Ottawa's Lumiere Festival
The 3rd Annual Ottawa Lumière Festival is a chance to celebrate the magic and beauty of light. The Festival is a free evening of dazzling performers, magical lanterns, costumes and music.
It is being held Saturday, August 12 th, 2006 - 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM at Stanley/New Edinburgh Park (Off Stanley Avenue in New Edinburgh) in Canada's national capital. Everyone is welcome - Attendance is by donation.
At Lumière friends and neighbours carry glowing paper lanterns. Adults and children dress in costumes: dragons, wizards and fairies are everywhere. Live performers, including Shakespearean actors, professional fire spinners, dancers and acrobats, perform throughout the Park. There are "magical fairy dances", and a live butterfly release. One can attend a magical Lumière Ball, dancing in a magical lantern lit ballroom to music from a live big band.
Throughout August, the Lumière studio where you can come and attend a lantern making workshop. At workshops one has the choice of building and decorating one's own lantern (choose from a variety of lantern types) or working on some of the community lanterns that will be featured at the festival. There are also Lumière lantern workshops or lantern supplies for organizations. Additionally, lantern making parties are available. Info: (613)745-2742 or www.lumiereottawa.com.
It is being held Saturday, August 12 th, 2006 - 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM at Stanley/New Edinburgh Park (Off Stanley Avenue in New Edinburgh) in Canada's national capital. Everyone is welcome - Attendance is by donation.
At Lumière friends and neighbours carry glowing paper lanterns. Adults and children dress in costumes: dragons, wizards and fairies are everywhere. Live performers, including Shakespearean actors, professional fire spinners, dancers and acrobats, perform throughout the Park. There are "magical fairy dances", and a live butterfly release. One can attend a magical Lumière Ball, dancing in a magical lantern lit ballroom to music from a live big band.
Throughout August, the Lumière studio where you can come and attend a lantern making workshop. At workshops one has the choice of building and decorating one's own lantern (choose from a variety of lantern types) or working on some of the community lanterns that will be featured at the festival. There are also Lumière lantern workshops or lantern supplies for organizations. Additionally, lantern making parties are available. Info: (613)745-2742 or www.lumiereottawa.com.
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