Procession Coordinator
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| Area: | Art |
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| Current Lead: | *2012 Suza Hepkat |
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Description
Area: Art
The Procession Coordinator is a Lead responsible for organizing the procession on the night of the burn. This position exhibits lots of creativity and the ability to work (and play) very well with others. Lead is also be familiar with fire safety, as many of the procession participants will likely be performing with fire. Previous leads have used the Procession as a theatrical performance (the Voodoo Wedding in 2005), or as a Pied Piper-style parade that seeks to pull the populace from their camps and continues to grow as it winds its way through the city, finally ending at the effigy (2006).
In 2012, the procession will take on aspects of a tribal CIRCUS PARADE with illuminated costumes, stiltwalkers, marching band drummers, giant puppets and circus freaks.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Prior to event, communicate general plan to theme camps, Flipside Flame editor, web site content lead, Austin List. Set expectations for schedule and sequence. Create a parade for the city! Sunday, round up key volunteers, and establish evening start point. Be on com to communicate with Burn Night Coordinator for Procession start and speed. Lead Flipizens to the effigy for burn/unburn celebration!
[2012 Procession] SPECTACLE -the neon gypsy circus parade marching band-
In 2012, the procession will take on aspects of a PARADE and seeks volunteers to join us as we wind through the streets of pyropolis on our way to the effigy gathering energy & momentum along the way. Seeking: Marching Band aficionados, Stiltwalkers, Illuminated Costumes, Giant Puppets, Drummers, people that generally enjoy making a spectacle of themselves, etc.
Sign up below or send an email to procession12@burningflipside.com with "spectacle" in the subject line.
VOLUNTEERS in each talent area can sign up below
- Marching Band aficionados (with instruments or noise makers, angel trumpets & devil trombones)-
- Lil Bit Jessica (Hive) cymbals+ - Derek Hoki (tambourine) - Piper (wonderlounge) pied piper - Ryder (pharoah) tromobone - Jane wills - music - Andrew noble - rogue gypsy fiddler ;) - TaDa - ukelele - Daniel (wonderlounge) didgeridoo - Geo or Roadrash (orphan camp) SouSaPHoNe! - Randy (chillwomb) trombone
- Stiltwalkers-
- Tex Walker (needs stilts) tex.phoenix.369@gmail.com - Cory firefly (small stilts & costume) - Anderson (team awesomepants) stilts & tall flags
- Illuminated Costumes-
- Bridget (warrior camp) light up costumes - Marie (camp camp) illumination - Megaha - LED lights lens man - Lisette & al (loose) glowing - Gray mack - light up costumes - Robyn kinley (wonderlounge) - costumes
- Giant Puppets-
- No Big Puffy Promises - Deer, Hands, Heads - & the resurrection of 2007's Whale & Crow
- Drummers (marching drummers or those with things to bang upon)-
- Walter Ehresman & Nigel Jacobs from Camp Camp - Mickey (camp camp) drummer - Benzo (Brand Camp / Camp Curly) 20+ drummers & spinners - Sean s. (drum / poi / staff) - Catfish (banging sticks together) - Anna hanks (kflip) drummer
- Circus like Talent-
- Mark demay - juggle light sticks - Cara hanson (hive) - multi-talented - Crash - hoops - Sunflower - LED hoops
- Dancers-
- Dina Ramirez (belly dancer & skill toys) - Harmony (flow wand dancing)
- Enthusiastic Parade Participants who like to make a SPECTACLE of themselves-
- Gregory Haley (optional pre-parade body painting) - Brent Koehn (megaphones & such) - Loribug (playaflies) - Lisa & Jerry - parade lovers -
- optional best case scenario, lack of burn ban - 2 mobile fire performers & 4 safeties-
- TBA (mobile fire by invitation only for parade procession, contact separate fire procession lead for fire performances at effigy site at adamrice@8stars.org ) -
Other Entities/Leads with Whom the Lead Likely Will Collaborate
- Burn Night Coordinator
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Safety
- DMV
Current Procession Coordinator Lead
- 2012 Suza Hepkat
Previous Leads
- 2011 Doryan Rice
- 2010 Zonk
- 2008 Audrey Maker
- 2007 Duby and Heather the Great
