14th Annual Aliquippa Art and Music Festival

Date: 8/29/07

From: AAUD Festival Committee

Contact: Rosalyn Johnson or Jovita Williams

Phone: 724-378-7422

E-Mail: jwilliams@aaud.org
http://www.aaud.org/art.html


Aliquippa prepares for annual Festival

Aliquippa, PA: Excitement is growing for the 14th Annual Aliquippa Art and
Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 15. The Festival, which
is sponsored by the Aliquippa Alliance for Unity and Development (AAUD), is
expected to attract thousands of people to downtown Franklin Avenue for fun
activities, art, food and live music throughout the day.

A parade featuring over 200 participants including local dignitaries,
marching bands and other talent will kick off the Festival at 10 a.m.
traveling down Franklin Avenue from Kennedy Boulevard. Dozens of
organizations will be represented by vendor booths offering food (including
a rib cook-off in the afternoon), crafts, children’s activities and more all
along Franklin Avenue.

An art exhibition and juried art contest with pieces from local and regional
artists will be on display at the Broadcast Street Café. This showcase of
area talent is a celebration of the arts as a tool for renewal and hope.
Visitors to the gallery will be asked to cast a ballot in the Aliquippa
Choice Award for their favorite piece.

Free concerts at the Main Stage, which has been relocated to the Town Towers
parking lot, will keep the Festival’s energy high all day. Starting at
11:00 a.m., the Main Stage will feature local favorites Casanova, The Flow
Band, Billy the Kid and the Regulators, Artistree, Hank Dolo, and Young
Grammar. Gospel presentations will also be featured on the Main Stage to
include such performances from The Christian Lighthouse Church Choir, Debbie
Tucker and Company, The Freeman Family and Friends, The Light of Judah, and
Our Brother’s Keepers.

A raffle for Pro-Athlete memorabilia, which includes a football autographed
by Ty Law, will be held. Tickets are available now and through the Festival,
with the drawing at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Stage. This year, there will also
be a Chinese Auction for prizes which include a Walt Disney World vacation
package, a gift basket from the Robinson Mall, Pittsburgh Steelers
memorabilia, and a host of other prizes which have been graciously donated
to the AAUD.

The Festival Committee looks forward to a great success in bringing together
the people of Aliquippa and neighboring communities to highlight the arts
and to showcase Aliquippa as a vibrant, resurging, economically and socially
viable community.