THE WONDERFUL WORLD FEST







Cultural Creative/Transformation Elements


Enjoyable times allow one to forget the negative forces around our world, to mingle with different peoples, to allow sociological barriers to dissipate, and to bring copious amounts of money to quality charities each year.


Music


  • Pack the stadium(s) and park(s) with diverse peoples celebrating the positive lyric music of great musical groups from several forms of music
  • Positive lyrics go to the subconscious and take root


Cooperative Games/New Games/ Project Adventure style activities


Shared and played as demonstrated by schools and professionals, adding fun and cooperative play for all to participate in and around the concert venue/park.


Inspiring talks/Workshops


Interspersed throughout the concerts, Nobel laureates and renowned speakers would present a greater vision for humanity to strive for every one’s edification and for the end of hunger and violence. Prior to and following the World Fest they would offer workshops, lectures, and media interviews stimulating more understanding how to create peace and prosperity for all.


Ethnic Food


Offer people exposure to many ethnic foods of the world – tasting the flavors of various cultures.


Folk Art/Crafts/Dance/Performing Arts/Film/Fitness Fun


Offer people exposure to many diverse cultural expressions of the world – allowing growing appreciation thereof.


Information Booths — Offering how each person may


  • Take action to end hunger,
  • Bring about sustainable living
  • Learn conflict resolution skills
  • Spread Character Education
  • Learn where and how to volunteer your expertise/time for NPO’s, including the World Fest Organization.
  • Spread peace (offering practices that generate peace within oneself, the family, and community)




Spreading to more cities annually


While exposing more people around the world and through the electronic and digital media, it will spread to more and more cities around the planet. The cultural transformation happens when there is direct contact with different peoples, having fun in a stimulating environment together on a regular basis – ALL for a higher purpose.


One of the big questions has remained over the centuries: How may we have peace and plenty for all? Here is a practical and fun way to start solving the problem…


Purpose of the World Fest is to: Make peace and ending world hunger begin with a sharing of good times at a world-wide festival. The profits from it would be cycled to Non-Profit Organizations proven to affect peace and prosperity for all. World Fest is planned as an annual event that is to be broadcast live throughout the world. The idea is to promote goodwill amongst people while helping the less fortunate. Our goal is to donate progressively more of our profits to local and international Non-Profit Organizations, subsequent World Fest’s will allow us to push our profit donations beyond 90%. At each World Fest venue —


q Pack the stadium(s) and park(s) with people celebrating the positive lyric music of great musical groups of several forms of music from rap, soul, country, folk, jazz, rock, musicals, indigenous, big band, classical, etc.


q During the breaks in groups / stage adjustments, short inspiring talks by Nobel laureates and renowned speakers would be given to present a greater vision for humanity to strive for every one’s edification and for the end of hunger and violence


q Gather food, money, and clothing for the less fortunate


q Diverse folk arts and crafts sold of positive images and posters — any profits would have at least 3/4 go to the World Fest charities


q Entertainment for children, elders, and families including free international crafts and games


q Booths with information on how each person may take action to end hunger, bring about sustainable living, and more peace (offering practices that generate peace within oneself, the family, and community)


q Booths of ethnic food with at least 3/4 of profits going to charities.


q Booths to inform the public of opportunities to benefit humanity by donating their time, expertise and resources; provide character development programs and practices for the improvement of the society.


Promoted as a public service by the common people of the world who communicate their will to have the World Fest along with: music companies, chambers of commerce, newspapers/radio/television, ethnic organizations, restaurants, and any other viable entity. No less than 80% of the profits are to go to established quality charities. Location and Dates: Many major cities of each world region – many of which are “sister cities.” On the last equinox time period of the year– September 21 to 23, 2012 to honor the equality of the world’s peoples. Expanding each year to more and more cities during the same September Equinox weekend.


WFO’s PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FOLLOWS:


THE EVENT: should contain at least the stared six (6) of the following list:


