The second annual Lebanese Festival was held on August 1–2, 2008, this year in downtown Birmingham at Shain Park. The event was an absolute success — it was very well organized and had constant entertainment both days. Plus, there must have been thousands of people who visited the festival over the two day duration.
LebFest 2008 organizers were kind enough to offer a booth to the Turkish community to represent and introduce our culture, so TACAM had a display table throughout the event. As stated in the TACAM by-laws, one of our major goals is to promote Turkish culture in Michigan. Therefore this was a great opportunity for us to raise awareness of Turkey and our organization.
As LebFest 2008 is over, we would like to take a moment to thank Mrs. Azize Sargın, Ms. Nurten Ural, Mr. Marcus Mann, Mrs. Mine Özalp and Mrs. İlkim Ertürk, who helped tacam to establish a stand, gather the necessary presentation materials and contribute to item sales. We thank our board members as well, who spent a significant amount of time at the stand. Special thanks to John Akouri, Chairman of LebFest 2008 organization, for including us at the festival and congratulations for this wonderful event!
