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• Presenter Biographies


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• ORF Mission Statement


• ORF 2010 Slideshow


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• ORF 2009 Slideshow


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About ORF'12

The Okanagan Rhythm Festival (ORF) is a celebration of world drumming, percussion, and rhythmic music and dance. With two days of performances, workshops, drum and dance parties, and drum circles, ORF is one festival in the British Columbia Interior you won't want to miss. Expecting over 400 participants, our third festival, ORF’12, promises to be bigger and better than ever!

ORF brings together musicians, dancers and participants from throughout the Okanagan for a fun and energetic community event. The professional musicians in the festival live in the North, South, and Central Okanagan Valley and play a wide variety of traditional and contemporary world music. The festival includes African, Middle Eastern, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Japanese, Latin-American, and modern North American rhythmic music.

The success of our previous ORF festivals in 2009 and 2010 showed that there was a distinct need to hold a festival like this. ORF allows participants to experiment with different forms of drum and dance. It gives people a safe and supportive environment in which to experience multicultural music and dance forms they might not otherwise challenge themselves to try.

About the ORF Cooperative

The Okanagan Rhythm Festival Cooperative is a nonprofit, community service cooperative that is the parent organization that produces ORF. The organization of ORF is managed and run by the volunteer efforts of the members of the cooperative.

The cooperative was established in response to the overwhelming desire of drum and percussion teachers, facilitators and students in the Okanagan Valley to unite the whole Okanagan in a celebration of rhythmic music. In 2010 ORF became a registered cooperative, with a formal mission statement.

Among the goals of the ORF Cooperative is to bring together the community of rhythm-loving musicians, dancers, teachers, performers, and music-lovers from throughout the Okanagan. The ORF Cooperative members work to create a greater awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of various styles of drumming and rhythmic music and dance. The Cooperative strives to provide opportunities for local rhythm artists to gain exposure to the larger musical community and develop working relationships that foster innovative collaborations.