How to host a Sakura Fes­ti­val

Maryville’s Hawai­ian Asian Pa­cific Is­lander As­so­ci­a­tion (HAPA) hosted their an­nual Sakura Fes­ti­val March 23, 2018, to honor the Japan­ese cul­ture.

Af­ter years of ex­e­cu­tion from HAPA, Paw­print got be­hind the scenes per­spec­tive of how to host a great Sakura Fes­ti­val. The steps con­sist of:

1. Dec­o­ra­tions

2. Food

3. Per­form­ers

4. Stu­dent in­ter­ac­tion with per­form­ers

5. Make your own sushi sta­tion

6. Make your own bam­boo plant

7. Raf­fle prizes

8. Dec­o­ra­tion break­down

9. Have Paw­print film event