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

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27, 2007

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


Children’s activities at the Columbia Festival of the Arts
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The 16th 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 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 Dr. Goodfoot,
with his hilarious clown act, at noon each day of the Festival. 
	A special attraction this year is stilt-walker Bill Coleman on
nine-foot high stilts performing sky painting. The area will also be
marked by a 14-foot high interactive bubble sculpture and giant-size
walk-about puppets. Artwork by Columbia students will be on display in
the lobby of the Boone 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. 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, contact 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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