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3/10/08 Arts fes committee exploring 'floating hotel' to house visitors
10th Pacific Arts Festival Organizing Committee co-chair Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde said the committee is exploring the possibility of having a cruise ship anchor here during the festival for use as a floating hotel.
Food voucher value for fest participants reduced from $40 to $35
The value of the food voucher for the estimated 2,000 delegates for the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts has been reduced from $40 to $35 per day per person.
2/13/08 DOH and SPC work on a 'Safe Fest' campaign - share cultures, not diseases
The Department of Health and Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working on a 'Safe Fest campaign' to ensure that cultures-not diseases-are shared when an estimated 3,000 visitors from 27 Pacific island nations are in American Samoa for the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts.
2/11/08 Question of copyright laws raised at Arts Fest Fono hearing
The administration is working on 'copyright' legislation to be submitted to the Fono for approval, hopefully before the 10th Pacific Arts Festival gets underway on July 20.
2/08/08 House and Senate hear latest Arts Fest budget figures
Preliminary budget for the 10th Pacific Arts Festival now stands at a little over $4 million with a shortfall of $1 million that the organizing committee hopes can be supplemented by additional corporate donations.
02/05/08 Arts Fest organizers give House members the
low down on clean up
Officials of the 10th Pacific Arts Festival Organizing Committee and ASPA yesterday told the House Government Operations Committee about their current island-wide clean up plans, taking place now as well as during the festival, set for July 20-Aug. 2, 2008.
02/01/08 Senators request 'master plan' from Arts Fest organizers
Senators want the Organizing Committee of 10th Pacific Arts Festival to provide a "master plan" for the event to be presented at next week's Wednesday Senate Government Operations Committee hearing.
02/01/08 RFP issued to provide and sell promotional items for Arts Fest
As of yesterday morning about 10 local individuals and small firms have shown an interest in providing and selling promotional items for the 10th Festival of the Pacific Arts, set for July 20-Aug. 2 in American Samoa.
1/28/08 Arts Fest organizers are looking for hundreds of volunteers
The 10th Festival of the Pacific Arts is looking for 400 to 500 volunteers to assist with hosting the festival that will bring an estimated 3,000 plus visitors to American Samoa in July.
1/26/08 Arts Fest organizers update business community on preparations
The business community has started stepping up to assist with preparations for the 10th Pacific Arts Festival.
1/25/08 SPC members on island to assist Arts Fest organizing committee
Two members of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community are in American Samoa to assist the organizing committee of the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in preparing for the region's largest traditional and contemporary cultural event that will showcase and celebrate the arts of 27 Pacific nations.
12/05/07 Papali'i offers Ph.D. candidates to help with Arts Festival
The University of Hawai'i-Manoa has two Ph.D. candidates from its College of Business ready to assist the organizing committee of the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts with its website, says UH official Papali'i Dr. Tusi Avegalio.
11/30/07 Pacific Arts Festival organizing committee Q&As with business
The organizing committee for the 10th Pacific Arts Festival met Wednesday night with about 60 members of the business community, who were briefed on current preparations and how local businesses can contribute to the regional event. Also on hand were a number of local artists from many disciplines including both traditional and contemporary art forms.
10/31/07 DOI field rep explains grant award for Pacific Arts Festival
The U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has awarded American Samoa $339,000 to help the Pacific Arts Festival organizing committee prepare for the regional event next year.
08/4/07 One year countdown to festival of Pacific Arts
(PRESS RELEASE) - With just a year to go, preparations are well under way for the region's largest traditional and contemporary cultural event, the Festival of Pacific Arts, according to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
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