Todos Arte & Carnivale Wodonga SPICE - Wodonga's biggest street party!

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• Todos Arte Monday, February 22, 2010 to Friday, March 5, 2010 daily in Woodland Grove
• Lounging Into Carnivale Friday, March 5, 6pm to 9pm
• Carnivale Market Day Saturday, March 6, 9.30am to 1.30pm
• Carnivale Festival Saturday, March 6, 5pm to 10pm
• Carnivale Recovery Sunday, March 7, 7pm to late
  Location: Wodonga CBD
  Audience: Carnivale Wodonga is a true all-ages event with something for everyone!

TODOS ARTE Todos Arte or Total Art (Spanish) is a two week art festival that seeks to foster community connections, creative expression, celebration and gathering in the heart of Wodonga. People are brought together from a broad cross section of the community to learn skills, share stories and explore points of connection and difference; whilst engaging in the production of large 3D sculptures, visual décor, costumes, and funky percussion rhythms. The art workshops are facilitated by professional artists; as the art continues to grow so does the community's enthusiasm and anticipation for Carnivale Wodonga Spice. The spicy creative product is then launched at the festival. To participate in Todos Arte or for more information, please contact Stephanie Judd on (02) 6022 9281.

CARNIVALE WODONGA Carnivale Wodonga began in 2006 with Jonkunuu Jamaican Festival in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games. In 2007, Carnivale Wodonga was HOT and in 2008 Carnivale Wodonga went WILD. In 2009 Carnivale Wodonga embraced all things BIZARRE, delivering a spectacular event to an audience of 20,000 – 24,000. In 2010 Carnivale Wodonga is going to SPICE it up! Carnivale Wodonga SPICE will incorporate all things with a zest and a tang, all that is fiery and fierce, featuring flavours from around the world – everything from salsa to samba, to Bollywood and Brazilian. Carnivale Wodonga SPICE will be a feast for the senses.

Lounging Into Carnivale - an exciting prelude to the main event on Friday night; Lounging into Carnivale will feature live music and dance from Mandinka Sound featuring two extraordinarily talented Melbourne based West African acts Muhanamwe and One Africa, food, wine, roving entertainment, children's art and recreational activities, extended trading hours and the M.E.G.A.S. open mic final.

 

Elegua Spectacular

Carnivale Festival

Two stages of music and one of performance that will include spicy and interactive dance workshops.

The Spice Up Your Life Stage will feature local artists such as Yackandandah's JUST – whose music is about passion, rhythm, movement, and having fun. Each artist on this stage will be challenged to perform The Spice Girls “Spice Up Your Life” in their own unique style.

World Spice – located at Stanley St – will feature big bands with flavours from around the world! Melbourne-based salsa band, Bahia Latin Grooves, will take spectators on a journey around Latin America with their extensive repertoire of rhythms such as salsa from Puerto Rico and New York, Mambo from Cuba, Cumbia from Colombia and Merengue from Santo Domingo. Teamed with Melbourne salsa dance workshops teaching salsa to get everyone up and dancing, it promises to be an experience like no other!

Carnivale Wodonga will once again feature a performance stage at the festival – Spicy Rhythms, which will feature dance and other performances from around the world. The highly acclaimedElegua Spectacular will wow audiences with their authentic South American moves, bringing the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro to Carnivale Wodonga. Audiences can simply watch the spicy performances, or participate in the workshops and learn their own spicy moves.

The event will also feature two fire shows and is free.

Carnivale Wodonga SPICE will showcase food vendors from around the region with dishes that will tempt all tastebuds. National dishes will be on offer from Malaysia, Thailand, India, and Turkey as well as the traditional Australian barbecue, homemade icecreams, pancakes and more. Members of the African and Bhutanese community living in Wodonga have been trained and supported by Wodonga Council in food handling, safety and preparation and will be cooking up a storm with their locally made cuisine.

The return of the Market and CBD traders will join in the Carnivale spirit and trade from the street.

Throughout Carnivale Wodonga SPICE, there will be three community parades where hundreds of people will be bopping down High St. Community members of all ages and abilities are invited to participate in the colourful and outlandish parades where you can dress bizarrely and dance feverishly while playing bizarre instruments.

Interactive dance workshops, the inspiring wearable art award and more.

The Woohoo Revue

Carnivale Recovery - Carnivale will conclude with a Moonlight Cinema on Sunday evening in Woodland Grove. A spicy film will entertain the families and in the interval local Bollywood dance artist Kenny Gabbi will get the crowds up and learning how to dance like a Bollywood superstar. Spicy food stalls and roving entertainers will conclude the two week Carnivale Spice festival.

Two whole weeks of Spice! All enquiries to City of Wodonga, phone (02) 6022 9300.

CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS!! We are looking for people with a sense of fun and adventure who love meeting new people and would like to offer a few hours of their time to be involved in this exciting arts festival.