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I Can Do That! 22nd annual Spring Very Special Festival of the Arts

Friday, May 16, 2008 at the Coloma community Center

VSA arts of California at Sacramento (VSAS), in association with Sacramento City Unified School District and City of Sacramento Neighborhood Services Department, presented the 22nd annual Spring Very Special Festival of the Arts Friday, May 16, 2008 at the Coloma community Center.

On the indoor stage, emcee John E. Lee introduced Hip Hop dancers from CSUS Transistion Program and John Sloat, Jed Smith, Caroline Wenzel, Lisbon, Elder Creek, and James Marshall Elementary Schools (professional dancer Alice Twilla); breakdancers from Rosemont High, A. M. Winn, Ethel Phillips and Woodbine Elementary Schools (professional dancer Vince Horiuchi); drummers from Leonardo da Vinci School (professional drummer Kevin Goings); and interpretive jazz dancers from Sacramento City College Transition Program (professional dancer Trinidad Stassi).

CSUS hip hop dancer breadancers children sitting in a row and using drumsticks on the stage
CSUS Hip Hop Dancer Breakdancers Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School Drummers

Greg King emceed the outdoor stage for the Leonardo da Vinci Blues Band (professional musician Ned Hammad), Fern Bacon Middle School puppeteers (professional artist Olivia Huff), Leonardo da Vinci School theatre artists (professional theatre artist Shakiri Hudson), and Hip Hop dancers from John F. Kennedy and Luther Burbank High Schools (professional artist Alice Twilla).

puppeteers on the outdoor stage hip hop dancers theatre arts performance in which each child is holding a 10 ft. tall PVC pole
Fern Bacon Middle School Puppeteers Luther Burbank High School Hip Hop dancers Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School Theatre Artists

The visual art show included illustrations by Mark Twain Elementary and Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School students (professional artist Pat Dawson); ceramics and paintings by Bowling Green Elementary and Sutter Middle students (professional artist Eva Zunkeler); paintings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School, Lisbon, and Alice Birney Elementary students (professional artist Julie Madden); paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Isador Cohen Pre-K students (professional artist Ramona Soto) and Ethel I. Baker Elementary students (professional artist Walter Cervantes).

children painting superheroes on a canvas mural Sacramento Mayor Heather fargo posing with VSA students child drawing with chalk on a sidewalk
"Heroes Among Us" Mural Special guest, Mayor Heather Fargo Chalk art
photo of a child staning next to her life-size self-portrait two boys creating "hand poems" at a funshop station three girls holding up the mardi-gras masks they created at a funshop
Life-size self-portraits "Hands of Wisdom" funshop Mardi-Gras mask funshop
Students also enjoyed over 30 funshops, including a large canvas cooperative mural, sidewalk chalk art, wishing trees, self-portrait drawing, pinwheel making, and much more.

VSAS Festival Community Partners

Sacramento City Unified School District logo

City of Sacramento Neighborhood Services Department

Thank you to our volunteers and Festival sponsors! We couldn't do it without you!

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Photo a set of paints