Remember last year we lauched "Dawn" in celebration of her gifts from the sea?
This year we will launch "Blaze" in celebration of the regenerative and transformative power of fire. This will be in honour of all the people who have suffered due to the devastation of Black Saturday and not to forget Ash Wednesday.
Costume: Wear black Wild Moves T-shirt, bring any gumnuts in flower, gum leaves and all things beautiful and colourful from your bush garden that you would like to show and share with the Geelong public on display. Runners. Hats, sunglasses, waterbottle next to you where it will not roll. I'll bring the body clay. Put your bag and valuables inside the truck cabin.
Date: Saturday, 27th February
Time: Meet 10am for an 11am street parade for at least an hour.
This will be the time to decorate the truck, yourself and create, make and decorate "Blaze"
Place: Waratah St. off Pakington St. Geelong West
Order No: 51
After the Street Parade collect your valuables and go straight to King Marong's gig.
Jacqui is taking names now - no more than 30 people on the float or the dancers will have to dance 1 km down Pako...can do, but up to you. Please read the OHS procedure. My comments are in green
Mobile: 0409 025 062
Email: info@wildmoves.com
Pako Festa Parade Occupational Health and Safety.
• Due to the size of Pakington Street and the nature of the Parade,
Tray trucks are allowed.
• ALL entries will need to have at least one person who acts as the groups Safety Warden.
Jacqui The Safety Warden will be responsible for the wellbeing of all members of the group on the day of the parade. If anyone gets sick or has an accident on route, the Safety Warden must stay with that person and wait until a Marshall or other official arrives. The rest of the group must keep moving along the official parade route.
• All props and persons attached to or on a moving vehicle need to be secured effectively.
If you are standing, wear a djembe strap around your shoulders and hips, stand towards the back of the truck or in the middle.
If you are dancing, stand with your feet firmly apart in parallel, and bent knees always. Good to have one foot towards the back of the truck and one foot towards the front, transfer your weight between both feet, suspending in the knees. Never turn! The hardest balance is when the truck starts to take off. Takes about 5 minutes to adjust to the moving truck, so make sure you are on the truck and rehearsed before we turn into Pakington St. If you fall off, don't get back up on a moving truck. Dance behind the truck.
• All vehicles need to be roadworthy and all driver’s require a current Drivers License.
Greg Speare will be driving the truck. THANK YOU GREG
• All parade participants must have the physical stamina and wellbeing to do whatever is required of them for the duration of the entire Parade Route. Approximately 1 hour, plus assembly time approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours
• Participants will need to provide their own refreshments at the Assembly area.
Parade Restrictions
• No mobile phones
• No Smoking
• No stopping for any reason
• No detouring
• No breaks from performing
• No semitrailers
• The MUSIC of your entry needs to be of a high quality and played back at an appropriate volume, which means that it can be easily heard but that it doesn’t drown out the entries next to you.
• THE WALKING PACE IS SET AT A LEISURELY WALK. THERE IS TO BE NO STOPPING FOR ANY REASON. If someone breaks down or becomes ill, they will move to the Left and the Parade will move around them on the Right
• A DISTANCE OF 2 METRES AND NO MORE NEEDS TO BE KEPT BETWEEN EACH PARADE ENTRY. So leaders of each parade entry will need to be mindful of this and set the pace for their group to follow.
• All signage must be in keeping with the parade entry and the theme of your float.
Please contact Luisa on 5229 8446 if you have any further questions
or Jacqui 0409 025 062
