When is it?
Saturday
September 25, 2010
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where is it?
Wilson Elementary School
325 Meadow Lane
Owatonna, MN
Free Admission
Donations graciously accepted
Please note
No alcohol or glass containers
If you have questions, please contact us.
Main Stage Performers
Special Guests : Margie & Luke Adams, Denver, CO
This dynamic mother-son team competed in the CBS Sunday evening program 'The Amazing Race'.
Through this experience, they traveled to countries around the world, performing in a wide variety of
athletic and challenging contests, ultimately achieving a third place finish. Luke was the first deaf/hard
of hearing contestant featured on the program. They will be available to share stories about their amazing
travels with festival attendees and have time to mix and mingle.
Margie and Luke will be spending time at the Owatonna High School, Faribault High School and Faribault School for the Deaf in their visit to our area.
Chicks on Sticks
Founded in 1998 by Amy Ballestad and Shelley Chinander, Chicks on Sticks explores the ancient and universal art of stiltwalking. We also explore the powerful dynamic of working together as an all-female collective.
Through an initial grant from FORECAST Public ArtWorks, we were able to build stilts, make long-legged costumes, and create several small community performances. In the years since, we have collaborated with puppeteers, dancers, singers, aerialists, and pyrotechnicians to create original performances.
Our pieces range from tall-tale puppet shows in school gyms to flaming pyrotechnic pageants in urban corridors. Our artists also teach stiltwalking in workshops and summer youth camps.
Learn more about Chicks on Sticks on www.chicksonsticks.us
Faribault Boksprings Rugby Team
For anyone reasonably familiar with American football, rugby should be an easy game to understand. The purpose of the game os rugby is to carry the ball over a goal line or kick it over a goal post with more consistency than one’s opposition. The laws of ruby are few and simple. Rugby action does not stop until someone scores, the ball goes out of bounds or a rule is broken.
The Boksprings are the longest tenured non-combined rugby club in Minnesota, Since their establishment in 1971 as a summer side by Mike Markman, the club has since withstood the test of time by continuing in their operation for thirty-one years.
Learn more about the Boksprings Rugby Team on www.bokspringrugby.com
Larry Yazzie & the Native Pride Dancers, Twin Cities
Larry will be spending a week with students in the Medford Schools, teaching music and traditions from
his Meskwaki Tribe. The students will join him for a performance at CulturFest.
Formed in 2003 and directed by Larry Yazzie, the Native Pride Dancers strive to educate and entertain audiences of all ages throughout the world on the beauty, skill, and majesty of American Indian music and dance. They offer a variety of performance types, from solo to large ensemble productions designed for classrooms as well as theaters. Based in Minnesota, the Native Pride Dancers perform locally, regionally, and nationally.
Native Pride Dancers are quickly become a commonly known name in the theater, educational and corporate
circuits around the country with performances at the Smithsonian, Japan, Brazil and the Macy’s Day Parade.
This high energy show offers a true look into Native American culture through dance, song, flute, storytelling and more.
Our performers don't just put on a show, but an educational experience that will amaze your audiences.
Native Pride Dancers are also very excited to offer more in depth knowledge into the Native American culture through our residency programs. Enhance the learning experience in a smaller setting with more one on one time to ask questions, learning to drum, learn the meaning behind the regalia, the depth of the storytelling and much more.
For more information, visit thier website at
http://appserv.mnstate.edu/gooding/index.htm
Café Flamenco, Twin Cities
Celebrate the exotic and sultry ambiance of the early 1900's in Spain known as "Café Cantante" when flamenco
dancers, singers and musicians performed for glamorous patrons in cabarets!
Zorongo Flamenco recreates this intimate setting with audience members seated on the stage, allowing all to share in the intense, driving expression that is the art of flamenco. The performance features three dancers and two guitarists and engages the audience through dynamic performance and an interactive presentation of the history of flamenco.
