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2008 FESTIVAL RECAP
IN THIS ISSUE:
Award-winning and World Renowned Performers at the 2008 Festival Make Community Connections
2008 Festival Outdoor World Party
The ART moves Parade Roles on for the Forth Year
Festival Art Contest Creatively Interprets Minnesota Life
2008 ARTwalk & Building art Bring Color to Downtown Saint Paul
Festival School Days are Jam Packed with Fun
Student Made Art the Core of the Festival
Thank You Festival Volunteers
Saint Paul Conservatory Festival Internships a Success
The completion of the 2008 Flint Hills International Children’s Festival marks the eighth anniversary of this spectacular international event which brought the best performing arts the world has to offer to the children of Minnesota and the region. The Festival is a once in a life time event which inspires active arts participation by schools, students, arts organizations, artists, and more! As an extension of Education and Community Engagement at Ordway Center, the 2008 Festival provided children an unparalleled opportunity for cross cultural experiences that promote the discovery of human commonalities and celebrate cultural differences!
AWARD-WINNING AND WORLD-RENOWNED PERFORMERS AT THE FESTIVAL MAKE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
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DRUM! swept into the Twin Cities for the Children’s Festival for an extraordinary five days of rhythm, poetry, dance, and song. More than 15,200 people attended their breath taking performances.
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Tokounou All Ability West African Dance performed in the McKnight Theatre for more than 2,600 students, teachers, and families during the Festival week.
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Marionetas de la Esquina charmed more than 3,000 audience members with puppetry and storytelling geared towards the Festival’s youngest audience members.
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Andes Manta brought the sounds of the South American rainforest to life during six performances that reached over 1,000 audience members.
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Visible Fictions, a Festival favorite, lived up to their reputation with their hilarious and well-received performances of Jason and the Argonauts. More than 850 audience members enjoyed the performances throughout the week.
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Wise Fool New Mexico - while rain kept Wise Fool New Mexico’s performances of Flexion grounded on one day of the Festival, large crowds gathered around the 26 foot high truss in Landmark Plaza throughout the week to watch the performers of Wise Fool New Mexico take to the air on stilts, suspended from ropes and balanced atop the metal structure that defined their performance space.
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2008 FESTIVAL OUTDOOR WORLD PARTY |
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The Outdoor World Party was bigger and better than ever featuring performers on the World Stage, Target Alley, and the Landmark Plaza Stage. More than twenty five arts and cultural organizations and corporate sponsors partnered with Ordway Center to create make-and take art activities for thousands of children and their families.
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Arts Partners
Each year Ordway Center creates partnerships with many companies and organizations throughout the state that culminate in many family friendly activities in the parks. Arts Partners host art making projects such as mosaic masterpieces, paper bag hats, milk carton pull toys, and more at the Festival!
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THE ARTMOVES PARADE ROLES ON FOR A FOURTH YEAR |
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The fourth annual ARTmoves Parade kicked off at the Festival with puppets large and small and some of its most ambitious parade units to date. Leading the charge were the parade’s Grand Marshalls, Michelle Vanden Plas and Zoe and Santiago Calderon. More than 375 participated in the parade, including more than 150 members from community based and performing arts organizations, as well as more than 200 youth from Twin City community centers and organizations who participated in residencies with artists to create unbelievable moving art!
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FESTIVAL ART CONTEST INTERPRETS MINNESOTA LIFE |
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The 2008 Flint Hills International Children’s Festival ARTcontest collected more than 335 original pieces of art on the theme MY MINNESOTA: A Creative State of Mind. Young artists were encouraged to interpret what Minnesota means to them, a theme inspired by the 2008 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Celebration.
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2008 ARTWALK & BUILDING ART BRING COLOR AND CREATIVITY TO DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL |
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Children’s art once again blanketed downtown Saint Paul in windows, storefronts, and on the sides of buildings for the fifth annual ARTwalk. More than 850 students from various schools and organizations participated in creating the art work for the 2008 Festival. Also adorning The Saint Paul Hotel, Landmark Towers, Ordway Center, and Landmark Center were returning and newly-created pieces of building art that created a panoramic view of colorful art on the Festival grounds.
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FESTIVAL SCHOOL DAYS ARE JAM-PACKED WITH FUN |
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More than 15,500 students and educators form around the state of Minnesota and the region traveled to downtown Saint Paul to participate in the Festival School Days. Before and after enjoying international performances, students had the opportunity to have lunch in the park, participate in Global Arts Workshops, or explore the Sonic Playground with students from Webster Magnet Elementary and Burroughs Community School.
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STUDENT-MADE ART THE CORE OF THE FESTIVAL |
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K-12 Public Art Project Sponsored by Delta Dental
The K-12 Public Art sculpture garden made its annual appearance in front of Ordway Center, surrounded by the amazing topiary art of Tropical Plants Unlimited. Extending the Festival’s footprint this year was the Sonic Playground installation
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ARTbuilds Sponsored by General Mills
School design teams wowed Festival goers with their imaginative designs. The set of the most ambitious large-scale sculptures to date included: a sailboat and waterscape by Twin Cities Academy High School, a vertical outline of the state of Minnesota by Austin High School, and a redesign of the 35W bridge by Patrick Henry High School.
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Digital Kids Project Sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation
From research to videotaping to editing, the Digital Kids Project once again put students in the driver’s seat in creating a documentary on the Festival’s artists and art forms.
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COMPAS
Thanks to the students and teachers who chose to engage in the Festival art forms beyond the classroom through COMPAS residenices. One hundred twenty students from Frost Lake worked with Leo Lara on Ecuadorian music and culture and one hundred twenty students from Linwood and Monroe schools worked with Kenna Sarge on West African movement!
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THANK YOU FESIVAL VOLUNTEERS |
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Once again, community members from across the region volunteered their time to make the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival a success. Dedicated volunteers, from as far as Iowa, were a positive force in all aspects of the Festival, from greeting Festival attendees to helping with the set-up and break down of the Festival.
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SAINT PAUL CONSERVATORY FESTIVAL INTERNSHIPS A SUCCESS |
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Through a longstanding partnership with the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists (SPCPA), Education and Community Engagement at Ordway added a new component to the Festival. Ordway Center staff selected five students from SPCPA for a semester-long internship that culminated in the Festival.
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 Education at Ordway Center is sponsored by 3M. Additional major funding is provided by The Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, Ordway Circle of Stars, General Mills Foundation, hundreds of individuals, foundations, corporate contributors, and by the patronage of thousands of theatre attendees.
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