966 • Finnish 1958 • German 1929 • Greek 1940 • Hebrew 1926 • Hungarian 1934 • India 2005 • Irish 1939 • Italian 1930 • Latvian 2006 • Lithuanian 1936 • Polish 1934 • Romanian 1967 • Rusin1939 • Serbian 1932 • Slovak 1932 • Slovenian 1932 • Syrian2011 • Ukrainian 1940

8 Gardens in DevelopmentEthiopian • Korean 710 MLK BLVD • Lebanese 1200 MLK BLVD • Native American 781 MLK BLVD • Russian 730 MLK BLVD • Scottish • Turkish 780 MLK BLVD • Vietnamese 711 MLK BLVD

About the Centennial CelebrationAlong with many other Cleveland institutions, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. This string of 29, and growing, unique nationality gardens on over 200 acres along MLK Blvd. is dedicated to peace and understanding through each nationality sharing its achievements and contributions to the betterment of society. Within the gardens are numerous depictions of signifi cant personalities in the pursuit of peace; Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Confucius, music; Liszt,

Beethoven, literature; William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Mark Twain, and sciences; Nikola Tesla, Leonardo DaVinci, Madame Currie among many others. It is through this recognition of each culture’s contributions that the true understanding among people can take place.

To celebrate this milestone, we, the Federation that governs the gardens, are kicking off our Centennial Campaign to raise an initial $750,000. Our long term goals are to create an ongoing Endowment Fund to help maintain and grow the gardens for the next hundred years. The funds will be used for restoration, improvements, and to focus on the mission of the gardens, Peace Through Mutual Understanding. The focal part of this legacy project will be the construction of a Centennial Plaza to be located in the midway point of the gardens. It will feature a large open plaza for performances and gatherings, a fountain derived from our logo which depicts a sphere being held up by hands which also closely resembles fl owers. The plans also call for recognition of donors where the names of those who supported us in our mission will be honored.

In addition, We began the Centennial Year celebration with a sold-out gala event on April 8, 2016 which included greetings and congratulations sent from President Obama. This was followed by many special events and concerts in numerous gardens. The culmination of the Centennial is One World Day on August 28th, an annual event held continuously for over 70 years. This special year allows for a variety of ways you can become involved helping our

mission.

We are a 501 c (3) nonprofi t organization run entirely by volunteers for its entire history. All your donations are tax deductible. Your investment in this community treasure will help endow a legacy.

Please lend your fi nancial support to this cultural institution unique to the world. For more information, please visit www.ClevelandCulturalGardens.org