Tsunami on the Square Performing Arts and Culture Festival
Flourish Before the Flood June 17th - Circus Camp June 14th thru 18th -
Tsunami on the Square June 19th - Tsunami Tsunday June 20th
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A Word from Our Pooh-bah:
First there was Tsunami - the impossible wave of Summer Performance, then there was Circus Camp - a chance for kids to see what life is like from atop stilts, now we have Family Circus Camp - giving your tiniest tots the chance to enter the world of performance art, side by side with you, their very cool parents.
Check out the article from Ginger to find out more!
And some original Tsunami performers - Carpetbag Brigade - are passing through on their barnstorming tour of the Southwest. Part of their stay will be an intense workshop for local performers. Should be amazing, and note, all Tsunami volunteers and performers will get a 45% discount on the workshop. Nice!
HEAD'S UP! May 19th is 5% Wednesday for Tsunami on the Square at New Frontiers Natural Marketplace in Prescott.
Please make a point of shopping at New Frontiers on May 19th and 5% of your purchase will be donated to making sure we have a Tsunami on the Square in June!
We are The Little Wave That Could!
(And we couldn't be prouder!)
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FAMILY CIRCUS CAMP
And now a message from Ginger Spaulding, our esteemed Circus Camp Director:
Hello there! It's spring again.... That means another Circus Camp and this year
our first ever, all new FAMILY CIRCUS CAMP! Yes, that means you too can
play, laugh and learn at Family Circus Camp with your children! We
know there's some hams out there and some great handwork people too.
What a great way to spend a Saturday morning! Meeting new people,
playing, being silly, learning new tricks.......
It's happening on the first 4 Saturdays of May from 9am-12 noon.
Location: The Bethel Church on 501 Campbell st.
If you can't make all four dates, then just come for as many as you
can. (Convenient, eh?)
Please read the fact sheet and register early! Only 40 families
can fit in the space.
Any questions? email me! You can call too (but email is easier
for me).
Workshops: May
change. No African drumming or dancing. Here's the tentative
schedule: All things
bouncy!,
Gymnastics, Costume design,
Parachute/giant puppet snake, hula hoops 9am- 9:45 am-
register, sign in and
proceed to group game warm-ups 9:45- 10:45 am- first
workshop Younger
kids (4-7) choose from: costume, parachute/snake, things that
bounce (ball w/handle and moon hopper) Older
kids (8 and up) choose from: Gymnastics, parachute/snake,
hula hoop, costume 10:45 - 11:45 second
workshop Younger
kids choose from: costume, gymnastics, parachute/snake, hula
hoop Older
kids choose from: costume, gymnastics, parachute/snake, bouncers 11:45-12:00- group
games, clean-up
and warm down. (Possible musical guests) 12:00 noon- goodbye
and thank you!
Let's get outside and play!
With Love,
Ginger (coordinator)
778-3896
PS: Circus Camp for Kids will be June 14th -17th at Mile High
Middle School from
9am - 12:30 pm.
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 Remember The Carpetbag Brigade, the frolicking
theater group
that rocked Tsunami on the Square for five years with skitmercials, stilt performances
and
started the site specific Flourish before the Flood event?
Well, they
are
coming back to Northern Arizona at the end of April to do a series of
events
including.... Presenting their new indoor work " You don't
know Jack" at the Orme School Conducting a three stilt and performance skills
workshop
entitled "The Pillars of Spectacle Based Drama" Hosting a Carpetbag Cabaret at the Prescott College
Crossroads
Center
A World-Class Workshop The Carpetbag Brigade crew will be teaching a combination
of acrobatic stilts, butoh and contact improvisation for advanced and
beginners. The workshop will take place at Granite Creek Park from 10
am to 4 pm
Bring warm clothes, water, a willingness to experiment with
physical expression. Carpetbag Brigade can provide up to 8 pairs of stilts...register soon
by contacting Christopher Mankowski at soulace@sbcglobal.net
or Jay Ruby at info@carpetbagbrigade.com Cost is $185 per person with 45% discounts for Tsunami
Volunteers, Skitmercial Crew members and Carpetbag Cabaret organizers. A great chance to build your skills, connect with other
artists
and learn the skills that The Carpetbag Brigade uses to build
performances
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We're looking for a few good thespians!
Skitmercial Crew Casting Call
Every Monday in April at Annie's Attic, 6 - 8pm!
2010 Skitmercial Tsarina Angie Garrotto and her board of Tsunami Skitmercial veterans
are looking for skitmercial performers for this June's Tsunami on the Square.
What's a skitmercial? Its an inventive custom-made live commercial for a local business performed in front of thousands on Prescott's Courthouse Square.
Just like the Superbowl commercials, some people say its their favorite part of the whole festival. There are only 17 to 20 of them all year and they are a unique part of the Tsunami Experience.If you are interested in performing and/or writing skitmercials this year, please join us at Annie's Attic (upstairs at Coyote Joe's) any Monday in April, 6 - 8pm for a demonstration of skitmercials by returning members of the Skitmercial Crew and a chance to sign on yourself!
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Skitmercial Crew Touts Tim's Toyota
Skitmercial for Tim's Toyota here. |
Click here to find out more about becoming a Tsunami Vendor.Over 7,000 people converge on our festival
every year.Be ready for them in our Peddler's Cove!
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Pyroklectic Appearance at Tsunami Fundraiser
They were very nice and did not light the Top of the 'Tis on fire. To see them firing up the pie-fueled crowd, click here.
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Daily
Courier Video Report on Tsunami 2009
Daily
Courier reporting on Tsunami 2009 here.
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Jonathon Best Performance captured on Video at Tsunami 2009
Jonathon Best performing
at Tsunami
2009 here.
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Verbobala Multimedia Performance captured on Video at Tsunami 2009.
Verbobala Spoken Video/Human Nature Dance Theatre performing
at Tsunami 2009 here.
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Instruments of the Now Fire Dance Captured on Video at Tsunami 2009.
Instruments of the Now
performing at
Tsunami 2009 here.
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Circus Camp Instructor Explains Breakdancing - 2009
ArcheDream for HumanKind
teaching
breakdancing to kids at Tsunami Circus Camp here.
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Flam Chen's Amazing PyroTheatre at Tsunami 2006
Flam
Chen performing at Tsunami 2006 here.
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Flam Chen's Amazing PyroTheatre at Tsunami 2005
Flam Chen performing
at Tsunami 2005 here.
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Meg Bohrman, Dori Mion, Christa Kangethe and Many Kids Sing at Tsunami 2008
Singing
"Fishing for Stars" here.
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Tsunami on the Square
PO Box 2570
Prescott, Arizona 86302
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