PERSONAL RECORD. BRODIE-SMITH, HILDA. MANA ARTS FESTIVAL

Rights Information
Year
1970
Reference
F38750
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1970
Reference
F38750
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:10:51

Beginning title: “MANA ARTS FESTIVAL”; “PIPERS AND DANCERS”; Due to government funding for the arts, an ambitious arts festival was organised in the Wellington satellite towns from Tawa to Paekakariki, including Porirua. A Scottish pipeband plays for the occasion at Cannon’s Creek Park in Porirua. Performances included are: Highland dancing and Scottish Country dancing, in various period dress. Ends with a mass demonstration of the “32 some reel” and “8 some reel”