The Ta Daa Lady in a parade at Fat Cat Festival in Kelowna.
This friendly, inventive and well-organized festival takes place in a lovely park in Maple Ridge. Angela Brown (The Ta Daa lady) has been invited to this festival for many years and every time it just gets better!
Angela Brown, the Ta Daa Lady, was once again performing her NYLON ZOO for the WHISTLER CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL 24 . She had her animated Blue Salmon for storytelling inside and a variety of costumes for parades.
Music and song by Angela.
Angela Brown, The Ta Daa Lady, was once again performing her NYLON ZOO for the WHISTLER CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL 24, which included her animated Blue Salmon for storytelling inside and a variety of costumes for parades.
Music and song by Angela.
Video above was taken by Tom Tasse at Salmon Come Home in October 2023.
It takes place in the perfect location, right across from the Hoy Creek Hatchery in Coquitlam B.C.
This video demonstrates how Angela takes the time to dress each child as the audience watches, the child is transformed into an animal. The audience applauds when the are dressed.
The Ta Daa Lady and her volunteers help to. put on the costumes, for all ages. The participants transform into an animal or a flower and then we all go on a parade and do a dance.
Dad, the Spawning Salmon
Every Costume Parade & Dance I get a fun-loving dad to be a salmon. I give him a head’ up as to what he will do. At the end of the parade, he leads everyone boom through the site, Jumping over rocks, swimming up-stream and going down waterfalls to make his way back to the tent to spawn!
Each participant gets their costume on,. Here we are at the Vancouver Folk Fest. Then, after they are dressed, I have them enter a space close by to have fun trying out their moves.
The photo below was at Fat Cat Festival in Kelowna B.C.
Photo by Casey Mons
When we return from the parade & dance, they take off their costumes and get ready to come inside the inflatable.
We sing on our way while we dance towards the entrance of the salmon:
Swim salmon, swim! Jump over rocks, down a waterfall,
swim salmon swim, swim, swim!