Performance

One more post today of Charming Jay at work during Buskerfest. The addition of this space at the World Exchange Plaza was a good one, and given that the festival chose it for staging the grand finale show means it should become a regular part of the event.

It was time to call in some help from the audience.

The heat was still affecting me, and I moved on. A stilt walker caught my eye.

Engagement

 Charming Jay was doing his act, working with hoops at this point, engaging with the audience. I kept photographing.

Expression

 Charming Jay proved to be expressive and fun to watch as he got warmed up.

It was, all said, a bit too warm, with the weather sweltering. I needed a couple of minutes inside. When I came back out, I took more shots. Unlike the other stage areas for Buskerfest, where the audience gradually builds in a circle around the act, this spot at the World Exchange Plaza is best suited for the raised seating that's already there- the only part of the exterior of the building that wasn't redone in the renovation. By the time an act is finished, more people have come to take it in.

Buskerfest

 Buskerfest is an August tradition in Ottawa, with buskers from close to home and around the world brought in to perform downtown on Sparks Street. This year, a new stage location was set up just south of Sparks Street, outside the World Exchange Plaza, which finished renovations last year, including the  landscape and terrace space on the outside, an ideal setting for this sort of event. I took in several of the acts, starting with Charming Jay, a stage magician from South Korea.