Deep Carnivale 2009
- When
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10am to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 12-13, 2009 - Where
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The Performing Arts Building
Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Campus Tampa Florida
- What
- Readings by authors and poets, songs sung by songwriters, child-friendly performances, games, activites, food and non-alcoholic beverages
- Who
- Children and families, teens, adults and tribal elders
- Admission
- Free and open to the public
- More Information
- Contact Festival Director David Audet at daudet@hccfl.edu or 813-253-7000 x5179
Sharif Ahmed
Sharif Ahmed is the guitar and keyboard player and a vocalist with the Tampa band Hypnophonic.
About Hypnophonic, tbt* said: "Their sonically adventurous style is unique in Tampa Bay...[Feef, Sami, and John] specialize in proggish but tight singles and excellent harmonies, a la Muse."
Video Clip: Break Some Bones
This video of Hypnophonic was directed by Stan Arthur for the 2008 Homemade Music Symposium — another Artists and Writers Group festival. Here is Stan Arthur's description:
"[In] June, 2009, I was given the opportunity to direct, shoot and edit a music video for the Tampa, Florida, band Hypnophonic at the 2nd annual Homemade Music Symposium at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City. This is a really outstanding and super talented young power trio. It was my priviledge to work with them.
"This original Hypnophonic song, "Break Some Bones", gave me a lot to work with image-wise. It took me many hours of trial and error to come up with the look I was going for, including HD and SD stock footage as well as a whole bunch of compositing elements.
"What I used: The camera was a JVC GY-HD110U. A homemade dolly and a DV Crane. It was mostly cut on a Dell laptop, using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. I also used Digital Juice Compositor's Toolkit, as well as VideoTraxx HD and SD. I finished it off on a HP xw8200/Matrox RT.X2 workstation. NO MACS WERE USED :)"
Intelligence Respected
Editor David Warner of Creative Loafing said some kind and encouraging words on page 26 of the August 26, 2009, issue. Partial quote, "At a moment when ignorance is being aggressively defended, Deep Carnivale still respects our intelligence. Imagine that."
A Different Sort of Ybor Celebration
Esther Martinez, in a story at The Florida Book Review" says she knows "Deep Carnivale will be 'A Celebration of Words' and not a Bourbon Street bacchanal."
"But logophile that I am, I reason I'll get drunk on language. With over 70 writers and artists scheduled [for the 2008 Carnivale] to perform or read from their works, my beaded necklaces will be strung with verse. I imagine haiku shooters..."
"It is just before 10am when I arrive at the corner of Palm Avenue and 14th Street—Deep Carnivale ground zero. About a dozen vendor tables are lined up around the Hillsborough Community College courtyard where a band of teenagers [Next Exit] are setting up their instruments.
"The vendor tables sell books by local writers, HCC publications and baked goods. I grab a Cuban favorite, papa rellena, a potato stuffed with savory ground beef. Belly satisfied, I cross the street and enter the historic Circulo Cubano. A nearly 100 year old neo-classical building of ionic columns and marble staircases, it served as the Cuban Social Club and remains the oldest building of its kind in the country."Comments From Our Fans
"When I look back over 2008, my visit to the second edition of Deep Carnivale was a
highlight. You and your staff did a great job and I loved being part of it, again.
I am sure there will be bigger festivals to come. But maybe not better!!!"
– Darrell House,
children's book author and 2008 Deep Carnivale presenter.