[Press Release] : Free festival performances number more than 40

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2007

CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
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 16th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts in downtown Columbia,
Sept. 29-30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
	Performances of jazz, folk, bluegrass, classical, contemporary
dance, classical ballet, children’s theater, puppetry and storytelling
will fill three different stages throughout the Festival weekend. Teatro
de la Rosa, a Hispanic children’s theatre troupe of Ft. Worth, Texas
will perform “The Green Rabbit” on the Courthouse Square Stage at 1
p.m. on Saturday.
	Musicians and dance groups performing on Courthouse Square Stage
include:
●	Atahualpa…music of the Andes
●	MU Steel Drum Band…Caribbean music on steel drums
●	Columbia Civic Orchestra Brass Quintet…music from classical to
popular
●	Columbia Fifth Grade Elementary Honors Choir, a variety of vocal
music
●	Teatro de la Rosa…Hispanic Children’s Theatre of Ft. Worth TX,
performing The Green Rabbit 
●	Missouri Contemporary Ballet…professional contemporary ballet
●	Cultural Association of India…dances of India
●	Moberly High School’s Chamber Choir…A capella with a variety
of music
●	Dennis & Jennifer Stroughmatt & l’Esprit Creole…Creole music
of upper Louisiana
●	Stephens College Dance Co…ballet, modern, theater & jazz
●	The Velvetones…Stephens college vocal jazz ensemble
●	Mid-Missouri Dance Theatre…classical ballet & modern dance
●	Exorna…Celtic Music 
●	Arkamo Rangers…Bluegrass music
●	DanceArts of Columbia…tap, jazz, musical theatre, hip hop &
ballet
Performances on the Children’s Stage include:
●	Dale Jones…one-handed juggling & comedy
●	Bobby Norfolk…high energy storytelling
●	Rainbow Repertory Company…traditional puppetry
●	Stringman, Paul Imholte…hammered dulcimer & woodwinds
●	Performing Arts in Children’s Education: PACE…scenes from
Annie
●	Dr. Goodfoot…clowning and puppetry
●	Professor Farquar & Curly Dimple...comedy, magic & traditional
music
●	Jason the Juggler…comedy juggling with audience participation 
●	Columbia Fifth Grade Elementary Honors Choir…vocal ensemble
●	Missouri Contemporary Ballet…interactive dance performance
Artists on the Literary Arts Stage include:
●	One Read, Daniel Boone Regional Library...readings from Water
for Elephants
●	Marta Ferguson…poetry reading from her manuscript, Intimate
Constellations
●	Betty Cook Rottmann…reading from her work
●	Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writer’s Guild...essays,
poetry & short stories
●	Harbinger...Stephens College literary magazine
●	Writers Door: Naoma Powell...reading from her original poetry &
plays
●	Walter Bargen…reading from his newest book, Remedies for
Vertigo
●	John Estes...reading his poetry
	Additional special performances planned in the Visual Arts Area
on Saturday and Sunday include classical music by Prairie Strings, Casey
the Balloon Guy, Hickman String Quartet and Stringman Paul Imholte
	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. 29-30. 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. 27
issue, call the Office of Cultural Affairs at (573) 874-6386, e-mail
Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com or log on to www.GoColumbiaMo.com (search:
arts festival). For further information on Mid-America Arts Alliance
(MAAA), call (816) 421-1388.

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, CenturyTel,
Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau Tourism Development Fund, Columbia
Daily Tribune, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Days Inn
and Travelodge, Deck the Walls, KBIA 91.3, KOMU TV8/Mid-Missouri’s CW
Network, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts Council, Mid-America Arts Alliance,
National Endowment for the Arts, Regency Hotel Downtown and State Farm
Insurance.

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