SHOW INTRODUCTION

GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, FABORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS HAS INCORPORATED A VARIETY OF
FASHION SHOWS INTO MUSIC FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, GALAS AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN TORONTO AND THE REGION OF HURONIA,
JUST ONE HOUR NORTH OF TORONTO BY CAR........
AND ONLY TWENTY MINUTES ON A MOTORCYCLE.

THE INCLUSION OF CREATIVE PEOPLE ADORNED IN BEAUTIFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY APPAREL ACCOMPANIED BY INNOVATIVE MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF AUDIENCES WHEREVER WE HAVE PERFORMED. THAT FABORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS HAS BEEN APPROACHED TO DEVELOP ITS PROGRAMME IN WESTERN CANADA IS TESTIMONY TO THE INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED IN ITS ACTIVITIES.

LAST YEAR WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO BE ASKED TO CREATE A PRODUCTION FOR THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW AND WE CONSIDER IT AN HONOUR TO BE INVITED BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ELEIZER LEATHERS IN CREATING THIS PRODUCTION, AND ALL OF US INVOLVED IN FABORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL TO GWENDLYN AND HER DEDICATED STAFF
FOR HELPING TO REALIZE WHAT WE BELIEVE
TO BE AN EXCITING PERFORMANCE.

THE WARRIOR RIDE

..... IS INSPIRED BY THE FIRST WOMAN RULER IN RECORDED HISTORY .....
KU-BABA OF THE CITY-STATE OF UR
IN SUMER, CIRCA 3000 B.C.

THE SHOW BEGINS WITH A PRELUDE EVOKING HUMANITY'S EARLY SPIRITUALITY. CHANTING ACCOMPANIES THE ENTRANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF UR FOLLOWED BY THE STRONG VOICE AND ENTRANCE OF KU-BABA. CHAOS INTRODUCES THE PRESENT TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE AND THE IMPACT THAT CIVILIZATION HAS HAD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. THE MOTORCYCLE AS A METAPHOR FOR THE PONY - AND THE FREEDOM AND STRENGTH IT REPRESENTS -
IS A RECURRING THEME THROUGHOUT THE SHOW ....
AND AS YOU ENJOY THE PARADE OF UNIQUE, CUSTOM-MADE FASHION COUTURE, DRAMATIC VIGNETTES REFLECT ON THE TENSION THAT EXISTS
BETWEEN ORDER AND CHAOS,
FREEDOM AND SUPPRESSION,
STRUGGLE AND SURVIVAL,
COURAGE AND FEAR,
ASSIMILATION AND DEFIANCE,
CONQUEST AND DEFEAT.
THE JOY-FILLED FINALE THAT HERALDS VICTORY IS CELEBRATED
THROUGH HUMANITY'S LOVE, WISDOM, SPIRITUALITY
AND JUDICIOUS EXPRESSION OF POWER.