Firebelly Dance, and Oncle Hoonki

Wow what amazing performances by Oncle Hoonki and his Legion of Flying Monkeys. They brought all their handmade horns and performed for the Killarney Community. Also lending their skills for learning the pan flute.

Even the Firebelly Stilt Walker took a try at the horn.

Thank you Firebelly! The stilt walker was amazingly talented and also doubled as the BollyX performer. She really brought magic to the event. The children swarmed her and there were many photo ops.

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Joe Chatsis Cree Hooping Dancer and The Culture Saves Lives Pow Wow Drummers

Joe Chatsis performing a hooping dance. Here is 13 hoops in a formation of a bird. Johnny Sam and the Culture Saves Lives Pow Wow Drummers getting warmed up with their first song. After going through the hoops and weaving in and out Joe created these globes with the hoops. What a talent to share with us. Thank you Joe! With Killarney pool in the background Joe is using the hoops and his body to create formations. We were applauding Joe's Hooping Dance and then the Pow Wow Drummers said one more song... Joe led us in one last dance called "the friendship circle" where we all held hand and stepped with our right foot and did a small jump and shuffled our left foot. We got pretty good momentum and staff and board members joined in too. It was a lovely way to end the outdoor event. We were all tired from the heat but had a fun time together. Thank you for coming to the Art Carnivale and making it a special day at Killarn...

JOE CHATSIS - CREE HOOP DANCER and JOHN SAM - POW WOW DRUMMER

Hooping Artist Joe Chatsis lives in Vancouver and is from the Cree First Nations. He does hooping dance to the beat of the Pow Wow drum. John Sam will be his accompaniment at the Killarney Art Carnivale on July 8th, with some Pow Wow singers. This is Joe at the Hastings Community space performing with his hoops as part of #culturesaveslives in the DTES. With his different formations he can do up to 21 hoops! This is quite the accomplishment. He wears hooping regalia and here he is teaching Randi Obenauer. The Killarney Community is looking forward to learning a few moves from Joe. This is Joe performing at the Oppenheimer Park Community space on Powell street. Photos By: Randi Obenauer

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