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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 13, 2005) -- More than 40 live performances will be featured at the fourteenth annual Columbia Festival of the Arts in downtown Columbia, Sept. 24-25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Performances of jazz, folk, bluegrass, classical, Latin Gypsy 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 Courthouse Square Stage include:
Columbia Handbell Ensemble...handbell choir music
Heart of Missouri Chorus*women's a cappella barbershop chorus
Los Desterrados...Flamenco and Latin Gypsy music
Afi Ama (Kunami Mtendaji)*African dance, music, folklore and culture
Cultural Association of India...dances of India
Velcro Tales...interactive family theater
Stephens College Dance Company*jazz, modern and ballet
Forté & Roe*jazz
The T(h)oms*violin & guitar with early jazz & ragtime
Dancearts of Columbia...modern dance
Mid-Missouri Dance Theatre...classical ballet
Universal Drum Appeal...interactive drumming & percussion 
Swing'n Axes Band*musical variety
Ironweed Bluegrass Band*bluegrass music
Columbia Entertainment Company*Broadway Bound musical theatre revue
Random Blues Band*classic jazz & swing music

Performances on the Children's Stage include:
Missouri River Youth Theatre*children's theatre
Theater Reaching Young People and Schools (TRYPS)...children's theater 
Fax Gilbert*mime, masks & magic
Harmless T. Jester...juggling, fire eating and comedy
Terry Overfelt...singer, storyteller and ventriloquist
Renee Crosby*juggling
Velcro Tales*story performance
Bamboo Steve*bamboo flute music
Universal Drum Appeal*interactive drumming for children
Performing Arts in Children's Education (PACE)*children's theater 
Leon Van Weelden*clown & puppet show

Artists on the Literary Arts Stage include:
One Read Project, Daniel Boone Regional Library...readings from Ender's Game
Hickman Review...Hickman High School literary arts group
Karen Heywood*prose
Jane Austen Society...costumed performances of Austen's writings
Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild...essays, poetry and short stories
Marta Ferguson*prose
Harbinger...Stephens College literary magazine
Walter Bargen*prose
Betty Cook Rottmann*reading from her work, Transposing Life

Additional special performances planned in the Visual Arts Area include classical music by Prairie Strings and the Hickman High School String Quartet on Saturday. Sunday features Bamboo Steve, bamboo flute music and Jeff Arrigo, guitar, 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. 24-25. 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. 22 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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