This weekend officially launches the Solstice Parade season, with plenty of ways to plug into the parade and participate in the merriment and magic of the 2012 Solstice. The Fremont Arts Council (FAC) legendary celebration may be fun to watch, but participating intensifies the experience – and makes for memories among friends or families that last a lifetime.
Join your own primate family! The Red Butt Baboon ensemble wants you to make a mask and join the fun in dancing to drums, scratching each other and the audience, and finding those tasty lice and vermin that inhabit us all.
This Sunday, May 6th, the Fremont Arts Council headquarters, the Powerhouse (3940 Fremont Ave N,) will unofficially launch Solstice Parade building with two workshops for those wanting to learn about the Carnival Clowns and/or Ice Queens.
On Tuesday, May 1st, the Fremont Arts Council (FAC) will gather to celebrate May Day – and they welcome everyone with a spirit to celebrate to join in the community revelry. Gathering will begin at 5p at Lower Woodland Park (reportedly near the Bocce ball courts) with the weaving of the ribbons on the may pole about 6p and a potluck supper after 6:30p.
What do Creativity, Joy, Democracy and Love all have in common? People Power! ‘We the People Power’ is a festival celebration of creativity, sustainable living, civic engagement and grassroots democracy, with hands-on fun for everyone. Let’s create and play at the Fremont Solstice Celebration at Gas Works Park on June 16, from 1pm – 7pm – and come to the Open House to learn all about it, meet the co-collaborators, have fun and get involved!
The Fremont Arts Council, and the Solstice Parade Staff, have set the beginning dates for building the greatest community celebration art that Seattle ever sees.
On April 10th, the Fremont Arts Council (FAC) held its monthly meeting of the Committee Of the Whole (COW) at the Powerhouse (3940 Fremont Ave N.) FAC Board Secretary, Christie Wolf, recorded the meeting minutes and posted them recently on the FAC Yahoo e-group.
This weekend, help stage the spectacular, sensational and singular Fremont Arts Council (FAC) Solstice Parade – while getting some great bargains! The annual FAC Rummage Sale will take place this Saturday and Sunday, April 21st & 22nd, from 9a – 4p, at the Powerhouse (3940 Fremont Avenue North) with all proceeds going to the building of the 2012 Solstice Parade. Find some treasures, and help with the ‘glue-and-scissors’ fund for the Parade.
On Wednesday, March 21st, a special Moisture Festival performance will benefit the Fremont Arts Council, and the spectacular Solstice Parade. For the Equinox, go enjoy a creative celebration of vaudeville and comedy/varieté with Moisture Festival.
The Fremont Arts Council (FAC) seeks qualified, and spectacular, individuals interested in being on the staff of the 24th Solstice Parade, scheduled to take place at Noon on Saturday, June 16th, 2012.
