150 attend Windgap Community Day
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Rebecca Nuttall
By Rebecca Nuttall
Published on 08/28/2008
At the Windgap-Chartiers Community Day on August 16 many local acts performed for crowds of over 150 people.
150 attend Windgap Community Day
by Rebecca Nuttall
Courier Staff Writer
At the Windgap-Chartiers Community Day on August 16 many local acts performed for crowds of over 150 people.
The base of performers came from the Community Day Tour 2008, led by DJ Goodnight, who served as the DJ for the event.
“I try to make it a family reunion theme,” said Goodnight who began developing a network of performers last year.
Performers included artists Redbone, Mizz D.I.V.A, and E-Dot who were involved with Goodnight, as well as the Muddy Creek Blues Band. Other acts included a crunk movement performance, spoken word and a female youth dance group.
“I thought it brought some entertainment to the event, something the young people can related to,” Goodnight said. It showed that hip-hop could be community oriented.”
While those in attendance weren’t watching the performances, there were plenty of other activities to participate in and food to eat.
Children could partake in arts and crafts such as hat making sponsored by Citiparks, while adults could enjoy a relaxing massage. Children also got their faces painted along with airbrushed tattoos.
Another tent allowed children to play carnival games such as ping-pong toss, ring toss, and balloon pop. Men from the local firehouse came to let children explore the fire truck and later in the event children played in a moon bounce.
“It’s a small neighborhood and we kind of get left out in things that go on in surrounding local neighborhoods,” said Samantha Barber, community organizer for the event. “So that’s why me and a few others got together to do this.”
Local vendors also had tents set up to sell a variety of products from clothing to novelty gifts.
This community day was one of many sponsored by Citiparks who donates $1000 to communities who apply for a grant for funds to help hold their community days.
“We try to kind of nurture them to grow so that at one point the festivals can become large enough so they can function on their own,” Dody Burns of Citiparks said.
Citiparks has been sponsoring community days for over 30 years with over 25 held this summer and approximately 10 more to be held before the end of fall.
Courier Staff Writer
At the Windgap-Chartiers Community Day on August 16 many local acts performed for crowds of over 150 people.
The base of performers came from the Community Day Tour 2008, led by DJ Goodnight, who served as the DJ for the event.
“I try to make it a family reunion theme,” said Goodnight who began developing a network of performers last year.
Performers included artists Redbone, Mizz D.I.V.A, and E-Dot who were involved with Goodnight, as well as the Muddy Creek Blues Band. Other acts included a crunk movement performance, spoken word and a female youth dance group.
“I thought it brought some entertainment to the event, something the young people can related to,” Goodnight said. It showed that hip-hop could be community oriented.”
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| DO IT YOURSELF—Children decorate hats at the arts-and-crafts tent sponsored by Citiparks. |
While those in attendance weren’t watching the performances, there were plenty of other activities to participate in and food to eat.
Children could partake in arts and crafts such as hat making sponsored by Citiparks, while adults could enjoy a relaxing massage. Children also got their faces painted along with airbrushed tattoos.
Another tent allowed children to play carnival games such as ping-pong toss, ring toss, and balloon pop. Men from the local firehouse came to let children explore the fire truck and later in the event children played in a moon bounce.
“It’s a small neighborhood and we kind of get left out in things that go on in surrounding local neighborhoods,” said Samantha Barber, community organizer for the event. “So that’s why me and a few others got together to do this.”
Local vendors also had tents set up to sell a variety of products from clothing to novelty gifts.
This community day was one of many sponsored by Citiparks who donates $1000 to communities who apply for a grant for funds to help hold their community days.
“We try to kind of nurture them to grow so that at one point the festivals can become large enough so they can function on their own,” Dody Burns of Citiparks said.
Citiparks has been sponsoring community days for over 30 years with over 25 held this summer and approximately 10 more to be held before the end of fall.