{"id":4098,"date":"2012-09-24T06:33:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T13:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2012-09-24T07:18:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T14:18:28","slug":"4098","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/09\/24\/4098\/","title":{"rendered":"One Wave event celebrates youth and culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those who are all burnt out from beers and bands after Rifflandia might want to check out a different kind of festival, one that celebrates indigenous culture, art, dance, and other cool-sounding activities.<\/p>\n

The fifth annual One Wave Festival is a free event for people of all ages, including storytelling, live art, a community art project, interactive music making, and even a bit of seed planting. Oh, and live bands\u0143they have those too. (Torrey Archer, Pigeon Park, and Party on High Street will do the honours.)<\/p>\n

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Little Raven Dance Group at last year\u2019s One Wave fest (photo by Jenelle Dippel).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOne of the best things about One Wave is that it\u2019s free. The bang-to-your-buck ratio is out of control,\u201d says Amy Mawdsley, program development coordinator for host group the Pacific Peoples\u2019 Partnership (PPP). The event also includes performances by Esquimalt First Nations and Pacific Dance, and storytelling by Juniper Trees and Our Culture Matters, a group of Songhees singers and storytellers, among many other activities and artists.<\/p>\n

The PPP is a Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO) and registered charity that has been active since 1975, working with Indigenous peoples, especially youth, in the South Pacific as well as First Nations groups across Canada. The annual event is a way to showcase not only the work being done by the organization, but also the rich culture of these peoples.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe One Wave Festival brings together our families, communities, and youth in celebration of our Pacific arts, cultures, and environment,\u201d says PPP executive director April Ingham. \u201cThis engaging format helps to showcase the importance of our cause and the youth\u2019s own power to contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n

The past five years have seen the event change and shift in programming (all the bands last year were of the ska variety), but organizers have always been pleased with the results and the awareness it brings to the Victoria area.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Wave has been different every year,\u201d explains Mawsley. \u201cWe always have a good turnout, but we would love to see lots of new faces this year. One Wave is a fantastic opportunity for our community to come together, connecting artists, musicians, local NGOs, and community members.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, according to Ingham, the event is a perfect way to celebrate the connections the organization makes throughout the year to help indigenous and First Nations communities address problems such as poverty, environmental degradation, and loss of culture via their own creativity and celebration of culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honoured to have the opportunity to work with so many partners through PPP,\u201d says Ingham, \u201cto ensure this valuable space for connecting ideas and solutions remains.\u201d<\/p>\n

One Wave
\nSaturday, September 22, free
\nSpirit Square
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Those who are all burnt out from beers and bands after Rifflandia might want to check out a different kind of festival, one that celebrates indigenous culture, art, dance, and other cool-sounding activities. The fifth annual One Wave Festival is a free event for people of all ages, including storytelling, live art, a community art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-issue","category-september-19-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4219,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions\/4219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}