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WELCOME TO NWWRF 2011
The 7th Annual Northwest World Reggae Festival is blessed to be at Bob's Ranch near Marcola, Oregon for another year. We are welcoming conscious musical artists from seven countries performing
ROOTS - ROCK - REGGAE!
Family and friends will experience the jubilation and positive energy of this growing community. And it doesn’t stop with the music. Forget about the world outside while participating in diverse activities such as sunrise yoga, African dance classes, daily youth soccer camp, musical performances for and by the youth, visual arts displays, live painting and a growing green community spirit. Learn about local non-profit organizations and fair trade/sustainable businesses, re-fuel with a variety of delicious organic foods and explore fair trade crafts from more than 50 vendors, showcasing ideas to inspire your mind and energize your soul.
NWWRF is a family friendly festival. This year we are offering a Youth Soccer Camp on Saturday and Sunday, with professional coaches from the Columbia River United Academy (CRUFA). Head coach Argelio “Arlo” De Leon will run a soccer clinic for kids ages 6-18. Bring your soccer gear and some sun screen and prepare to learn some new tricks! Kid’s Village, in the Grove, provides a safe environment with a shady arts and crafts area. Youth 14 and under are admitted free and families are welcomed in our Family Camp, nestled in the Quiet Cove.
NWWRF’s success is due to the creative energy, dedication, skills and talents of organizers, staff, volunteers, sponsors, vendors and performers.
With the help of major community participation, this annual event continues to inspire the massive to return year after year.
Join the festivities and enter a world of positive, conscious, culture that will re-charge your mind, body and soul.
Being Green
We asks our fans and crew to bring reusable containers and enjoy natural cascade spring water, available for free all around the site. “Pitch in and Win” by bringing your recycling to Oregon Waste Free’s sorting stations and receive a raffle ticket for the chance to win prizes from their many sponsors.
Refundable bottles and cans are donated to the Marcola Boy Scout chapter. Recycled kitchen grease and bio-diesel fuel powers the stage, site and trucks. All food waste is composted and wind power is used at NWWRF’s office. NWWRF strives to use the most sustainably made paper products available. The food booths and staff/performer kitchen are organic and local.
Through In Ticketing, a tree has been planted for each ticket sold, totalling over 12,000 trees over the past five years.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE! is practiced throughout this planet friendly event.
NWWRF presents the Northwest US Premiere of "Holding on to Jah"
as well as a Tribute to Sugar Minott and other features from Groundation Films and Infinite Mind Media.
"Holding on to Jah" is a unique film about the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by world renowned Reggae musicians and historians.
Holding On To Jah details the history of Jamaica, Reggae music, and the Rasta movement, bringing into focus the critical roles played by Marcus Garvey, and the 225th Emperor of Ethiopia, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie.
Reggae is the sound track that sets the history and struggle of the Rasta people, and of all Jamaicans, to music. Candid interviews with some of Reggae's greatest singers and musicians (some of whom are no longer with us) tell a collective story of hard times that were endured and overcome because of their great faith. The Rastafarian story is one of police brutality, long jail sentences, deprivation and physical abuse. The film is a testament to their faith, which for them often meant being disowned by family, shunned by friends and dispossessed by society.
The Rastafarians share with us their personal stories of the merging of the Rasta ideology with music that combined island and African rhythms, and how songs from people like Bob Marley, The Congos, Israel Vibration, Culture, and others, have brought forth a positive message and spread the "Rastaman vibration" throughout the world.
The film takes viewers on a journey to the heart of the Rasta movement and shows us how, against great odds, a message of salvation and redemption was born. With courage, tenacity, and faith, the Rastafarian movement emerged, struggled, and continues to thrive. Through all their tribulations they continue to stand firm in their convictions, HOLDING ON TO JAH.
MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN IN OUR NEW DEEP WOOD THEATER
with full PA and more!
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
8:45-8:50 "Rollercoaster" (music video)
8:50-9:00 HOTJ Sugar Minott Tribute (short documentary)
9:00-10:36 Holding on to Jah (feature documentary)
11:00-11:07 What Could Have Been (music video)
11:10-12:40 TBD (Rockers/Countryman/ or other classic each night)
