Funky Junk @ Opening of Reel Brazil Film Festival

December 3, 2009 at 11:16 am Leave a comment

Thursday 26th November 2009

“Funky Junk are going to be playing at the opening. They are my favourite band in Wellington, and Wellingtonians, you are in for a treat!”

– Leandro Cavalcanti, Director, Reel Brazil Film Festival 2009

The afternoon sun shone brightly as we positioned ourselves outside Te Papa to open the Reel Brazil Film Festival. Thankfully, we were partially positioned under cover which meant that our rhythm and beat were not lost in the big open space before us.

With support from friends and fans in the audience, and 14 strong, we opened the festival with a confident rendition of our funk rhythms, followed by samba reggae and a Brazilian rap number with invited guest artist Gabriel Dias. We finished off with an energetic merengue, weaving our way through the suprisingly large 200+ crowd that had gathered in front of us.

Of course, our number 1 fan could not keep stop his feet from dancing, either.