Multicultural Showcase Schedule

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025

Main Foyer

Start Time	End Time	Activity
10:30	10:35	Official Opening of the Multicultural Showcase - Laura Gunning, Associate Vice President, International
10:35	11:00	Traditional Indigenous Dancing & Drumming feature: Tanya Nieman, member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nations, from Bear Clan (Mukwa Doodem)
12:00	2:00	Unity in Diversity, Celebrating Nigerian as One Nation - presentation led by Rita Owobi (Igbo – Eastern Nigeria, Efik & Delta Heritage, Southern Nigeria, Yoruba Fuji Vibes – Western Nigeria, Modern Afro Fusion)
2:00	2:30	Traditional dance from Kerala, India - Aleena Benny, Soniya Mary Thomas, Ann Mariya Mathew, Anjana Joy, Merlin Mannully Cleetus, Mrinal Mandapathil Jose and Ann Shilpa Joy
10:00	12:30	Indigenous Table / Display - Cheyenne Blaker

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025

Main Foyer

Start Time	End Time	Activity
2:45	3:00	Mya Pwint Chae presents a traditional dance performance (Myanmar)
3:00	4:00	Debbie Harrison presents Interactive Square Dancing (Canada)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025

Main Foyer

Start Time	End Time	Activity
12:00	12:30	Risky Business - Blues - Jeremy Spencley (guitar and vocal) Noel Savage (Drums), Yzedro Hurlington (Bass), Sean Daniels (Keyboard) (Canada) *
12:45	13:15	Blue Velour band (Punk Rock) - Travis Grant (bass/vocals), Myles Conner (drums/vocals) and Tyler Watson (guitar/vocals) (Canada) **
1:30	1:35	Gabriel Onosejele sings “Thinking out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
2:00	2:30	Punjabi Traditional Dance - Sukhdeep Kaur and Gurjot Kaur (India)
3:00	4:00	"Welcome Latinos" presentation: Julian Alberto Diaz Duque, Yulieth Vanessa Lizarazo Algarra, Camila Anabel Chamorro Gordillo, Nox Vazquez Alfaro, Maria Jose Restrepo Mejia and Vladislava Reza Gracheva

* Noel and Jeremy are both faculty at Fleming College, while Sean works in the IT department at Trent University. Yzedro is a student at Durham College, but a local to the Peterborough music scene. The band will be performing several blues standards written in the 50s and 60s. The songs will be played in the Chicago and Texas style of electric blues.

** Travis Grant works in IT as a Multimedia Technologist and has been behind the scenes of our Multicultural Showcase for more than five years. He’s been working at Fleming since 2014.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2025

Main Foyer

Start Time	End Time	Activity
10:00	11:00	Henna Table: Gurwinder Kaur and Jaspreet Kaur
12:00	12:30	Singer Nicole Grady & Greg McConnery on guitar (Canada)
12:30	1:00	Nepalese Traditional Folk Dance - Shristi Bam and Nitisha Shankar B.K., Muna Neupane and Roshani Maya Rai.
2:00	2:30	Bhangra Traditional Punjabi Folk Dance – Ravi
2:30	2:45	Vietnamese singer Thi Phuong Dung Ho (Daisy) sings a Vietnamese song called Nỗi Buồn Mẹ Tôi (My mother’s sorrow) (Vietnam)
2:45	3:45	Thi Phuong Dung Ho (Daisy) presents Interactive Bamboo Dance (Vietnam)