Greetings all,
- The Zimfest Concert Programming team has built a tentative concert schedule and sent out initial emails with proposed performance times to the contact people for all the US-based bands and ensembles. Please check your spam folders and write to performers[at]zimfest[dot]org if you have not received your notification. We know that many of the band members also take workshops and want to know their performance time before registration opens. If we do not hear from you within a week we will assume your assigned performance time works for your band.
- Publication of the workshop schedule is targeted for April 22. Around that date we will be sending more formal performance notifications, with a link to sign your contract/agreement online.
- Reminder to accepted teachers who have been sent acceptance letters with links to contracts – please sign by July 10! If you have not received the email with your letter, please check your spam folders before writing to teachers[at]zimfest[dot]org.
- And last but not least, we introduce our accepted Zimbabwean cultural educators for Zimfest 2025 on the Festival Overview page! As always, actual attendance at Zimfest is dependent on visas being approved. Wait times for visa interview appointments in the US Embassy in Harare are longer than ever, so we are doing our best to expedite the interviews of those applying in Zimbabwe. We ask you to send us and them some help from the ancestors!
Until next time,
Zimfest Coordinator Claire and the Organizing Committee
Music Dancing Across Borders
I will be wishing for all good things visa-wise. I think the teacher acceptance date is July 1, not July 10.
You are correct, due date for teachers to sign contracts/agreements is Jul1. Termination of unsigned contracts is July 10!
Claire