August 20, 2012
The South Burnett’s unique Tractor Tattoo festival is starting to rev up … with all sorts of exciting things happening about the place and temporary tractor tattoos popping up on the most unexpected of people.
Tractor Tattoo – the arts and music festival which will plough into Kingaroy on September 15 – was officially launched at last week’s meeting of the South Burnett Regional Council.
Councillors and members of the public gallery donned temporary “tractor tattoos” and enjoyed homemade cakes, biscuits and tractor food creations.
Arts, Culture and Heritage Committee Chair Cr Cheryl Dalton announced the surprise morning tea, paying tribute to the organising committee which have been working with community groups since January when funding for the project was announced.
Tractor Tattoo has been made possible through funding Council received from the Australian Government Regional Arts Program, the Regional Arts Fund and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Tractor Tattoo 2012 is a combination of a “tattoo” (think “Edinburgh Tattoo”) of arts and cultural events culminating around a musical tractor built by instrument designer Steve Langton.
An old farm tractor has been welded, grinded and transformed into a musical instrument which will feature in a four-hour performance on September 15 in the Glendon Street forecourt.
The free community event will showcase local talent. Artists will perform professionally arranged pieces and an original composition by composer Peter Rankine will be played.
“The community organising committee have been working hard to ensure that come Saturday 15 September 2012 there will be a spectacular event for the community to enjoy,” Cr Dalton said.
Throughout the month of September there will exhibitions, workshops and a wide range of activities.
The first is the “Tea and Tractors” art exhibition which will be launched at the Kingaroy Information, Art and Heritage Precinct on September 1 at 10:00am.
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