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Pre-Festival activities provide an opportunity to learn from visual and performing artists who will be involved in the Festival. Pre-Festival workshops include opportunities for both young people and adults in a variety of artistic disciplines.
2007 offerings include:
In the Loop
Contribute your tuneful "junk" and join the Brandon Draper, Joshua Conner and Brett Matlbie in creating a "Jam Wagon" prior to the Festival. Imagine the equipment from the musical "Stomp" where anyone can walk up and jam on it! This audience interactive instrument (and the performances) will combine loop-based music, tribal drumming and found-sound percussion elements. Then, the whole contraption (with the artists) will move to a different location at the Festival each day.
Search through your basement, attic, kitchen drawers or garage and bring your found percussion objects to contribute them to the wagon. The artists and others will be working to craft this collaborative musical instrument and you can be a part of it all!
Times/Location TBA
In The Loop Flyer (PDF)
The Making of an Heirloom/Wooden Horses
Presentation Workshop
at the
Smoky Hill Museum, 211 West Iron Avenue
Thursday, June 7, 2007; noon—1:30 p.m.
with
Master Sculptor Alan Carr
Witness wood working and sculpting at its highest level of craftsmanship. Learn about the history, construction, and uses of the western equestrian heirloom. A comprehensive presentation/demonstration in the making of wooden horses: gliders, rocking horses, and Texas exotics along with the history of the famous “Concho” saddle, don’t miss the opportunity to meet this outstanding Texas Craftsman!
Call for Registration
(785) 309-5776 (Smoky Hill Museum)
Register NOW! Limited opportunity!
The Salina Mass Gospel Choir
Performing on Festival Sunday, June 10th at 10:00 a.m. on the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park and led by director Brigette Favors, the Salina Mass Gospel Choir will bring down the house! Here's your chance to share your singing talent while learning everything you ever wanted to know about performing Gospel music. Everyone is welcome—other choirs or individuals.
Location: Quayle United Methodist Church, 725 Commanche
Rehearsal Time: 6:30 p.m.
Workshop Rehearsal Dates: Wednesday May 30 and Thursday May 31
Wednesday June 6 and Thursday June 7
Performance: Sunday, June 10, 10:00 a.m., Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park
Choir Flyer (PDF)
Festival Families First
A grassroots way for those who love the Smoky Hill River Festival to help make it even more accessible to families with needs, this program creates an avenue for button donations. The Festival works with several identified Salina service agencies to provide Festival admission buttons to their clients. Give a dollar, give what you can, to give the gift of the Festival to those who might otherwise never experience it!
Donations may be made by check (marked "Festival Families") to:
Smoky Hill River Festival, P.O. Box 2181, Salina, KS 67402-2181
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