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

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Kay McCarthy, Cultural Program Specialist - (573) 874-6387

Children's activities at the Columbia Festival of the Arts

COLUMBIA, MO (September 17, 2008) - The 17th annual Columbia Festival
of the Arts will feature a special Children’s Art Area and
Children’s 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. Special attractions on the stage are I Am Kenny J, a
10-member group presenting interactive dancing in a 12:45 p.m.
performance on Saturday and Babaloo Music and Fun with interactive music
and comedy on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. 

Additionally, artwork by Columbia students will be on display in the
lobby of the Boone County Government Center during the festival and
throughout October. 

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. 25 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
Boone County National Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors
Bureau Tourism Development Fund, Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia Home
and Lifestyle Magazine, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America,
Days Inn and Travelodge, Deck the Walls, KBIA 91.3, KOMU 8 and
Mid-Missouri CW, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts Council, Mid-America Arts
Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts and the Regency Hotel
Downtown.

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