Justina Parsons-Bernstein

Cultural Forum Program Director Justina Parsons-Bernstein wasn't short of complimentary adjectives to describe Borman, tossing out phrases such as "hard working," "devoted," "go-getter," "risk-taker" and "thorough."

But it was Borman's "range of inquiry" that impressed Parsons-Bernstein the most.

Justina Parsons-Bernstein is the recently hired Programs Coordinator for the Cultural Forum.She said she is content to oversee student coordinators and let them make most of the programming decisions.However, Parsons-Bernstein has had direct involvement in planning a "Tango Bingo" night in the EMU's Fish Bowl, scheduled for Nov. 15 at 9 p.m.There will be dancing and dance instruction, a live tango band, and -- as the name implies -- tango bingo.It's free if you dress in tango costume.

"Clench some roses in your teeth," Parsons-Bernstein said.

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UO Cultural Forum Program Director Justina Parsons-Bernstein said while the festival's budget has remained a constant $15,000 in recent years, costs for producing the Folk Festival last year reached $45,000, with additional money being underwritten by the Cultural Forum.Parsons-Bernstein said she decided coordinators should be able to use their budgets for their own areas of programming this year.

"I do think that the spending did get out of hand from the past, and it's been reigned in," Parsons-Bernstein said.
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Parsons-Bernstein said she was confident in this year's lineup of performers.She mentioned two groups specifically: Solo Dos en Tijuana, performing on Friday at 8:30 p.m. on the main stage, who she described as "Tom Waits-ian"; and the Kathak Indian Dancers, whose style serves as the underpinning of flamenco, performing on Saturday at 5 p.m. on the main stage.

"Out of all the people we brought this year, this is the person who has generated the most response," said Cultural Forum Program Director Justina Parsons-Berstein.