5th ANNUAL PEACE FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 6th
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Special Guest Speaker
Frances Moore Lappé
Author of Diet For a Small Planet

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
Noon - 7:00 pm
FREE


We have an amazing line up this year, please check out the website for complete details on the musicians and speakers.

SCHEDULE:
12-12:15pm        Welcome
12:15-12:45pm    Music - Annemarie Webber
12:45-1:30pm      Rinpoche Welcome
1:30-1:45pm        Speech - Julie Cajune
1:45-2:15pm        Music - David Boone
2:00-2:30pm        Buddha Garden Tour
2:15-2:30pm        Speech - Steven Small Salmon                           Pend d'Oreille/Salish Elder
2:30-3:00pm        Music - Drum Brothers
2:45-3:15pm        2nd Buddha Garden Tour
3:00-3:15pm        Speech -Betsy Dague JRPC 3:15-3:30pm        Montana A Cappella Society
3:30-4:15pm        Speech - Frances Moore Lappé                              and Lama Tsomo
4:30-5:00pm        Music - Tsering Wangmo
5:00-5:45pm        Speech - Gochen Tulku Rinpoche
6-7pm                 Music - Joan Zen


ACTIVITIES
In addition, we will have food and craft vendors, kids activities such as face painting and an inflatable jumper and a silent auction. 

LOCATION
The site of the Festival is the home of The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, Montana.  We are located at 34574 White Coyote Road, click here for detailed directions from Missoula and Kalispell. 

CONTACT
Ewam - 406-726-0217 for more information. We also have room for more vendors so if you are interested please contact the number above.

Canopy Going Up Over Yum Chenmo
Canopy Frame

The canopy roof will be ready to be lifted up with a crane and placed over Yum Chenmo Monday morning.  There has been a lot of hard work that has gone into making this canopy possible.


Canopy and Rinpoche
Rinpoche decided to get a closer look at the work being done on the roof.

 Canopy and Spire and Sonam
This is Sonam Tsering working on a traditional Tibetan gold leaf spire filled with mantras that will sit atop the copper roof.

Please come celebrate the new canopy and the four new buddhas placed at the four directions.  The Garden is growing and the more it grows, the more tranquil and calming the land becomes. If you can't come for the Festival, do yourself a favor and visit the Garden another time.
Volunteers Needed
We greatly are in need of volunteers to help set up for the Festival and pass out flyers.  There will be a work weekend Sept. 4-6 in preparation for the Festival as well. In addition, we need volunteers to help paint part of the canopy structure this weekend prior to it being lifted.  

If you are interested please contact Devi at 406-240-4249