Scrap Arts Music

September 4, 2010

Time(s): 8:00 p.m.
Location: Balloon Park | Map & Directions
Free Admission, Parking $10

Need convincing that recycling can be fun, creative and, best of all, musical? Then don’t miss Scrap Arts Music. The Canadian performance outfit has parlayed a love of recycling industrial scraps (or into an artistic expression that has won them a worldwide audience, including the millions who saw them perform their composition “Phonk” at the closing ceremony of this year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Scrap Arts Music began with artists Gregory Kozak and Justine Murdy. The pair have devised, at last count, some 145 different fanciful musical instruments that the touring lineup of Scrap Arts Music uses to bang their way into the hearts of audiences.

Identical twins Yue Gao and Chao Gao of Tianjin (currently China’s top percussion export) accompany Kozak, Spencer Cole and Gregory Samek in fabulously kinetic, choreographed “percussion theatre,” employing instruments like the Annoy-O-Phone (made from dishwasher hose, bagpipe reeds and a balloon), a Junk-on-a-Stick cymbal tree, a Sigh-Cordion made of plumbing fixtures, hose sections and accordion reeds, and a huge marimba that appears to be made of fiberglass patio roofing.

The outfit began by performing on the streets of Vancouver for spare change, when they were approached to be the entertainment at an NBA game halftime show. They’ve since won over audiences everywhere from symphony halls to the Calgary Stampede. Official Website

Comedy Corner Line-up

Comedy Corner features local stand-up comedians performing outside the Hangar Café at 7:00 p.m. before each Saturday night concert.

Headliner: Matt Claybrooks (Everybody Hates Chris, Lopez Tonight, Writer for Chris Rock)
Special Guest(s): Jackie Fabulous (Movies & Merlot, Opened for Monique), Chris Adams (OC Ultimate Laff Down Finalist)