In an extraordinary concert coming to Boomerang from its success at London’s Olympic Festival during the Games and their two sell out performances at The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in March, we are thrilled to present: WANTOK SING SING PERFORMING WAN SOLWARA PIPEL The London Olympic Festival was a truly Olympian feat featuring 25,000 artists from all 204 competing Olympic nations. Representing Oceania was Wantok: SING SING in an unforgettable concert which drew rave reviews from the media and standing ovations from the audience. Outside of its two sell out performances at the Sydney Opera House last March Australia has waited expectantly to experience the music of the indigenous people of Oceania in their joyous fusion of music and dance. Boomerang is proud to present all 17 members featuring their sublime world grooves, powerful mix of drumming, amazing vocals, Samoan street hip hop, reggae, dance and much more. Coming together will be artists, dancers and musicians from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, The Torres Strait Islands, The Cook Islands (Raratonga) and Indigenous Australians including Frank Yamma, Djakapurra, accompanied by the amazingGeorge Telek (Papua New Guinea), Vika and Linda Bull (Tonga), Airileke (Papua New Guinea), Albert David , Mariwo (Torres Strait Islands), Kas Futialo (Samoa), Tieni Ruapene (Rarotonga) - seventeen on stage in full costume under the musical direction of David Bridie. In short: This star studded line up will introduce you to the rhythm of PNG, Pacifica and the long drums of Melanesia like you have never witnessed before and for those gathered at Boomerang this may well be a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience.

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