  1. * Packing the stadium(s) and park(s) with people celebrating the positive lyric music of great band/groups of many forms of music from rap, soul, country, folk, jazz, rock, musicals, indigenous, big band, classical, etc. The record and media companies would have a field day promoting this positive giving for the people of the world, as was done with Live Aide, etc. Quality local talent should also be showcased.
  2. * Diverse folk arts and crafts sold of positive images and posters — any profits would have at least 3/4 go to charities.
  3. * Prayer and/or silent/meditation time(s) and short inspiring discourses (during the changing of the stage at the concert) for people to bring in the Spirit of All (God) for every one’s edification and for the end of hunger and violence — each areas religions should be represented with inclusive — all-encompassing discourses (The Way/Path/God/Higher Power rather than Jesus, Buddha, etc.). The like of Neale Donald Walsch, Wayne Dyer, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Paul Farmer, Maya Angelou, Tony Robbins, several Nobel Laureates, etc could be such speakers.
  4. * Booths with information on how each person may take action to end hunger, bring about sustainable living and more peace – within themselves, their community, and the world in general.
  5. * At six p.m. (1800) everywhere, all activities will stop for a minute of silence/prayer for world peace and prosperity.
  6. * Booths of ethnic food sold by various groups supporting the poor & charities — at least 3/4 of profits go to charities. Quality restaurants and ethnic groups would support this area.
  7. Inclusive booths that show how and where people could volunteer their time and expertise to the needy NPO’s of their area and/or the world.
  8. New Games, Project Adventure style activities and Cooperative games/play could be shared and played as demonstrated by schools and professionals, adding fun and cooperative play for all to participate in and around the Concert venue/park.
  9. A grand peace and harmony parade with youth bands, drill teams, and floats created by the children of the city and region leading to a major park/stadium for the festivities. Posters/Murals may be created by the schools in each area of the world’s cities supporting and promoting the theme of the World Fest.
  10. Clowns, storytellers (sharing positive character developing stories like from Chicken Soup for the Soul series or the Book of Virtues), Morality Plays, ‘street entertainers’ could meander through the park or be located around it. Any donations to them would have at least 3/4 of profits go to charities.
  11. Ethnic/folk bands and troubadours could be located around the venues.
  12. Health clinics could screen for high blood pressure, ‘Fat’ screening, Blood Pressure, etc., In Africa/Asia, it could be Aides/TB/Malaria screening too.
  13. Job placement centers located around the areas. Dept. of Human Services would support/staff this.
  14. Expositions of the various health and welfare services, of the locality, could be on display in various areas of the park/stadium.
  15. Concurrent museum displays and exemplary lectures would depict the positive influences of humans in the world’s evolution toward a more peaceful, quality coexistence.
  16. A World Fest Cinema Festival to coincide with the World Fest. It would dramatically elucidate the ideals of the WF in dramatic, comedy, and documentary forms of the film media. The first WF Cinema Festival would occur in Los Angeles and cycle around to London, Bombay, Sydney, and back in succeeding years.
  17. A Computer Game Extravaganza would showcase the “New Games” which stimulate character, and unity, cooperative games/play. Included could be Games that would stimulate solving the problems of human connectedness/cooperation, environmental issues, etc.
  18. The Boy/Girl Scouts, “Police/Peace Explorers” and other volunteers could help supervise the areas – setting examples for “O” Waste, recycling, community service, etc.
  19. The necessary Police would be offered a special training to act more like Peace Officers rather than “police.”
  20. A Booth with Character Inclusion books, tapes, videos, literature/handouts — spreading the social values of practicing the virtuous life.
  21. Sustainable Housing/Living presented in booth and as an actuality, build a 500 sq. ft. home/structure in 24 hours.
  22. Documentary Film Exposition of environmental and social action issues to stimulate discussion and action, such as the Nobelist, Inconvenient Truth, The Man Who Planted Trees, etc.
  23. A Video Shorts webcast/site like www.pangeaday.com would spread the similar transforming messages for harmony in humanity. It could be projected onto screens at the Stadium during the set changes OR out in the park OR elsewhere in the city.
  24. The inspiring speakers of the World Fest could come to the city sometime prior to and/or stay later to offer speaking and workshop engagements — generating more practical inspiration for more people to get the message of peace and prosperity for ALL. They also could be on radio and television programs doing the same – all the while also promoting the World Fest.
  25. Each year a new theme for the World Fest would stimulate the inspired artists to create new music/lyrics, art/crafts, stage and other performances thus keeping the World Fest attractive, fresh, and vibrant. Possibly using some “oldie” tunes to inspire new lyrics on similar themes of peace and love. Imagine, Peace Train,
  26. Ethnic and cultural costumes are stimulated to be wore by attendees, possibly a discount for onsite purchases at the World Fest…
  27. Shuttles will be provided to the concert and other venues for the World Fest participants. On those shuttles, the music could be “live” from the concert.
  28. Special elder focused activities and experiences presented throughout the World Fest.
  29. Find out how to explore new cultures, learn how to apply for a World Fest passport, taste cultural cuisines, and get your name written in other languages.
  30. Fitness Fun and Activities areas – lead-ups and preceding fundraisers for World Fest charities: Yoga instruction, Fitness in Disguise, Marathons, Triathlons,




* = These would be at each World Fest, others from this list may be added each year to bring more people participating and benefiting. AND each year more cities are added – to bring the joy of music, food, philanthropy, and playing together back to the Human Family. How shall it happen all over the world? How do you see yourself as being one of the supporters, organizers, or sponsors? Share it with love with friends/anyone; expose some or all forms to the media, producers, etc. to do it. Make it you own, do what you can do and enjoy the fruits of your labor. You could: make a phone call to a mayor or governmental representative, PERSONALLY MEETING someone about this transformative selfless project, emailing this to all your friends/acquaintances, etc. If you don’t feel comfortable speaking about it, have me talk with them… Here is a chance to do a great thing through a simple sharing or more… Let’s make the world a better place with fun, food and festivities for all… The financial statement of the World Fest Organization would be open to public scrutiny. As would the charities that donations are made to through the WFO


Resources:

International students on campus, as well as multicultural groups on campus and in the community.

http://www.louisvilleky.gov/International/News/2009/8-17-09+WorldFest.htm

Film Fest: http://www.worldfest.org/indexb.html

University of Charleston: http://www.ucwv.edu/student_life/international_students/worldfest.aspx