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CMAB grants music fest money
This year, a SCSU tradition has something to celebrate. University Program Board’s annual Mississippi Music Festival will add a third stage for kids to its day-long music event, thanks to the Central Minnesota Arts Board and its grant of $2,000 for the fest.
The grant application was co-written by Kim Bruemmer, program adviser for UPB and Kristi Michelson, Mississippi Music Fest coordinator.
The grant received from the CMAB will be spent on Children’s Arts and Music Park at the music festival.
“I invented the Children’s Art and Music Park and our goal is to have a third stage for the children,” Michelson said.
Located beside the upper and lower stage, the CAMP will be an additional attraction at the festival for both the children and the parents, where parents can find information on children’s art works and activities in the area.
“We need some external funding from the community to help supplement, so we applied for the grant,” Bruemmer said.
Together, Michelson and Bruemmer applied for the CMAB grant.
Thanks to the money, UPB can help SCSU connect with the St. Cloud community.
“We are trying to reach out to the community. It is not just SCSU students but St. Cloud community. It is educational. Different booths will be set up for information,” Bruemmer said.
Receiving the grant shows the hard work UPB has put into events and the commitment it has to quality programming with the community.
“This year we want the community to be involved as much as they can. This will be our trying to connect with each other,” Michelson said.
This year, the festival will feature five or six performing bands. The committee is expecting more local bands to perform this year. Any local bands wanting to be a part of the fest have to first take part in a contest at the annual battle of the unsigned bands organized by UPB. Those selected will later get to perform at the fest
“It is been a while since we received this grant. It is prestigious thing to get like this which is geared towards children,” Bruemmer said.
For Michelson, the Mississippi Music Fest events represent the way to get our campus back to the community.
“We want to give to our college students, community and children a way to get together.It is a great accomplishment for the campus to get (the money). It means Central Minnesota Arts Board has faith in us to put on such community events.”
In addition to adding a children’s stage, UPB wants to add some diversity to the event. The fest is looking for greater participation from the international student clubs St. Cloud for diversity.
“We are also looking for student clubs and organizations to participate and share their cultural events to add to the fest,” Michelson said.
Mississippi Music Fest is both entertaining and educational due to the wide varying degree of participation from the local groups. This spring, the day-long Mississippi music festival and entertainment is scheduled on April 28 at 11 a.m., at Riverside Park in St Cloud.
Mississippi Music Festival is a success every year, drawing more than 10,000 people from the St. Cloud area throughout the day. It has music, arts, crafts, food vendors and booths as its tool for educational and entertainment for the people.
The Mississippi Music Fest committee is in the planning process. Call (320) 255-2205 for more information or to get involved.
Tsewang Sangmo Lama can be reached at: [email protected]
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