LEXFEST ~ Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival
* An Evening of Gods & Elements *
***CAST***
Narrator ~ Kita Kosei
Fan Dancing ~ Inari & Uta Hana
Fire Dancing ~ Kishijoten & Tsuki
Tea Toasting Ceremony ~ Fan & Fire Dancers
Drumming initiation ~ Fan & Fire Dancers
Fire Kabuki ~ Nolan-san - Eric-san - FirePuck
Part I ~ Fan Dance
NARRATOR:
We take you on a journey of the Spirit, a jouney of Deities & their Elements...
In the first of our expressions are the Spirits of the Kaze Higashi, or the Eastern Winds...
We celebrate Tatsu-ta-hime, the Goddess of the gentle Breeze,
who washes us in her Enlightenment & comforts us with the sweet scents of the morning & evening airs...
We celebrate Shine-Tsu-Hiko, the God who fills the places between Heaven & Earth,
giving unto mankind the breath of life.
Together these are the Winds of the Abundant Harvest of Autumn.
Part II ~ Fire Dance
NARRATOR:
Our journey of Creation now ignotes our inner Deities with the divine spirit of the TaiYo Kaji..
or Fiery Sun...
We dance as the Flames of the great Shining Heaven,
gaurding the people, giving them Love, Warmth, Fetility, Wisdom & Peace
through the Goddess Amaterasu, whom descended unto us from the Fiery Core of Life itself..
And we give thanks in our Dance of Fire unto the God Fudo,
who is as Wise as the Stars & is our protection against the evils of the World.
PART III ~ Tea Toasting Ceremony
NARRATOR:
As our journey is hard & arduous through Life,
we must drink of the Nectar of Wisdom from the Sacred Elixer.
We must nourish ourselves through TaiYo Misu, the Waters of Life...
We drink unto Ame-No-Mi-Kumari, the Goddess of Water who grants us Eternal Life..
And unto Uga Jin, the primordial one who as a Serpent,
has climbed up our spines and shown us the way back unto Heaven.
PART IV ~ Drumming Initiation
NARRATOR:
In our journey of the Spirit we have begun to climb the Great Mountain of Initiation,
the Chikyu Yama or Great Earth Mountains...
Through the Dance of the Wind, the Crackle of the Fire & the Nourishment of the Waters of Life,
we have awakened Oho-Yama, the Great Mountain God.. & Haniyasu Hime, the Goddess of the Earth!
We shall arouse them with the movement, the vibration & the Spirit of the Drum.
The Heartbeat of the Lifeforce within us & within the great Gods themselves!
CLOSING NARRATION:
The Powers of the Wind blew us to the Solar Fire of the Heavens;
we Resurrected & fell back to the Regenerative Waters
that feed the Earth her Nectar, our Life Source..
Then Climbing the Mountains of our Highest Potential & Harnessing the Power of Good,
we have brought forth the ever-shining Light towards all Beings..
Thank you for joining us in our journey, for we are: Wicked Geisha!
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UNFORTUNATELY we do not have any photos yet of the performance itself, however we did get the whole performance Video Taped. It is not yet transfered from video recorder but we are hoping to have it Posted before January 1st 2008... x0x0x
