Arts Activities Support
ACHF Cultural Heritage
Twin Cities Carifest, a Caribbean cultural family friendly event that features music, arts, dance, food and a carnival style parade will involve 100-150 artists. We anticipate an increased audience of 6,000-7,000 attendees as a result of last year’s success and advertisement. We will be counting attendees at all gate entrances using a clicker system with a captain that gathers the numbers from all entrances; we will also have someone in charge to make a count of all artists who participate to evaluate if we meet our goal of more than 100 artists. We will also use surveys from the participants and attendees to get feedback on what was successful and what can be improved.
Due to weather, the attendance was about half of 2015, and well below the planned 15% increase. Performances were reduced to one third of the scheduled. The festival started about 5:30 pm, from a planned start of 11 AM. The wet conditions prohibited the planned audience survey. A photo review provided some idea of attendance. We would say a qualified yes on artistic goals. Produced a very diverse mix of performers. International artists work permits presented some issues and required replacement with some additional costs. Many performances had to be scrapped due to the weather. Though artists and displays were scheduled, we were able to show about 50%. The costumed display and parade was severely curtailed. We believe we have a good system and model in place. Securing artists as early as possible would be a delight. Yes, successfully reached the community. The word of mouth is fantastic. Elementary school community outreach added a potential participants. The weather kept away most except the long standing Carifest patrons. Many of the older attendees decided to stay home. The most delicate costumes were not displayed for fear of damaging.
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