Something Completely OT
Submitted: Sunday, Feb 15, 2015 at 16:55
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Member - Barry H (WA)
Hi all,
Please forgive the topic, but I think a little indulgence is in order.
Perth is often (sometimes fairly) referred to as "Dullsville",
well let me tell you folks, not this weekend "Giant" mania has overtaken
Perth big time.
400,000 people (est) on Friday, 480,00 (est) Saturday (incl me) and god knows how many people today witnessed the
Perth Arts Festival showing of the Giants walking the streets of
Perth, it was simply awesome, the attention to detail, the presentation, the story behind the marionettes was just great.
The Little Girl marionette was 5.5mtre, and the Diver 11mtr
I wont
bore you all with the details or the story behind it, but full credit to the Arts Festival committee for putting on such a wonderful week end display, I am not an "artsy" person, but they did a top job.

Showering after waking up

Diver in Perth

Ready to Walk

Helmet off
Regards
Barry H
Reply By: Ron N - Sunday, Feb 15, 2015 at 22:17
Sunday, Feb 15, 2015 at 22:17
Certainly an outstanding effort on the part of the WA Arts mob and the French "artistes".
We drove into East
Perth and parked, and then rode our bikes in, both yesterday and today.
The crowds were unbelieveable - something like 400,000 people in the streets each day!
Pity we can't get crowds like that at our Anzac marches!
Had to smile at the blokes with the band on the back of the tandem drive, centre-cab, steel-delivery truck - they had a genset strapped on a frame hanging off the back of the tray, that was powering the bands electronics and the speakers - and this genset would have been around 50 or 60Kva at least!!
Those French "Lilliputians" worked like dogs, swinging on those ropes, and swapping the marionettes clothing and accoutrements.
I reckon they'd have to be the fittest people around, after the Cirque Du Soliel acrobats!!
All in all, a great weekends entertainment, and certainly something like we have never seen before.
Cheers, Ron.
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