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As always, the Russia booth, representing our sister city partnership with Zelenograd, was there, boasting a whole new puppet stage and repertoire, a jumbo-size Russian landscape, and a drawing contest “My Summer Vacation in Russia.” Other features included:

• Kids could take photos with standup cutout figures of a Russian man and a Russian woman dressed in traditional costumes.
• Souvenirs to play with (includes Russian toys and nesting dolls)
• Alphabet cards, coloring and flag-making activities, and Russia timeline quizzes. We challenged every little visitor to impress their parents and siblings by learning to write the names of the whole family in Russian!
• Information about Russia’s rich nature and “green” efforts
• Russia-Oklahoma time line, showing how closely the two are knit together.

We have received many comments that the Russia booth was the best and most interactive exhibit at the festival! And this year, we hosted a 3-person delegation from a Zelenograd orphanage. They worked at the booth and performed on stage with songs and dance about Zelenograd.

Covering a big part of Earth, Russia is one of the most interesting and beautiful countries on earth.

SO HOW DO YOU IMAGINE A RUSSIAN SUMMER?

DRAW IT!

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE COOL RUSSIAN PRIZES! TWO 1ST PLACE WINNERS WILL TAKE HOME GRAND PRIZES!

RULES:

1. All of your family, friends, and classmates can see your drawing at the Russian booth at
2. Kids World 2008, November 13-16, at the Tulsa Fairgrounds, 4145 E. 21st Street.
3. Use a regular-size sheet of paper and any materials – like crayons, pencils, or watercolor – to draw.
4. Put your name, age, and school name in the right lower corner of the drawing.
5. Make sure to include the green color when you are drawing.
6. Need help with ideas? How about including:
   • Spruces, pines, birches, and aspens – those grow everywhere in Russia!
   • A bear, a wolf, a fox, a hare, and a mouse are some common Russian animals. In the city, Russians love to have cats and dogs as pets.
   • Flowers (such as daisies, dandelions, and clover) and mushrooms; Rivers and ponds;
   • Onion-dome churches.

Give the drawing to your art teacher or ask your parents to send it to: Tulsa Global Alliance, 800 S. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK 74104 before November 10.

Let us know if you are interesting in volunteering at the Russia booth at Kids’ World.

contest pdf download for printing

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The Russian Booth, sponsored by the Tulsa Zelenograd Association, at Kids’ World in Tulsa Oklahoma 2008 will feature:

• Puppet show playing a variety of popular Russian fairy tales. Regular showings
• Colorful displays
• Souvenirs you can touch and play with (includes Russian toys and nesting dolls)
• Alphabet cards, coloring and learning activities, and Russia timeline quizzes
• Russia passport stamps
• Fun Russian games
• Photo opportunities in a Russian setting
• Information about Russia’s rich nature and “green” efforts
• Sales kiosk with souvenirs
• Cool giveaways as participation prizes

Kid’s Word runs from Thursday November 13th until Sunday November 16th 2008.

For time and location information see the official Kid’s World website.  Let us know if you are interesting in volunteering at the Russia booth at Kids’ World.

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It’s time to get involved in the KIDS World, a festival for kids ages 4-15 which is sponsored by TGA and sister cities every two years.

WHEN: November 13-16, 2008
WHERE: Fairgrounds Main Pavilion (21st Street between Harvard and Yale)

Here is how you can help by representing our sister city Zelenograd:

• Volunteer for the TZA booth -  You’ll be welcoming kids at our booth, stamping kids’ passports, writing kids’ names in Russian (if you are a native speaker or know Russian), selling Russian souvenirs to raise funds for TZA and the orphanage in Zelenograd, answering their questions about Russia and so on.  Each shift is 3 hours long. Sign up for 3 or more shifts and receive a FREE Kids World 2008 T-shirt!
• Be part of a puppet show w/ Rosie Brown, Olga and David Randolph.  Puppet shows for kids will be performed throughout the event – you can sign up for any date and time.
• Take on part of the preparations. We will be happy to get your ideas/help in planning the booth! Contact Olga Randolph at orandolph (AT) tulsazelenograd (DOT) org today!

As you come to volunteer, you can also enjoy the celebration, see what other sister cities and other groups had prepared for the event, and try foods from different parts of the world. To learn more about the event, please go to www.kidsworldtulsa.org.

If you can help, please
1. Fill out this Kid’s World volunteer form (pdf).
2. Send the form back to or simply RSVP to (tell us what time works for you):  1) Olga Randolph (TZA Secretary/Treasurer) at orandolph (AT) tulsazelenograd (DOT) org  2) Irina Krivtsova, (TZA President) at ikrivtsova (AT) tulsazelenograd (DOT) org.

Please reply before October 5.

Feel free to contact us with questions!

Video about Kid’s World:

Grigori Chukrai’s film classic, Ballad of a Soldier, has been selected for the June cine-club in observance of the events of June 22, 1941.

Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimiri Skvortsov) has just been granted six days leave as a reward for having destroyed two German tanks. He is anxious to return home to see his mother and repair her leaking roof. As he makes his way across the countryside we see the destruction and suffering that has been visited on his homeland, but we are also shown glimpses into the better part of human nature as Alyosha sacrifices precious time to do errands and favors for his fellow soldiers and performs numerous selfless acts. Hitching a ride on a baggage car, he meets and falls in love with Shura (Zhanna Prokhorenko), pretty young refugee. Indeed, the film is in no small part, a love story – romantic love with Shura, the bonds of devotion between mother and son, the love between a mature married couple, and the broader general affection and good will Alyosha has for his fellow man.

The story becomes all the more poignant when we learn Alyosha’s fate at the end of the film.

Thanks to everyone who assisted and attended.

Thanks again to our sponsors who made donations to the event:
ConocoPhillips
FireCo (owned by Cap Baxter)
Tulsa Global Alliance
Cross Cultural Communications (owned by Yana Hestand)
United Nations Association of Northeast Oklahoma
Euro-Mart (owned by Gary Copper)
Atlas Lingua

Additionally, people or companies who donated items or door prizes included:
Mark and Becky Collins
Stone Bluff Cellars
Aveda Cosmetics
Clinique at Dillard’s Woodland Hills
Lucky Nails in Tulsa

Thanks to our volunteers:
Matt (event chairman) and Yana Hestand
David and Olga Randolph
Kerry and Gail Randolph
Monty Johnson
Stan and Barbara Conrad
Bob Lieser
Pam Terekhova
Zina Morrison
and others….

Special thank you note from Matt Hestad:

As Chairman of the International Women’s Day festival I wanted to express my deepest appreciation for all the help from our event volunteers. Zina Morrison lead the kitchen crew, that involved Stan and Barbara Conrad along with Kerry and Gail Randolph, and they did an outstanding job. I have received a tremendous amount of feedback already from various attendees and it has all been super positive. Once again we have exceed expectations and pulled off an amazing event.