Pako & Seddon Music Festivals 2006

Yesterday was the annual Pako festival in Geelong, the biggest Multicultural event in this region. The turn out for the parade was amazing, with representation from many diverse communities across the globe. This was Inka Marka's third appearance in three years and the response from the audience was warm and appreciative. With many people seeing the band for the first time, our manger Linda had lots of questions and enquiries to field from the crowd. The band perfromed throughout the day, but as afternoon approached, the weather decided to take a turn for the worst. With grey clouds strarting to look menacingly like they were about to dump thier load onto the festival, the band decided to pack up their equipment. With not a minute to spare.. as soon as Jose had the last of the euipment in the van, the first huge droips of rain started to fall.
The group were scheduled to perform at the Seddon Music festival back in Melbourne later that day, so with a quick one hours trip down the freeway back to Melbourne, the rain never eased up for a moment. At times we had to slow down to a snails pace so that we could actually see the road, The wind screen wipers had no hope of clearing the rain from the window as it was so heavy. Just as we arrived at the festival site, the rain grew even more heavy, if that was possible. After a brief consultation with the Festival's artistic director, it was decided that this days perfromance was not going to take place. What can I say, another day in Melbourne!