[Press Release] : 31st Annual Heritage Festival and Craft Show: Sept. 20-21

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Tammy Miller - (573) 874-7465

31st Annual Heritage Festival and Craft Show: Sept. 20-21

COLUMBIA, MO (August 13, 2008) - Listen, learn and see history as it
comes alive at the 31st Annual Heritage Festival, which will be held
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20-21 in historic Nifong Park. Listen to a
wide variety of entertainment on three stages. Learn about the mid 19th
century as you stroll through an 1859 town of shopkeepers and
townspeople. See artisans and tradesmen dressed in 19th century attire
demonstrate their trades, a mountain man camp, a Lewis and Clark replica
outpost and a cowboy camp with chuck wagons. 

Entertainment on three stages will include music, dancing and
storytelling. Featured entertainers include the Haskell Indian Nations
Dancers, The Blackbury Band (Western/Cowboy), St. Louis Czech Express,
Branson Variety Show Performers (Johnny Lonestar - roping, gun spinning,
whip cracking, Clay Cooper and funny man Matt Gumm), Professor Farquar -
Medicine Man, Cowboy poets, a fiddlers’ competition on Saturday
afternoon, and many local bands. On Saturday, ghost stories will offer
thrills from 8-9:30 p.m. 

Children will enjoy numerous activities in the Fun for Young‘uns Area
and hayrides. Tour the historic Maplewood Home and the Walter’s Boone
County Historical Museum. Great food and a beautiful park setting will
make the Heritage Festival a family tradition!

The Heritage Festival is coordinated by Columbia Parks and Recreation
and co-sponsored by ABC 17/Fox 38/MY ZOU 32/ ABC Stormtracker 24/7,
Boehmer Chiropractic, Boone County Historical Society, Columbia
Convention & Visitors Bureau Tourism Development Program, Columbia Daily
Tribune, Metro Rotary Club & Missouri River Communities Network.

For more information, call (573) 874-7460 or visit
www.GoColumbiaMo.com. 

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