[Press Release] : Bill ‘Stretch’ Coleman to entertain audiences at Festival

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2007

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

Bill ‘Stretch’ Coleman to entertain audiences at Festival
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The 2007 Columbia Festival of the Arts will
feature the stilt-walking and sky-painting talents of Bill “Stretch”
Coleman, giant walk-about puppets with moveable arms, including one
named “Picasso,” and an “Interactive Bubble Sculpture.”
	Coleman, from Denver, Colo., has appeared with Cirque Du Soleil,
at the nationally known Cherry Creek Art Festival and on the TV show
“Extreme Makeover, Home Edition.” This will be the first time
Coleman has been featured at the Festival or in Missouri.
	Coleman will stroll in the Children’s Art Area while
entertaining families with his “sky painting” and other interactive
fun. As part of the Festival’s Children’s Art Area, Coleman will
offer informal instruction on stilt-walking and will have bucket stilts
available for use by young children.  
	Giant “walk-about puppets” will accompany Coleman as he
participates in the Festival and a 14-foot high “Interactive Bubble
Sculpture” will be on site in the Children’s Art Area as well.
	Festival dates are Sept. 29 -30 and it is open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. each day. 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).

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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