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Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community One of North America's largest such festivals,^[1] it takes place every Labor Day weekend at the 74-acre (299,000 m²) Seattle Center, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair. Labor Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September Seattle Center is a fairground, Park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle Washington. The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a World's Fair held April 21 1962 to October 21 1962 in Seattle Washington, Seattle Center includes indoor theaters, outdoor stages, McCaw Hall, and Memorial Stadium. The Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is a performance hall and Opera house located in Seattle Washington. Memorial Stadium in Seattle Washington, is located in the northeast corner of the Seattle Center grounds ^[2] The name of the festival was taken from bumbershoot, a colloquial term for umbrella, probably coined in the 19th century as a portmanteau of umbrella and parachute. "Parasol" redirects here For other uses see Umbrella (disambiguation, Umbrella (song or Parasol (disambiguation The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag.

Contents 1 The early years 2 The late-1970s retreat 3 One Reel takes over 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

The early years

Bumbershoot began as a city-funded ($25,000 budget)^[3] arts and music festival called "Mayor's Arts Festival"^[4], also known as "Festival '71",^[5] held at Seattle Center on August 13-15, 1971. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. This event had a total attendance of 125,000 visitors. ^[6] Amidst the local economic depression triggered by the near collapse of Boeing, the festival attempted to revive local spirits, and was the largest event held in Seattle Center since the 1962 World's Fair. The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E Seattle Center is a fairground, Park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle Washington. The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a World's Fair held April 21 1962 to October 21 1962 in Seattle Washington, Liberal talk radio host Irving Clark Jr. chaired the fair committee, and avant-garde impressario Anne Focke used one-fifth of that for light shows (which incorporated lasers, still something of a novelty at that time), computer graphics, enormous inflatable soft sculptures by the Land Truth Company, and an electronic jam session. A laser is a device that emits Light ( Electromagnetic radiation) through a process called Stimulated emission. Computer graphics are Graphics created by Computers and more generally the Representation and Manipulation of Pictorial Data Other events included dance, theater, folk music, arts and crafts, art cars, body painting, a Miss Hot Pants Contest, amateur motorcycle races, and one out-of-town performer: country singer Sheb Wooley. An art car is a Vehicle that has its appearance modified as an act of personal artistic expression Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of Body art, considered by some as the most ancient form of art Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Shelby F "Sheb" Wooley ( April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was a character Actor and Singer, best known ^[5]

In 1972, "Festival '72", held on July 21–23, took in 175,000 guests. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. ^[5] In 1973 the festival adopted the present name "Bumbershoot", grew to five days, and pulled in 200,000 visitors. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. National acts included Cal Tjader, Joe Venuti, and John Handy. Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr aka Cal Tjader ( July 16 1925 &ndash May 5 1982) was a Latin jazz Musician, though Giuseppe (Joe Venuti ( September 16 1903 &ndash August 14, 1978) was a U John Richard Handy III (born February 3, 1933 in Dallas, Texas) is an American Jazz alto saxophonist. In 1974 it grew again, to 10 days and 325,000 visitors. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The festival opened with a "Renaissance Processional" for the kilometer or so from downtown to the center; Mayor Wes Uhlman and most of the city council participated that year, in roles ranging from clowning to reading children's stories aloud to, in the mayor's case, running the Lost Child Center. Wes Uhlman (born c 1935 was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1969 and reelected in 1973 Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by their Grotesque appearance colored wigs stylistic makeup, outlandish Costumes unusually ^[5] Another prominent Bumbershoot event from this era was the Bumbernationals Artists' Soapbox Derby, which continued into the early 1980s. The Soap Box Derby is a youth Soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934 1975's 11-day festival was produced by Parks Department employee John Chambless, a former University of Washington professor of history and philosophy who had produced the 1968 Sky River Festival,^[5] the Pacific Northwest's most prominent hippie-era festival. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world

