Photos of Kensington Festival of Lights 2006
Finally got around to reducing the size of some of the photos of the Solstice festival in Kensington. Our connection at home has also been whacked - so I felt very lucky that I was able to finally ftp these up. A few of them were lurking on my hard drive since last week, waiting to get out...
There are a few plays performed on the rooftops around the market:
but, I'll put a bunch behind a cut tag to spare you all. There are about 15, all about the size above - though some are smaller. I figure if you're really interested you can have a look, or if your bandwidth allows.
Type your cut contents here.
There were the stilt walkers.... there were fire spinners. This first photo shows just two of them. There were about 4 "Fire" costumes and I think 4 of the "Ice" ones who wore glittery veils.
This handsome guy could balance on one stilt and still swing his arms around.
There were the Giant Puppets....
The Crushing of the Clowns:
Various, beautifully costumed people... this lady was one of my favorites...
The Kids in the Market always put on a play as well. It starts with Winter slaying Summer with a giant sword, some political commentary about Big Business and polluting the environment and ends with Summer defeating Winter. Oversized costumes and some cross-dressing too:
and here are the Big Business guys. The kids are carrying signs with the words: SUV and HUMMER and SPEED written on them
Further down near Dundas, just outside Courage My Love, there were the naitive drummers:
and the decidely different group of Kengsington Market solstice singers, all wearing huge noses and glasses:
After the Kensington Avenue part the parade continues over to the bonfire...
An Abstract:
There are fire spinners... another abstract:
Singers and of course musicians:
and more music (photoshopped of course):
and of course:
THE BONFIRE
What would solstice be without the bonfire...
and that was it. Much fun.
There are a few plays performed on the rooftops around the market:
but, I'll put a bunch behind a cut tag to spare you all. There are about 15, all about the size above - though some are smaller. I figure if you're really interested you can have a look, or if your bandwidth allows.
Type your cut contents here.
There were the stilt walkers.... there were fire spinners. This first photo shows just two of them. There were about 4 "Fire" costumes and I think 4 of the "Ice" ones who wore glittery veils.
This handsome guy could balance on one stilt and still swing his arms around.
There were the Giant Puppets....
The Crushing of the Clowns:
Various, beautifully costumed people... this lady was one of my favorites...
The Kids in the Market always put on a play as well. It starts with Winter slaying Summer with a giant sword, some political commentary about Big Business and polluting the environment and ends with Summer defeating Winter. Oversized costumes and some cross-dressing too:
and here are the Big Business guys. The kids are carrying signs with the words: SUV and HUMMER and SPEED written on them
Further down near Dundas, just outside Courage My Love, there were the naitive drummers:
and the decidely different group of Kengsington Market solstice singers, all wearing huge noses and glasses:
After the Kensington Avenue part the parade continues over to the bonfire...
An Abstract:
There are fire spinners... another abstract:
Singers and of course musicians:
and more music (photoshopped of course):
and of course:
THE BONFIRE
What would solstice be without the bonfire...
and that was it. Much fun.