my brother came for a visit yesterday, so we thought we'd 'mosey' on down and check out the fitzroy street fiesta...
this is how it was advertised...
Celebrate the new look Fitzroy Street on 4 October at the Fitzroy Street Fiesta.
We're closing off the beach end of Fitzroy Street for the Fitzroy Street Fiesta.
Fitzroy Street has been refurbished as part of the Foreshore Connections project.
There'll be something for everyone including:
Circa Nica - circus performances
Roller Derby demonstrations
Food
Live dj's
Special menus from some of Melbourne's leading restaurants
Rock Climbing
Mini Golf
Kids Art
Roving Entertainment
Roller Derby demonstrations
Food
Live dj's
Special menus from some of Melbourne's leading restaurants
Rock Climbing
Mini Golf
Kids Art
Roving Entertainment
sounds like a lot happening - but it was on a very small scale... the roving entertainment we saw consisted of 2 stilt walkers... circus was a couple of jugglers...mini-golf was miniscule... food was barbecued dead animal sausages cooked right in front of the one and only dj we saw... rock climbing - well don't know where that was happening... kids art - saw a few piñatas hanging in a tree... and melbourne's leading restaurants were just the standard fitzroy street restaurants and cafes selling their normal food at mostly inflated prices...
the roller derby demonstration by the young womyn was interesting... it must have been really difficult skating on rough bitumen - it would have hurt like hell if they'd fallen over - not like the surface they'd be used to skating on... regular readers would know i was into the roller derby decades ago - i wrote about it in my post 'a bit of a 60s reminisce' ... it's become a really 'empowering' activity these days for young womyn, with teams such as THE DEAD RINGER ROSIES and the TOXIC AVENGERS...
drew barrymore has made her 'directorial debut' with a movie called 'whip it' about a young womon's search for her niche and finding her place within a roller derby team - here's a trailer - it's released this week in australia if you're interested...
anyway, unimpressed as we were with the so-called 'fiesta', we walked on around and checked out the esplanade market, and then went and got a yummy (but expensive) mediterranean pizza to share... i guess at least it was tasty - even basic pizzas can be 'hit'n'miss' these days!!!!