The late-1970s retreat

With declining government grant support, Bumbershoot tried to keep afloat on donations and sales of posters, buttons, and T-shirts, but poor weather hurt attendance some years and left the free Festival scrambling for more financially stable options. ^[5]

First, the festival retrenched on the number of days and on bringing in national talent. According to John Chambless, about 25 percent of the 1975 budget went to out-of-town talent; the 1976 festival was nearly 100 percent local and was cut to two weekends; in 1977, it was further cut to just Labor Day weekend; as it happened, in both 1977 and 1978, Labor Day weekend was rainy. ^[5]

One Reel takes over

In 1980 the city brought in Northwest non-profit organization One Reel to produce the event; they have been running it ever since,^[7] a mid-1980s attempt by Seattle Center itself to wrest back control was overruled by the City Council. As the One Reel Vaudeville Show, they had been involved in the event since its second year, 1972, but with their new role as festival producer came big change. Once again the festival again featured headlining national and international talent (acts that year included Emmylou Harris, Chuck Berry, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Etta James, Clifton Chenier, Eugene Fodor and Martin Mull), but added an admission charge. Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an Avant-garde Jazz ensemble that grew out of Chicago 's AACM in the late 1960s Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American Blues, soul, R&B, Rock & roll Clifton Chenier ( June 25 1925 - December 12 1987) a Creole French speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an Eugene Fodor (born March 5, 1950 in Denver Colorado) is an American Violin virtuoso Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films Initially that admission charge was US$2. 50 a day^[5] (although there a "Free Friday",^[5] tradition lasted for over a decade); as of 2007, it has grown to US$35 a day. ^[8]

The new formula featured world-class acts while continuing to ground the festival on a bedrock of Pacific Northwest talent. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean Record numbers of art and music lovers flocked to the 15 stages, galleries, outdoor venues and food, art and craft vendors. Artists such as The Eurythmics, James Brown, Spinal Tap and Tina Turner shared the turf with art oddities like the gigantic flying pencil, the Bumbernationals soapbox derby and robotic art. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The Spın̈al Tap is a semi-fictional heavy metal band the subject of the 1984 Rockumentary / Mockumentary film This Is {{Unicode|Spın̈al Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American Although initially resistant to hip hop, in the mid-'90s Bumbershoot introduced some of the first large-scale hip hop shows ever held in Seattle, a tradition that's still very much alive in 2007. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. From the ashes of the grunge rock scene came a new brand of Seattle sound; influential alternative rock bands such as Sleater Kinney, Modest Mouse, and Death Cab for Cutie have played Bumbershoot. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Modest Mouse are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Death Cab for Cutie is an American Indie rock band formed in Bellingham,

In the new millennium, international artists have included groups such as Baba Maal, The Grand Kabuki Theatre of Japan, and an Ethiopian youth circus. Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and Guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. is a form of traditional Japanese theatre. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate Make-up worn by some of its performers The One Reel Film Festival, held within Bumbershoot, celebrates American independent film shorts. Bumbershoot incorporated new arts forms such as poetry slams and break dancing as well as older arts such as circus, contortion, aerial, and street theater. A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work (or more rarely that of others Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a Street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among

As the largest single showcase for regional talent, Bumbershoot became a cultural tastemaker. The festival—which has become Seattle's longest-lived music and arts festival—paved the way for other Seattle-area outdoor events, festivals, and happenings. Many of these, such as the Northwest Folklife Festival that premiered at Seattle Center on Memorial Day weekend the following year, have become established traditions in their own right. The Northwest Folklife Festival is an annual Festival of Ethnic, folk and traditional art, crafts, and Music that takes place over Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) .

Notes

References

• Paul Dorpat, Bumbershoot, HistoryLink. org Essay 1655, September 1, 1999. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Accessed 4 September 2007. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External links

• Official website
  • Bumbershoot History has a dropdown leading to year-by-year promotional artwork and lists of performers.
• Official MySpace page
• Images from the 2007 festival

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