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2004
Art is… a changing land
The Young Voice choir involved grade
2-6 children from across the region working
with local music teacher Gemma Roberts and guest
artists Jane Thompson and James Rigby to help write lyrics to the theme song based
on the “changing land”. They also featured in the opening performance titled From
Fields to Fiesta, and the Big
Voice concert – with Fay White, Blackwood,
Sweet Monas (Ballarat) and the One Voice choir.
The Maori-Koori feature performance, Creation involved
Wallup Mara and Sunset Dreaming
dance groups, Ruatau Maori Culture group and Koori
and Maori visual artists. Large scale projections
supported the performers along the banks of the
Wimmera River and pyrotechnic company, Artistri provided a community
workshop, creating huge fire sculptures to
represent each culture, and the union
of the two.
Workshops saw hundreds of school children, footy
players and even Councillors learning to be fearsome
haka warriors.
From Fields to Fiesta, directed by Emily Taylor,
brought a range of local and guest performers
into the main street of Horsham on a Friday night.
The colour, BannerLink banners, and atmosphere transformed
the Horsham CBD into a very vibrant performance
space, with Chinese fan dancers, trampolinists,
Irish dancers, youth rock bands, Slap Happy body
percussion and gumboot dance, tai chi and even twirlers
supported by a bagpipe soloist!
The Gyuto Monks of Tibet were back, running
more workshops and again drawing people in from around
the state with their sand mandala and second match of cricket. The festival closed with a performance by Ruatau Maori Culture
Group.
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