SparkCon Planning

We’ve added these videos:

GrafSPARK 07
IdeaSPARK 07 Keynote Speech by Dan Douglas
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Dasan Ahanu
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Langston Fuze
ArtSPARK 07 spoken word performance by Mz. Julee

They are on the SparkCon videos page and in the SparkCon YouTube group.

Check out the full length video of FashionSpark 2007!

Special thanks to Dave Zahn!

We’re getting some feedback on SparkCon 07 by email. So we’ll post it here. Feel free to add comments as well.—Thanks, it was great!I hope it continues to grow!!-michael—Just wanted to let you know your hard work paid off. The weekend was great. I saw some sweet art and such, cool peeps, then shook my bootie til the break of dawn!Excellent!E—my name is Mathew Curran, I was a participant in Graf Spark & part of the Schizophrenic Octopus breakdance group. I just want to say that I have had such a great time over the past four days in downtown Raleigh!! I want to thank everyone who helped organize and volunteer for this event. It was awesome seeing all that local talent come together!Thanks for everyone’s hard work!!!—I wanted to say thanks for a wonderful show on Friday. FashionSpark was a lot of fun, and I am happy to have been a part of it. Thanks for all the hard work you guys put in (and thanks to those I behind the scenes as well) and for making it such a fabulous experience. You guys all did an amazing job pulling it all together. I can’t wait to see a video of the entire show!Take care.Michele Little—-the festival was really cool. I know how much work it takes to put something like this together and that you all are volunteers so on behalf of everyone who didn’t say it but should have,Thank you for all the time and effort.Congratulations.~Beth Kutchma—

Thanks are due to so many people to make SparkCon happen. We literally have hundreds to thank for an incredible experience. We will try to publish this very soon.Meanwhile, we were asked about how can this community stay in touch. So here’s a start:1. Flickr group to upload your pictures and see others.2. We will go through our signup sheets and create an online email list so we can grow our group.3. Link as many fashion designers, artists, speakers, musicians etc. as we can so you can all contact eachother directly.4. Try this wordpress blog, so that you can all give us feedback and help determne where SparkCon should go.Ths blog thing is yet another brand new venture we’re trying, so please excuse the novice use of this.

Victor Knight
Bart Cusick
Brendan Palmer
Dawud Shaheed
Matt Currin
Matt Scofield
Bill Urena
Buddy McMahon

Music:
DJ Resident

Crowded With Voices by Anya Belkina
Frozen City by Alex Perez and Brian McGinn
Tokyo at 3fps and Fireflies by Steve Milligan
Occulted by William Noland
Full Fathom Five by Francesa Talenti
Sift by Sally Van Gorder

Films with live Music (in conjunction with musicSPARK):
Roger Flake’s Films, Left Outlet & Crowmeat Bob

• The Moore Square Farmers Market featuring Scratch bake goods
• Jackson Farm delights
• Carolina Cut Flowers
• Coon Rock Farms produce
• cool treats from Lumpy’s Ice Cream
• Get swanky with Father & Son’s living room in the park
• Southern Swank’s rock & roll new school
• Stuff’s old school sheik
• Bust out with some great fashions featured at fashionSPARK’s friday night extravaganza…
• creations from the crafty gals of The Handmaidens
• cool creations from Locopops

FOOD AND YOU…how what you eat informs how you feel
BODY CENTERING YOGA ….. how yoga can help
YAMUNA BODY ROLLING…… self care massage & bodywork
BREATHING TO RELIEVE STRESS……we all can do it
ACUPUNCTURE…..understanding how we heal
NADA YOGA……how sound and song influence health in connection with the planet. This final segment will include a mantra stated 108 times, in connection with the GLOBAL MALA PROJECT FOR PEACE. All are invited to join and enjoy the benefits of this practice!

Some of the best local North Carolina Wines from the NC Wine and Grape Council

Tapas from the Red Room

A sampling of growers and vendors from the Moore Square Farmers Market.

Best of Local Bands/Local Beer: Th 9/20, 9pm at Tir Na Nog

8th Annual Blues Barbecue: Su 9/23, 3pm-8pm at Berkeley Cafe

Designers in the 2007 FashionSPARK showcase:

FYSH Clothing Co - Anh-Tuan Tran
BLEIGHM - Miranda Laughlin & Brittany Spangler
“9 to 5” by Sara Marie - Sara Jenkins
Excess Simplicity - Christine Croom
AHPeele - Adam Peele
—BodySPARK Set—
Pheonix Tattoo Studio - Steve Clark
Dogstar Tattoo Co. - Kathryn Moore
Pro•gress Piercing - Lee McFarland
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Metalforms Studio - Gretchen McLaren
Mostess Creations - Michele Little
LLLavender - Lauren Smith
Carolina Wang
Verses - Victor Lytvinenko
DRC - Eric Ndelo & Victor Knight
Ebb & Flow - Nina Tie
Marie Cordella

Please post a comment if you can find a link to the unlinked!