International Night 2002

On October 24th IMBASA and the Plus Program hosted International Night for the MBA community. 28 stands representing different regions of the world prepared food and decorated the booths with typical motifs. International songs were played all night and several regions danced their typical music. Gift certificates for Oasis restaurant were awarded for 1st and 2nd place in the overall category for small stands (less than 6 participants) and large stands (more than 6 participants). The finalists were:

The complete list of participants is: China, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, France, Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, Chicago, Canada, Russia, and Israel.

Very special thanks to: 

• IMBASA officers: Ludy Cuello, Erika Korger, Anne McClure, Jimena Paniagua, Rolando Abreu, Dae Joung, Hitoshi Kawamura, Josh Keller and Pedro Machado. Due to their hard work International Night was a success
• Plus program, especially Robin Vallilee, Steven Tomlinson and Shannon Spiesman. Their support was critical to make International Night happen
• The judges that put a lot of effort to evaluate each and every stand: Robin Vallilee, Regina Hughes, Jill Jacobs, Alma Moore, Sandy and Fred Brown, George Gau, John Doggett, and Steven Tomlinson
• The team volunteers for each region and the wonderful decorators of the Atrium and Special events room: Anita Reis and Maria Cecilia Garcia. They were the ones that brought "life" to the event

Below are some of the pictures of this great night! Enjoy!