Susana di Palma, Artistic Director - Di Palma founded Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre in 1982, an organization known for its theatrically compelling works that address social/political concerns while tantalizing the imagination. Susana di Palma is unparalleled both as a performer and choreographer and is respected and recognized internationally for her innovative flamenco/theatre works. Having spent a lifetime studying all aspects of the art of flamenco in Spain with renowned maestros, her performance and choreographic skills have draw from the essence of flamenco tradition
Pedro Cortes Jr. - Pedro Cortés, Jr. comes from a family of Spanish Gypsy guitarists and began his studies with his father and the esteemed Flamenco guitarist Sabicas. He has two books on Flamenco," El Dron del Faraon" and "Cruzando el Charco", published by the American Institute of Guitar. He has toured extensively and has performed with such artists as Farrucita, La Tati, Merche Esmeralda, Manolete and the late Lola Flores. Cortés is a third generation Flamenco guitarist and uses the experience passed down to him by his family to maintain the purity of Flamenco while creating new compositions. He has been with Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre since 1993.
For more information, visit thier website at
http://www.zorongo.org
Johneyo, Twin Cities
John started yo-yoing when he was 4 1/2 and saw a kid doing really cool 1 and 2 handed tricks on the
"Bill Cosby" show. That did it - he wanted to learn how to yo yo after that. It took his Mom a few days but
she finally found a local yo yo club from the internet. His parents brought him there every Friday for the
next 5 years until it dissolved. John is now 12 yrs old and mainly a Single A player, but he also does Off
string, 2 hand, and some Counter-weight. My favorite yo-yo's are the The Black Knight(of course), the Hitman,
Dark Magic, Aquarius, and the Special Agent. John also collects yo-yos and currently has over 500 and
counting in his collection. The oldest one is an original wood Filipino Goody and his rarest is one of
Johnnie DelValle's X-Con prototypes that he got at Worlds. He is sponsored by Yo-yo Jam and on their National
Yo-yo Jam Team. John believes they're one of the top yoyo manufactures in the world. He goes to most of
the yo-yo contests that are in the area and also to the Worlds contest in Orlando and Nationals in Chico, CA.
Check out his contest and records page on his website to see how he’s been doing.
John does solo public and private yo-yo performances for schools, Pack meetings, birthday parties and music fests. He has performed at the Boundary Water's Blues Fest in Ely, Mn the last couple of years. Check out the video clip page and you'll see a clip of him performing there. Schools have been everything from a full assembly of apx. 600 students to individual classrooms.
He also is a tournament chess player and goes to tournaments about every other week during the school year. He started playing when he was 4 year old at Montessori school. In the local SCA he currently has over 300 merit points, which is basically 1 point for every game won and 24 chess trophies from all the tournaments he’s played in. His USCF rating is currently at 1174.
Music is another one of his hobbies. He’s played the guitar for the last 2 years and has both a classical and a Fender electric. He’s played the drums for the last few years on a drum set, which was compliments of Tony Danza.
For more information, visit his website at
http://www.johneyo.com
Sumunar Indonesian Music & dance, Twin Cities
In Indonesia, the word sumunar means a glowing, brilliant light-one that is radiant and beautiful, and one
that illuminates and warms the soul. Dedicated to teaching, performing and sharing the arts and culture of
Indonesia, Sumunar invites you to be a part of the luminous light.
Whether you’re enjoying a concert or taking a gamelan class, our goal is to share the rich sounds, stories and traditions of Indonesia with you in an open and relaxed environment. Sumunar is a among the Twin Cities’ cultural treasures, one that can be enjoyed by all ages.
Sumunar is a program of the Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota (IPAAM), which was founded
in 2002 to continue and expand the gamelan program initiated by The Schubert Club in 1995. Through classes,
performances, community workshops, and school residencies, IPAAM promotes an understanding of and appreciation
for Indonesian music, dance and culture.
For more information, visit thier website at
http://www.sumunar.org