Artwork by Amy Gothard
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Live at the Effie Arts Centre- Kamloops BC
Barefoot Caravan is a vibrant Bilingual project based in Okanagan and Kootenay’s in lovely BC, Canada. This dance-it-up World Fusion group blends up-beat Soca, Afro-Cuban and Reggae rhythms with melodic harmonies and organic under-tones. Roots music, raw and true; naturally is compelling your body to move. Performing original compositions as well as traditional songs with fresh arrangements from around the world. The Caravan is known for their high energy interactive shows, they promote the idea of playing music with the audience! Engaging all to dance it up! Often audience members are invited to join them on stage playing percussion instruments. They also facilitate a dance workshop during our set where the facilitator will join the audience!
CARAVAN ~ TOURING
“WE ARE HIGHLY ADPATABLE HUMAN BEINGS!”
Touring throughout Western Canada since 2012 offering performances from lively main stage sets to intimate acoustic shows for various venues including, festivals, house concerts, galleries, and school cultural assemblies. Caravan has shared the stage with; OKA, Shane Philips, Caleb Hart, Red Haven, Compassion Gorilla, Samson’s Delilah Black Berry Wood, Red Haven, and Five Alarm Funk at Festival such as Arts Wells, Diversity, Mom Festival, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues, Edge of the World and Smithers Mid-Summer Eve Festival, Woodstove Festival and many more! Barefoot Caravan have been performing and working with communities for over a decade connecting through performances, Freedom Arts song writing workshops and Rhythm and Dance workshops!
MUSIC & PERFORMANCE “UNIFICATONS OF THE NATIONS”
Knowledge of the arts belong to us all. Various forms are rooted in many nations globally which are meant to be shared with everyone. This project believes in the influence that music has in the unification of the nations. Barefoot Caravan performs world music in various languages. They represent the people of the world with unique, upbeat arrangements along with original compositions. They combine root rhythms; Soca, Afro-Cuban, Gypsy, and Reggae with melodic harmonies. This project is constantly evolving, bridging community, art, and people of all ages. They are a group who truly share the greater goal of re-connecting us all to the world we live in together.
BAREFOOT CARAVAN SHOWS
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SHOWS! “FREE UP YOUR SELF!”
We perform children’s folk songs from around the globe and sing several languages that engage our young audience members! Our family sets include call and response, rhythm, and body percussion songs for all to participate in our show.
CULTURAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCES: “TRAVEL THE WORLD THROUGH MUSIC!”
We are a world music band with vocal harmonies, stand up bass, guitar, drums & percussion! We sing in several languages that represent indigenous music of the world, such as Cree, Creole (Caribbean), Sena (Africa) French, English, and Spanish! Songs have been gifted to us from our travels and community work with fresh arrangements by our members. We also perform original music with a social justice and environmental care messaging. Our school performances engage the students and teachers! Our show includes call and response songs, rhythm and body percussion activities! As well we may hand out percussion interments to teachers to join us and facilitate a dance workshop for students! Each song includes a story and an interactive activity for with the audience – so all become participants on our show! We are focus on inclusion and group dynamic management. At the end of our set there may be a question and comment period. We also will demonstrate and explain our musical instruments. Schools will receive a study guide and performance set and activity outline before the event.
Interactive World Music Performance
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Freedom Arts - Interactive Performing Arts Programs: Engage ~ Empower ~ Connect
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