2008 marana youth arts festival

Marana Youth Arts Festival
A Passport to Creative Expression

Kids! Bring your Parents...
they’re FREE!

Saturday, April 19, 2008
11 AM to 4 PM
Continental Reserve Neighborhood Park
8568 N. Continental Reserve Loop, Marana AZ (off of Silverbell Rd.)

Wrist Band: $5 per youth
to participate in the
“Make and Take” Booths

Buy now and save $1 on each wrist band!

LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCES

11:00 AM  - Festival Opens with Mayor Ed Honea Welcome Address and
Mayapple Balagtas sings the National Anthem
11:10 AM - 4 PM DJ, Hans Pridgett plays between sets
11:40 AM - Marana Middle School Jazz Group
12:20 PM - Youth@Performing Arts performs excerpts from
Disney's High School Musical
1:00 PM - The Human Project (Hip-Hop)1:35 PM - K4K Choir
2:00 PM - Marana Middle School's Fiddlin Falcons
2:50 PM - Ballet Folklorico Tapatio
3:15 PM - Mabadeliko Ashe Dance Group (African Dance)

MAKE & TAKE ART STATIONS (11 AM TO 4 PM) WITH:

The Drawing Studio
A.C.M.E. Studio, Sharon Harrington
KidzArt
Tucson Children’s Museum
Arts Life Community & One Kingdom Image
Cultural Exchange of Tucson
Illustrators Workshop
Judy O'Toole-Freel & Mirle Freel, Jr - Authors of Aardvark, Aardvark, How Do You Do!

LITERARY ARTS STATION

SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES:
1:30 PM -  Storytime with Clifford
2:30 PM -  Origami Project with Mary Ellen Palmeri (ages 7 & up)

ON-GOING ACTIVITIES (11AM TO 4PM):

Story Character Coloring Sheets
Cookie Sheet Magnetic Poetry
Pictionary using Youth book titles

EVENT SPONSORS

Comcast
Walmart Stores
Pima County Public Library District
Arts Life Community
Tucson Pima Arts Council
Town of Marana
Marana Parks & Recreation
Herbert Kai Farms
Hughes Federal Credit Union
Marana Chamber of Commerce
Marana Unified School District
Arizona Commission on the Arts

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carmen Feriend, Executive Director
520-682-4488