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FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!!
Family Day Kite Festival
Saturday, May 24th 2008 10:00am to 6:00pm
Dorchester, MA- Touch 106.1FM is sponsoring and hosting the 2008 “Family Day Kite Festival”. The Kite Festival is a day of family fun featuring kite contests, field games, a cookout, face painting by Quintessence Edutainment, vendors, entertainment, and Touch 106.1 FM Radio personality appearances.
The Kite Festival starts at 10 am but kicks off with entertainment at noon hosted by Touch’s Courtney Boston. A selection of some of Boston’s finest talent will perform. Some of the artists featured are :
2008 Urban Music Awards Spoken Word winner Warrior Griot.
The Stepping Collaborative
Lovely Hoffman
Riverside Theatre Works
Seekers of Knowledge and Knowledge Seekers
Beat Tree Dance Company
Lori Dow
Cherokees Music
D Money
Point Blank
Edegu
The 2008 Family Day Kite Festival will take place at Playstead Field in Franklin Park, Dorchester, MA. Admission is Free. There is public parking available at Franklin Park.
The Kite Festival was founded in 1969 by Boston quilt-maker and visual artist Clara Wainwright, who was a founder of the city’s First Night celebration seven years later. The annual event on Playstead Field drew as many as 30,000 people for kite-flying, face-painting, pony rides, and live music. Touch 106.1 FM strives to revive this fun family event by recreating community awareness.
The Family Day Kite Festival is Saturday, May 24, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Playstead Field in Franklin Park, Dorchester, MA 02121
The 2008 Kite Festival is sponsored by Touch 106.1 FM in part with Frugal Merchandising, Next Level Clothing, The Osiris Group, Sentimental Service Event Staffing, Seaside Kite Company, Be Our Guest, Muhammad’s Mosque, and Kevin Lawyer. Through the support of community businesses Touch 106.1 FM and Quintessence Edutainment will provide a day of family fun to the community by recognizing local talent, and celebrating and establishing connections to the traditions and commitments of communities of color.
For more information please contact ToRena Webb at 617-953-5315 quintainment@yahoo.com
For sponsorship please contact 617-686-1377 or Visit: http://touchfm.org/lineup3.html
