Friends of the Festival is the Blog for the Zig Zag Festival
We already have some great plans this year, and we want to include the Friends of the Festival in those plans!
You can join Friends of the Festival , leave us your name and email in a comment and we will add you to the mailing list for newsletters, updates and offers.
Some of the things we do are in preparation for the Festival,
and some of the things we do are events in their own right.
Check out the list on the right under categories.
The next Youth Band Night will be on Saturday 2 October. Right now we are calling for bands to play on the night.
Declan will take your details, and answer any questions about the arrangements on the night.
Bands Wanted Poster Youth Band Night October 2010 (click image to see full size)
Interested bands need to get in contact before 15 September. The Band list gets published shortly after that, and the final posters go out with the names of bands playing.
Tags: Music, Performance, School Holidays, Youth
The inaugural Halls Creek Music Festival is on Saturday Aug 28. The choir has been invited as ‘special guests’… along with Kimberley favourite son, Ernie Bridge.
Ten Madjitil Moornapeople will be there for preparations and general volunteering. Della Rae Morrison will lead the singing and dancing, Marie and Sebastien will lead craft workshops and poi – both in the community and from a Madjitil Moorna tent, on Festival Day. Young MMers Claire and Wren will be there as play leaders and fab poi-twirlers as well. Four other singers will join the gang.
Madjitil Moora will help prepare Red Hill School’s performance and hopefully have their own performance time after dark for fire poi.
Doreen Green is our key person in Halls Creek, arranging accommodation and finding jobs for us as volunteers. It has been Doreen’s dream for five years that her community heals to the stage that it can host a music festival, understanding the healing power of singing and playing together and knowing how many benefits this will bring. Madjitil Moorna was a big fish that she caught along the way!
Six of us will fly with Argyle Diamonds arriving at the mine site Weds 25 Aug and not returning till Mon 30 when we will stay our last night in dongas on site and catch an early flight home. Luggage limit is 10kg so not much room for diamonds. Huge thanks to Argyle Diamonds for their generous support
Tags: Aboriginal Language, Choir, Halls Creek, Music, Participation, Performance
New Start for Madjitil Moorna this coming Monday 9 August, with George Walley. 12 weeks ’till Festival. Looking for more singers, ready for a fab ride towards reconciliation!
Come to the Anderson Road Community Centre, Forrestfield
6.30 cuppa, 7pm we sing till 8.30. Bring the kids.
New Aboriginal songs coming up!
Tags: Aboriginal Language, Choir, Companionship, Creative, Dance, Music, Participation, Reconcilliation
Our intrepid and diminutive photographer, Gillian Berry has processed all the photos from the 70s Night and posted them on her gallery.
Blog here
and Gallery here http
and 70s Night Dance album here
Not only that, if you want to buy copies of any of the photos, they are on special pricing (But wait, there’s more: part proceeds go to the 2010 Zig Zag Festival!)
FLASHBACK were great! The support musicians were great! The food was great, and the decorations were amazing!
Decorations
Doors opened at 7:15 (while the band were still rehearsing one number with the Chicken Supremes) and at 7:33 the music started, and at once there were dancers on the floor, and it was all happening!
By 8:00 pm the place was packed. the tables were taken, the dance floor was full, and the second round of nibbles was on its way out. by 8:30 people had started to recognise each other behind the wigs and crazy costumes (one couple came as Scooby Doo and Velma, one of the Girls, wow that dog suit must have been hot!)
Scooby and Valma on arrival
Supper was served, and the band played some softer numbers to assist digestion, but the serious dancers took their chance to stake a claim on the woodwork. The set included some numbers with a brass section, stunningly provided by Gerard and Michelle.
The Chicken Supremes singing Rivers of Babylon
The Chicken Supremes (in reality you should know this was half the Zig Zag Committee) came on, in costume, and sang “the rivers of Babylon” in tight harmony (and tight costumes).
Roxy was accompanied by Bec on violin to sing “I will Survive” to huge applause, and a short while later, Sophie sang two ABBA numbers which drove the dance floor wild.
Then that quintessestial 70s number from the Bee Gees, “Staying Alive” set the scene for the challenge: which of the three dancers wearing The White Suit were going to do the Travolta thing?
Steven Donaldson - The MAN in the WHITE SUIT
It didn’t take long to work that out: Stephen Donaldson took centre stage at the front of the dance floor, and owned it! He danced the whole song superbly, and got probably the biggest roar of applause all evening.
What were those lips? They were kinda familiar, yet sorta strange...
Then at the start of the fourth set there was a technical hitch, the audience had to wait while the band got ready, while the light show played the same sequence of bright red lips against a black background. Wait, wait, wait. Then a familiar riff and then out from backstage came the singers again – in full burlesque – and Did The Time Warp!
let's... Do The Time Warp
The place went off! Everyone had the moves, the hands went on the hips, and you know the rest!
