Tsunami on the Square
tsunami square annual performingarts culture festival prescott arizona showcase exotic unique performance art form typically seen smaller town historically took place third weekend june prescott historic courthouse square tsunami switched fourth weekend october due county concern grass maintenance june festival feature mix local national internationally known professional performer tsunami square named natural event least likely occur high desert founded jay ruby carpetbag brigade jacques laliberté artist cofounder festival believed conceived moniker festival funded primarily donation area resident grant sponsorship local business tsunami square held first circus camp child age circus camp held week leading tsunami child get lead parade open tsunami square festival also opening act main stage starting child age wanted continue learning participating circus camp given opportunity become circus camp counselor training several instructor circus camp also visiting artist perform main stage tsunami festival jay ruby five executive director john jt tannous susan defreitas megan buchanan cherry andrew johnsonschmit tom von deck tsunami square feature wide range performance tradition style past festival featured act native american hoop dancing modern dance circus art acrobatic stilt walker fire performer hula hoopers blacklight theater japanese butoh giant puppet addition main event tsunami square also traditionally included sitespecific performance thursday festival called flourish flood new event friday main tsunami square festival added neptune tea party featured acrobatic stilt performance carpetbag brigade excerpt ember larsons folk opera music dutch holly musicvideospoken word verbobala event held historic elk opera house downtown prescott past festival performer include headliner crowd favorite beatmauler pyroklectic carpetbag brigade clan tynker flam chen koichi tamano harupinha archedream humankind grupo axé capoeira kid beyond bad unkl sista aero hoopstars troupe salamat verbobala jonathan best one popular fundraising method festival skitmercial skitmercials live skit performed stage festival sponsor production added rapmercials mix including full length rap song upper level sponsor phoenix artist jacob schaffer aka jakeup savior wrote performed rapmercials future rapmercials include troupe dancer like fly girl tv program living color future year include songmercials poetrymercials announced january board director dissolved nonprofit one heeded call take executive director andrew johnsonschmits place twoyear search new director ended festival happen prescott resident tom von deck made public statement june spearheaded local effort bring festival back festival incorporated september tsunami art festival fiscal sponsor began accepting tax deductible donation festival october first big performing art party celebrating festival return year called balloonfish bash november fire performer pyroklectic provided minute sneak preview show planned tsunami square ballet folklorico sol de mexico dance troupe composed girl age made tsunami debut night performer included juggler frankie cardamone heather ivan marriott jewel desert belly dance zumba fitness tiger albert sarko jazz workshop band tsunami featured performance mystic circus pyroklectic carpetbag brigade new moon tribal belly dance fantastick patrick – one man circus ballet folklorico sol de mexico jonathan best hula hooper sierra almena magician leigh hotz juggler frankie cardamone musical act included stella infirmary paul morris old time musician parker smith master ceremony jack lough tom von deck connecticut resident dave bonan tsunami square official website clan tynker flam chen