Oxley Creek Water Festival 1999 "Oxley Creek

Oxley Creek Water Festival 1999 - Oxley Creek - get into it

The closing event for the 1999 festival was inspired by ice cream van that had been retreaved from the creek and transformed into a public art work by John Fitz-Walter in the lead up to the festival.

An errant ice cream van plunges into Oxley Creek and inadvertently precipitates a journey through the social impacts on our waterways, as a bunch of kids help a water python find her way upstream to the clean waters where the icecream van resides. While celebrating the history of human involvement with the creek, the performance also acted as a cautionary tale for the future, promoting environmental awareness and sustainable development.

Frog Dance Sherwood State School students Canoe scene, Aboriginal Dance Group from Christ the King

Artists

Director: Ainsley Burdell
Puppeter: Guiliano Prez-Reyes
Visual artists: Brenda Mason, Elizabeth Mason
Musical director: Mark Shortis
Dance teachers: Narjic Fogarty, Amy Cupitt

Community involvement

Christ the King, St Joseph's, Nyandra High School, Sherwood and Graceville State School

Funding

Brisbane City Council Local Cultural and Festival Grant
Gaming Machine Community Benefit Fund

Mark Shortis, musical director, with Corinda High School Big Band Dancer from Christ the King Python finding an ice cream van to lay its eggs Toxic waste scene

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