That was closely followed by Blues Brothers, and then the Chicken Supremes were back singing backing for “Mustang Sally” and there was even a set of lyrics for “Sweet Home Alabama Kalamunda”.
This was more than a fun fundraiser, this was a large community of diverse ages, all participating in a triumph of common interest. The costumes were fantastic, the crowd was grinning all night, the dance floor could have been twice the size but we all scrunched together in good cheer!
Thank you to all our in kind sponsors for all the raffle prizes and the silent auction items.
The raffles went well, the silent auction went well, the coin toss was amazing and most tables completed the little 70s quiz page. So have a read of the comments below from the questionnaire. (But first, place your tongue firmly in your cheek!). From the Zig Zag Committee, to everyone that came along: Thank you! We enjoyed it, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as you appeared to!
Tags: 70s, Dance, Music, Participation, Performance
Saturday 26th June will be another night to remember in Kalamunda. We are holding another retro dance night!
It’s your chance to dress the part, and party on down with all your friends at the Kalamunda Club. Get a table together!
Flashback performing at the 60s night in 2009
We’ll have the Kalamunda Club decorated up, and there will be special lights, there will be a light supper, a fully licensed bar and the best retro covers band in WA - FLASHBACK will be playing (almost) all night.
As happened last year at the 60s Night Dance, the Chicken Supremes will be joining in for a set of songs, and there are some super surprises planned too!
Tickets are now on sale at the Kalamunda Bookshop on Haynes St. and you can start browsing the costumes at Hills Hocus Pocus costume hire (just behind the Friendlies Chemist).
You can book tables by calling 9291-3092 and telling us your ticket numbers.
The Banner is up too
70s Night Dance - the Banner
JUNE 26
Kalamunda Club
Kalamunda Road
Kalamunda
The Chicken Supremes have been going to rehearsals too, you’re going to love some of the songs!
Tags: Dance, Music, Participation
The Choir meets on Monday nights at the Anderson Road Community Centre in Forrestfield WA 6058 starting at 6:30 pm (cuppa) singing from 7 pm till about 8:30.
All ages and voices are welcome. We are a group of indigenous and non-indigenous people who sing in language to build understanding, hope and joy.
George Walley is leading the choir with help and support from Della-Rae Morrisson and Jesse Lloyd.
More information and pictures on our website http://www.madjitilmoorna.org.au
Tags: Aboriginal Language, Choir, Reconcilliation
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- Directions to the dancers – the caller needs big gestures too!
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- Parents guide the kids around the dance circle for an Aussie set of whimsical tunes
Click the image for a larger view
Ingredients:
A band of musicians, with traditional instruments – flute or recorder or whistle, accordion, mandolin, banjo, drums, guitar …
Dance space, big enough and flat enough …
Dancers, and sometimes dance demonstrators …
A dance caller – to tell you what to do next …
Join in or watch,
lots to see and hear,
wonderful family fun.
Tags: Dance, Music, Participation, Performance, Stirk Park, Traditional
Every Friday Zig Zag Community Arts has a Busy Bee in the Office at 11 Headingley Road Kalamunda (Next to Stirk Park).
It’s a mix of a creative activity and something more routine. It might be making decorations, or hanging pictures, or stuffing envelopes.
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- Decorating the Bowling Club for 60s Night dance
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- Decorating the Stage at the Bowling Club for 60s Night dance
Some people come for the whole time, some for part. It’s a chance to catch up, and to talk, and to work together on something.
Tags: Creative, Participation, Stirk Park
Youth Band Nights are held during school holidays. Its a concert for local bands with young performers. Support comes from older musicians and in a tight club venue with a small sound system and shared drum kit makes for a great experience.
For the Bands it has been a chance to try out sounds and songs to a group of peers, other musicians, and mates. The extra pressure of performance to an audience lifts your game, and other misicans can give feedback you can use.
For family and friends it is a chance to see your mates play, and check out other local bands too. Some of the local bands came though here on their way to greater things and Eastern States tours.
Its an alcohol and drug free event, and there is no admission charge. There are soft drinks and usually a sausage sizzle, there are earplugs to save your hearing getting wrecked, and the friendly club atmosphere is well known. Town Square Community Hall on Barber Street Kalamunda Saturday night. Look for posters.
Bands wanting to perform should contact Declan before the middle of March on 0422 689 143 or by email
deccsan at gmail.com
or bandnight at zigzagfestival.org
(replace the at with the symbol and no spaces)
Tags: Music, Participation, Performance, School Holidays, Youth