Poppykettle Festival

Poppykettle Festival

The Poppykettle Festival, which is now known as the "Alcoa Poppykettle Festival", due to corporate sponsorship from Alcoa begun in 2001, is an arts festival in the Australian city of Geelong, Victoria, for kindergarten and primary school students first held in 1981. Thousands of students and parents perform, march in the parade and attend the festival.

The festival was originally based on the mythical landing of Peruvian gnomes as told in the children's books, "The Voyage of the Poppykettle" and "The Unchosen Land" by Robert Ingpen.

In 2006, it was the 25th anniversary of the festival.

External links

* [http://www.gpac.org.au/_home.asp The Geelong Performing Arts Centre] (GPAC)


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