[Press Release] : Children’s activities at the Columbia Festival of the Arts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2006

CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
Cultural Program Specialist
(573) 874-6387

Children’s activities at the Columbia Festival of the Arts	
								
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The 15th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts
will feature a special Children’s Art Area and Stage, as well as other
participatory art activities for the enjoyment of children of all ages.
All performances and art activities are free.
	The Children’s Stage will feature storytelling, children’s
theater, puppetry and music. Returning this year will be juggling and
comedy performances by Dale Jones. Jones will also do strolling
performances throughout the two days of the Festival.  
	New to the Festival will be the opportunity to create a giant
mosaic mural. This interactive activity will be 12 feet long and seven
feet tall and feature recognizable images of past Commemorative Posters.
Artwork by Columbia Public Schools students will be on display in the
lobby of the County Government Center as well. 
	The Festival will again provide a creative outlet for budding
writers at the magnetic Poetry Wall. Based on the retail success of the
smaller magnetic poetry kits made for use on refrigerators, the wall has
more than 1,700 magnetic word tiles. As with the retail hit, the
magnetic format allows participants to arrange and rearrange words on
metal surfaces to express thoughts.
	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. 23- 24, 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. 21
issue, contact the Office of Cultural Affairs at (573) 874-6386, e-mail
Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com or log on to www.GoColumbiaMo.com (GoWord:
GoArtsFestival).
The Columbia Festival of the Arts is a program of the City of Columbia
Office of Cultural Affairs. Financial assistance has been provided by
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Boone County National Bank, The Callaway
Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Columbia Daily
Tribune, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Days Inn and
Travelodge, Deck the Walls, First National Bank, KBIA 91.3, KOMU
TV8/Mid-Missouri’s CW Network, McDonald’s, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts
Council and Regency Hotel Downtown.

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