Venue:
1525 Princess Patricia Way Ottawa, ON K1S 5J3

Dress code:
Informal / Business

2017 Ottawa Welcomes the World
celebrations, April 23^rd
2017 Day Program

ALL DAY LONG Exhibition of paintings by Turkish painter Hikmet Çetinkaya

Book stand, various Turkish novelists, in English and French

Water marbling by Hacer Özkan

Photograph exhibition of the UNESCO World Heritage Turkish Sites

Kids’ corner, Turkish coffee-sweets station by

Turkish Canadian Cultural Association and Turkish Association of Canada

Turkish sticky icecream offering by Marash Coffee Lasalle, Montreal

“Karagöz” Turkish Shadow Puppet Theatre by Birol Uzunmehmetoğlu

11:30-12:45Turkish State Opera Artists program (piano recital and performances)

Opening remarks by the President of Turkish Canadian Cultural Association

Atatürk Turkish School fashion show and Children’s Day song

Turkish Folk Dance Group HOY-TUR

IL program dance performances by Mexico, China, India

12:45-13:15 Lunch break (free for dancers)

Fun trivia draws

13:15-13:30 Turkish State Opera Artists program (piano recital and performances)

IL program stage performances by Korea, Moldova

13:30-15:30 National Anthems by Burak Yaman

Addresses:

Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson

His Excellency Selçuk Ünal, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey

MPP John Fraser, Ottawa South

Turkish Folk Dance Group HOY-TUR

Turkish State Opera Artists program (piano recital and performances)

IL program dance performances by Azerbaijan, India, Romania, Russia, Turkey

15:30-17:00Turkish State Opera Artists’ performances and piano recital

Turkish Folk Dance Group HOY-TUR

Kids’ corner, Turkish coffee-sweets station Kids’ corner, by Turkish Canadian Cultural Association

and Turkish Association of Canada

17:00 Closing