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2011 Festival will be
Sunday 30th October
Parade on Sunday 30th
at 6pm
Float Workshops
with Ken Allen & Junkadelic
October 2011
Details here
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Keep up to date on what's happening
2011 Festival will be
Sunday 30th October
Parade on Sunday 30th
at 6pm
Float Workshops
with Ken Allen & Junkadelic
October 2011
Details here
Black Chooks Music Sessions
Continue Wednesday evenings
| Stalls 2011 are now closed | What were the Projects in 2010? |
| Contact Zig Zag Arts | Become a Friend of the Festival |
2010 Festival Day panorama taken about 12:30pm
(click on image for a closer look)
2011 Zig Zag Festival
"Pirates in the Park"Pirate-themed Festival
Scouts Rope Bridge 2010 | 2011 Poster (click for a larger image)
Seams on 2010 Youth Stage | Puppet Making in the Childrens area
The 2011
Kalamunda Zig
Zag Festival will be held
on Sunday
the 30th
of October.
We are expecting another record crowd as thousands of people come up to the hills to celebrate our huge pirate themed event ‘Pirates in the Park’, to be held in beautiful
The
last weekend in October is always a great day for a
Festival, the children’s area will have more than 25 free kids
activities, and there will be fantastic performances at each of the
three stages all day long. The largest number of
craft (more than 50) and
food stalls (more than 20) have been confirmed for this year's
festival, so we are expecting lots of interest for people wanting to
buy early Chirstmas presents, or interesting food, knowing they are
beautiful locally made items. Last year quite a few stalls sold
out and some food vendors had to re-supply to keep up with demand.
Local involvement in the festival performances continues to be a highlight, with cheerleaders, gymnastics, choirs, school music groups and this year a specially written dance performance.
During the Parade down
The park will get lots of decorations for the pirate theme and many acts have prepared special items with a nautical flavour.
Entertainment and Stage Programs
These are just some of the highlights, to see everything you will need to be there more than once!!!
The Sound Shell - the Zig Zag Festival Main Stage
Stage performances will start at 11am with a Welcome to Country by
Karl Mourach
(pictured right) a local
Noongar woman, accompanied by a welcome song from the Madjitil Moorna Choir –
who started out as a special project initiated by Zig Zag Community
Arts in 2006. Following the opening speeches Madjitil Moorna will show how their special mix of voices blend to bring Aboriginal reconcilliation to life.
Following a successful series of local workshops - the Act-Belong-Commit HEYA-Zig Zag Hills Experimental Youth Arts Multimedia Dance performance is going to be a highlight of the day. Be prepared for a brilliant, witty dance performance telling a story of pirates.
The dynamic Fit 2 Cheer award winning cheerleaders will perform some of their world class routines - always a big crowd pleaser.
Last year Maida Vale Primary School pulled
off a huge circus performance involving dance and music. Derik Martin, was the inspiring teacher, leader, costumer and overall concert designer and Ring-Master. (Pictured left, Derik is kneeling with the singers).
This year they are taking on the Pirate theme and we are expecting the same top class results.
The local gymnastic group Kalajos will thrill the audience with their stunning acrobatic routines. The group is made up of young people from 4 years old to 18 and is based in Kalamunda at the old Rollarama building. Jos Henley is a dedicated community artist and gymnast who has lead this group for years and continues to train scores of promising young athletes. This group always draws a huge crowd and is really exciting to watch.
Local Choir Akappella Munda always puts on a strong show. This has been a good year for them, touring to perform in Denmark and even being featured on the cover of the Kalamunda Business Directory. They provided many of the Chicken Supremes singers for the Retro Dance - Mostly Motown.
Rumskull is a pirate themed band, who we last saw in the festival finale in 2008. They bring their lively pirate themed performance to life on recycled and improvised instruments - made from salvaged musical intrument parts and recycled materials.
ZZUE is a large local group of musicians playing small Ukuleles. The initials stand for Zig Zag Ukulele Ensemble (Pictured right at the Kalamunda Farmers Market). Small instruments with a big following, more and more people are taking up this little instrument, and having a great time playing a wide range of music on them. Come and speak with the band afterwards, you'll see how much fun they are having!
Local Centro Shopping Centre has many high street boutiques and outfitters, and this year they have partnered up with the Unique Models Academy based in Maida Vale to present a great local fashion parade.
The Kalamunda Rotary Checkerboard Stage
This stage is incredibly popular, and the new improved layout makes it easier to sit and enjoy several acts.
The whole stage and surrounds are protected by lovely trees and has a real ‘laid back’ feel which is mirrored by the acoustic based music that is performed all day.
This year there
are a mix of regulars like Black
Chook Chutney, (pictured
right) and Blue Celts plus
local acts Liz & Dave.
This year we have internationally renowned fiddler Rob accompanied by Sam performing, and crowd-favourite
Bernard Carney. For the first time we have the Spirit of the Streets Choir performing at the Festival, they have chosen the smaller setting of the Rotary Checkerboard Stage, and we are expecting a lot of people will want to hear their performance.
