Bird Costumes
Borrow: Around seventy handmade bird costumes featuring masks and wings based on specific local birds.
Description: Runway Moon has always been fascinated by birds, and in 2018 celebrated the Birds, Birds, Birds project and Bird Parade. Participants were asked to take on qualities and traits of the bird they were wearing, moving like a bird and researching the sounds it makes.
BIRDSONG
(based on the songs of birds heard in the Shuswap)
Chorus: Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio Pip
Chickadeededee dee Chickadeedee dee dee
Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio Pip
Caw! Caw! Caw!
Ew-weee twittle twittle bzzz WHITE THROATED SPARROW
Ew-weee twittle twittle bzzz
Tzip Tzip tztztz tzeep BUSHTIT
Tzip Tzip tztztz tzeep
Pb pb Pb pb pb pb pb pb Pb Pb Pb BALD EAGLE
Pb pb Pb pb pb pb pb pb Pb Pb Pb
Pik pik hahahahahaha HAIRY WOODPECKER
Pik Pik Hahahahahaha
Repeat Chorus
Si silee perchickoree Sisilee AMERICAN ROBIN
Si silee perchikoree Si silee
Utch Utch Utch doo de dweee tickle tickle tickle tickle bee bee SONG SPARROW
Croak Croak Croak Wof Wof Wof RAVEN
Croak Croak Croak Wof Wof Wof
Keow Keow Keow Keow GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL
Keow Keow Keow Keow
Repeat Chorus
Oooooooo ooooooooooo SANDHILL CRANE
Honk Honk Honk Honk CANADA GOOSE
Ooooooooo oooooooooo
Honk Honk Honk
Kikikikkkkkkkkkkkkk NORTHERN FLICKER
(silence)
Oooo -ooo oooo oooo ooooo GREAT HORNED OWL
Pre-Requisites: Some research is necessary to understand the sounds and movements of your bird.
Options: You can book an artist from Runaway Moon Theatre to come and give a mini workshop on theatrical ways to explore being a bird. The costumes can be delivered within the region or picked up at Runaway Moon Theatre. Send us an email (form below) to inquire and learn more!
