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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2005
CONTACT: Kay Kjelland
Cultural Program Specialist
(573) 874-6387 

Free festival performances number more than 40
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - 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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