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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Kay Kjelland, Cultural Program Specialist - (573) 874-6387

Free Festival performances number more than 40

COLUMBIA, MO (September 10, 2004) -- More than 40 live performances will be featured at the thirteenth annual Columbia Festival of the Arts in downtown Columbia, Sept. 25-26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Performances of jazz, folk, Celtic, bluegrass, classical, Latin music, contemporary dance, classical ballet, children's theater, and storytelling will fill three different stages throughout the Festival weekend.

Musicians and dance groups performing on Boone County Courthouse Square stage include:

Americamanta...music of the Andes 
Banana Oil Pan Band*Carribean music 
Stephens College Velvetones...jazz vocals\ 
Kunami Mtendaji*African dance, music and stories 
Cultural Association of India...dances of India 
Cedar Lake II...contemporary ballet 
Stephens College Dance Company*jazz, modern and ballet 
Forté & Roe*jazz 
MU Steel Drum Band*Carribean music 
Gretchen Anderson*folk and rock 
Dancearts of Columbia...modern dance 
Mid-Missouri Dance Theatre...classical ballet 
Divine Rhythm...drumming 
The Ballyhoos*Celtic music 
Ironweed Bluegrass Band*bluegrass 

Groups performing on the Children's Stage include:

Eulenspeigel Puppet Theatre, Inc...puppetry 
Theater Reaching Young People and Schools (TRYPS)...children's theater 
Kinkaid Karacter Puppets...puppetry 
Harmless T. Jester...juggling, fire eating and comedy 
Terry Overfelt...singer, storyteller and ventriloquist 
Flavia Everman* stories and puppetry 
Brian Cox*origami and string games 
Bamboo Steve*bamboo flute music 

Artists on the Literary Arts Stage include:

One Read Project, Daniel Boone Regional Library...readings from Nickel & Dimed 
Hickman Review...Hickman High School literary arts group 
Catherine Pierce*poetry 
Jane Austen Society...costumed performances of Austen's writings 
Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild...essays, poetry and short stories 
Michael Kardos*prose 
Harbinger...Stephens College literary magazine 
Lania Knight*prose 
Bari Bumgarner*reading from her book, 8 Days 

Additional special performances planned in the Visual Arts Area include classical music by Prairie Strings and flute music by Bamboo Steve on Saturday afternoon. Sunday features Bamboo Steve, bamboo flute music and Keith Picker, guitar, also in the afternoon.

The Festival is free and open to the public. It will be held at the Boone County Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in downtown Columbia on Sept. 25-26. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

For specific performance times and stage locations, consult the special Festival insert in the Columbia Daily Tribune's Sept. 23 issue, call the Office of Cultural Affairs at (573) 874-6386, e-mail Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com or log on to www.GoColumbiaMo.com (GoWord: GoArtsFestival).

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