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Media Release
The Forest Festival
- Eco-Arts in Canada's Haliburton Highlands
Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve
August 22 - August 31
www.theforestfestival.com
Festival Passes are available to media wishing to provide live coverage
of this event. Please contact Lesley English at 705-754-4167; admin@theforestfestival.com
For
Immediate Release:
(August , 2008, Haliburton, ON) Mark Twain once said,
"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away." This summer, The Forest Festival will
leave you breathless.
The Forest Festival is a 10 day celebration of the arts and the environment.
Set in the rugged splendor of the Haliburton
Forest and Wildlife Reserve, The Forest Festival invites audiences
to experience the work of fabulous Canadian performers and artists in
a whole new way.
Imagine seeing Mary-Lou Fallis, Canada's foremost musical comedienne,
performing on a floating stage with nothing but nature as a backdrop.
Accompanied by Peter Tiefenbach she will be reprising her one of her most
popular roles in "Primadonna goes Into The Woods" a show developed
just for The Forest Festival.
Adding excitement and energy to the mix OnnanoKo , a high-octane, all
woman Taiko Drumming Ensemble, presents "Drumming to the Stars"
which promises to be a sunset concert spectacular.
Prepare to be impressed by the remarkable acoustics and intimate, rustic
ambience of the Logging Museum at the Haliburton Forest where Porkbelly
Futures, a folk/roots band with a unique perspective, will present Words
and Music, featuring award-winning author Paul Quarrington.
A highlight of last year's sunset concert series and back again by popular
demand, The Forest Festival Brass featuring trumpet player extraordinaire,
Stuart Laughton, rounds out the concert line up. Anyone lucky enough to
have caught their show last year will agree that little compares to the
haunting quality of horns echoing across a quiet lake as the first evening
stars appear.
This year the Forest Festival offers so much more than simply music to
enjoy. Experience the beauty in motion of woodland dance performances
choreographed by acclaimed dancer/teacher/creator, Davida Monk and M-body.
Walk through the wilderness art show where five artists under the direction
of Reinhard Reitzenstein will create the first in a series of installations
which will become known as The Landart Project. Last but not least, R.
Murray Schafer will give you a delightful peek behind the scenes in Schafer's
Patria. Schafer will be joined by his principal designer Jerrard Smith
and together they will explain the concepts of environmental art and share
stories of the joys and rigours of mounting music theatre in the woods.
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