FREE Children's and Youth Activities
Childrens and most
youth activities again will be FREE. We believe the number of children participating in the activities will be the largest ever.
Last year several activities ran out of materials and some had to be re-supplied twice through the afternoon.
Traditional favourites like Garland Making (pictured left) was re-supplied with flowers three times during the day and free-expression Woodwork (pictured right) went non-stop all day till the wood ran out.
The Youth Zone and the Youth Stage
The youth area will
be set up with a huge shade sail for the first time to make the area
more comforatable and attractive. A range of free activities aimed at youth will be available, including, fantasy makeup, hair brading, Henna tattoos and badge making.
The Youth Stage (pictured left in 2010) dominates the area and defines a specific ‘Youth Zone’ in the park. The excellent line up of local youth bands promises to be popular again this year.
The
Zig Zag Festival Parade from Centro to the Park
The head of the parade will be the Kalamunda Pipe Band - bigger than ever, and growing in its renown.
The Girl Guides have been part of the parade for almost every Zig Zag Festival since they started.
Soroptimists International have once again taken on the role of organising the parade.
Ken Allen and Junkadelic have once again partnered with Zig Zag Community Arts to run the workshops that build the Festival Parade Float. Building a float from scratch in less than one month is an impressive feat, and building an impressive float is what Ken Allen seems to always achieve. Look out for some surprises!
This year we have opened the parade to all the dress-up Pirates, Peter Pans and Tinkerbelles.
The Festival Finale
All the participants of the Zig Zag Parade will reach the main sound shell stage in the park to herald the start of the Festival Finale Concert. As each group arrive at the stage they will be introduced to the audience – last to arrive will be the amazing ‘Kalamunda Krewse Pirate Ship’ and all the pirates and helpers that keep it ship-shape.There will be some closing annouincements and presentations by the Zig Zag Community Arts committee members who have dedicated much of the year to bring this outstanding Festival together.
The final act for the day and a very lively finish to the Festival will be provided by the Junkadelic Big Band, with special guests from the Kalamunda Youth Swing Band.
Link to Festival Program (coming soon)
Decorations for the Pirate Ship (called The Stirk Barque of course!)
Pictured above on the Gooseberry Hill Zig Zag during the Shire of Kalamunda Walk the Zig Zag event
Already too big for the parade
- maybe it's run aground in the park!
Festival Parade Float (link to workshops)
Workshops to build a Pirate Ship on a float base
to be pushed in the Parade
A Junkadelic Project led by Ken Allen
Supported by the Department for Communities
Pirate's Treasure Quest
(Z marks the Spot)
In the park there will be other fantastical piratical adventures to be had
and there will be speaking like a pirate
Your ideas (written on a scrap of paper in a stoppered 1/2 pint bottle) gladly accepted email us! (replace the at with the @ symbol before you press send)
We are a not for profit group run by volunteers to promote the arts and community action in the hills and foothills communities roughly within the Shire of Kalamunda. We are an incorporated group, (registered as deductable gift recipient for GST).
The Kalamunda Zig Zag Community Arts Festival began in the early 1980's as a local Shire initiative. During the first 10 years of its existence, responsibility gradually shifted to the community, until 1993 when the Festival Committee became a separate entity as a community-based non-profit incorporated group.
Between 1994 and 1998,
the
focus of
the Festival Committee was
on events and activities for the one-day festival. Since then, there
has
been an increased emphasis on events across the year, and on gaining
input from youth. Zig Zag Community Arts has taken on
a broad community
development role with extended programs that involve many sectors of
the community. These have included projects that extend
throughout the year and other significant events. The change reflects
the recognition of the
value of the Festival and the Arts as tools for addressing social and
community issues.
The committee consists entirely of
volunteers. They are
community members with a broad range of skills including community
development, project management, music, teaching and youth work.
Throughout the
year project teams coordinate art and music workshops that involve both
professionals and gifted amateurs.
The Aim of Zig Zag Community Arts
is to involve the community
in the appreciation of, and participation in community arts.
In 2011 the
Famous Zig Zag Festival will
be
on Sunday 30th October -
our annual celebration
of
community creativity and a showcase for the community's arts and
cultural achievements.
The 2011 Annual General Meeting of Zig Zag Community Arts Inc.
was held at 7:30pm on Thursday 31 March 2011
at Headingly Road Cottage, 11 Headingly Road, Kalamunda.
The 2011 Annual General Meeting of Zig Zag Community Arts Inc.
was held at 7:30pm on Thursday 31 March 2011
at Headingly Road Cottage, 11 Headingly Road, Kalamunda.
Link to 2011 Festival Poster Page
Many Thanks to our 2011 Festival Sponsors
Doing their bit to support the local community(the ones in blue boxes have links to their respective website)
Lesmurdie Lions
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