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CACHICAMO MUSIC AND DANCE GROUP AT WOODFORD FESTIVAL
Saturday
30 December 2006 from 12:00pm till late Cachicamo Latin Harp will be representing Colombia providing music and dance at
the most important event in Australia Woodford Folk Festival.
Don’t miss this spectacular world class event that takes place
over the new year period.
Online tickets available from
www.woodfordfolkfestival.com
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Between 27th December and 1st
January each year, an eclectic mix of visual and performing artists gather at
the Woodford Folk Festival. Internationally renowned artists from around the
world as well as talented local and national performers participate. A strong
emphasis is placed on including indigenous and multicultural communities in
the 6 day festival programme. The Folklines multicultural programme
this year features hundreds of artists and performance groups representing 32
countries.
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Dance
Performance Highlights
Unsurpassed virtuosity and versatility feature in the
dance displays at the Folklorica Stage and
throughout the festival. From the Pacific region comes Maoiha
Maori Cultural Group, a powerful haka and dance
group, and from Papua New Guinea,
the Milne Bay Dancers. For your Indian culture festival experience there is Rohith Badya, an Indian Yakshagana dancer, The Singh Sisters, an Indian bhangra dance group (with dohl
drummers) and the Brisbane Bollywood Dancers. From
the Balkans comes Yorgo Kaporis,
a Macedonian / Balkan dancer extraordinaire, who is the lead dancer and
choreographer with Sydney based
international touring group the Macedonian Dance Ensemble Ilinden.
Originally from the Sop region of Bulgaria
comes singer and dancer Veronika
Zaharieva. She has performed professionally with ‘Iglika’ Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble from Plovdiv. Also from the Balkan
region come the Croatian Folkloric Dance Group, Brisbane, and Sule Mesic, a Bosnian
accordionist and dancer from Modrichki Sevdah. Artists from Latin America
include Maygualida Rodriguez & Israel Ortiz of
the Cuban Dance Company, festival favourites
Bolivia Marka and the much loved and talented Cachicamo Latin Harp and Cachicamo
Colombian Dancers, a colorful dance tour featuring indigenous, European and
African influences. So join Elkin and Sandra for a Latin Dance Extravaganza
in the Dance Venue supported by the latest Salsa Band in Queensland
“The Latin Brothers”…. The salsa will be hot and funky to crazy and cool.
Woodford programs are available from
BEMAC at a cost of $5 each.
Don’t miss this spectacular world class event that takes place over the new
year period
Online tickets available from www.woodfordfolkfestival.com
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