The Rants of Issachar
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Kelowna Life and Arts Festival
I'm a bit late in posting this, but I got out to see part of the Life and Arts Festival on Friday night.
I ended up missing most of the Friday night Latin dance because of it, but it was worth it. My buddy Dave Siebring is in a fire spinning group called Kinshira. (They've got a Facebook group and there's some photos on Flickr and SmugMug, but I don't know if they've got an official website). They had a choreographed routine and it was pretty sweet. I've seen fire poi before, but I didn't know you could actually juggle balls of fire...
I ended up the night at Doc Willoughby's listening to a "Talk Rock" performance by T.O.F.U. I'd been told it would be slam poetry and apparently they've got roots in that, but this has about as much resemblance to poetry as I know it as a Chris Rock performance has to public speaking. I didn't really know what to expect, (poetry in a bar?), but it was great. If they're going to be in your area, go see them. You won't regret it.
I ended up missing most of the Friday night Latin dance because of it, but it was worth it. My buddy Dave Siebring is in a fire spinning group called Kinshira. (They've got a Facebook group and there's some photos on Flickr and SmugMug, but I don't know if they've got an official website). They had a choreographed routine and it was pretty sweet. I've seen fire poi before, but I didn't know you could actually juggle balls of fire...
I ended up the night at Doc Willoughby's listening to a "Talk Rock" performance by T.O.F.U. I'd been told it would be slam poetry and apparently they've got roots in that, but this has about as much resemblance to poetry as I know it as a Chris Rock performance has to public speaking. I didn't really know what to expect, (poetry in a bar?), but it was great. If they're going to be in your area, go see them. You won't regret it.
