AK YOUTH FESTIVAL

Rip It Up, Issue 77, 1 December 1983, Page 10

AK YOUTH FESTIVAL

A festival described as "a celebration of youth in Auckland'’ is being organised lor February. It begins in February and culminates in a March 4 concert at Mt Smart. Along the way there will be rock concerts, a break dancing competition (with the winner to tour nationally with Coconut Rough), poetry readings, theatre (both in the streets and indoors) and exhibitions by Pacific Islands culture groups to name a few.

The festival is being chiefly organised by the. city council's Artworks PEP project with the aid of IZM and Shazam.

The idea is to recognise that there is a youth culture in this country and to promote it," said one of the organisers, Patrick Pound. The festival will also have educational as well as entertainment aspects. There . will be seminars covering 10 major topics like unemployment, money management and housing. A sound workshop giving instruction in skills like rigging and running a PA system is also planned.

The organisers hope to cover as wide a range of artists and cultures as possible and anyone with anything to offer can contact them at PO Box 33-701 or ph 495-098, ex. 70. RB

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