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a.m. to 12 p.m. This was for families with children in preschool
(ages 3-4) through Grade 4 to join us for our School Open House.
The Open House included a brief introduction to the school, and
then guests toured the classrooms. Teachers from each grade level
and specialty answered questions.

The Festival of Colors – Holi was celebrated on March 23,
2013 at Downtown park, Bellevue. News Report - Holi Festival in
Redmond, Washington - http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-949826
The Indian festival of Holi, the “Festival of Colors,” was celebrated
in Redmond, Washington on March 23, 2013. Sponsored by the Ve-
dic Cultural Center of Sammamish, Washington, the festival was a
boisterous, joyous celebration of the beginning of Spring featuring
tasty vegetarian Indian food, live music and dancing, and of course
the event all were waiting for - the throwing of brightly colored
cornstarch. Novices to this event, my friends and I were welcomed
into the fold – we donned our white tunics and got our bags of per-
fumed and colored dust, then wandered over to the food stalls and
sampled the samosas and pakoras. A live band was playing. At last,
the start of the color throwing was announced, and the crowd gath-
ered in the center of the park. A short countdown – “hey, no throw-
ing until the countdown hits zero!” – and a happy pandemonium
ensued, with great clouds of brilliant colors flying through the air.