Aboite & About • April 4, 2014
INfortwayne.com • A9
Community ‘Kickstarts’ new festival set for May
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Katie Slee directs the South Side Catholic Singers, which includes grades five through eight.
IPFW has joined forces with Arts United, the Downtown Improvement District, Fort4Fitness, Fort Wayne Trails, Visit Fort Wayne, and the YLNI Barr Street Market to announce Kickstart, presented by Parkview Health, a one-day community festival that celebrates bikes, art and music in downtown Fort Wayne. The first Kickstart festival on Saturday, May 17, will highlight the presentation of the IPFW Sculpture with PurposeTM bike racks, sponsored by Lincoln Financial Group and commissioned by IPFW to commemorate its 50th Celebration. “Kickstart represents a wonderful
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example of what can happen when passionate, like-minded organizations and individuals collaborate to make Fort Wayne a more vibrant community,” said Irene Walters, executive director of university relations and communications at IPFW. The festival presenting sponsor Parkview Health, represented by Jill Ostrem, chief operating officer, Parkview Physicians Group, was on hand to announce the inaugural community celebration. For festival details, visit visitfortwayne. com/kickstart.
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The South Side Catholic Singers wrap up their season at the Carroll Classic Invitational on March 14.
South Side singers finish first show choir season The South Side Catholic Singers recently wrapped up their first middle school show choir season. The group is made up of fifth- through eighth-grade students from St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School, St. John the Baptist School, St. John New Haven School, Most Precious Blood School, St. Joseph Hessen Cassel School and Huntington Catholic School. The South Side Catholic Singers performed at the Homestead High School
Show Choir Invitational, the Bishop Luers’ Midwest Show Choir Invitational and the Carroll High School Classic Invitational. Their competition program consisted of the songs “ABC/123/I Want You Back,” “Forget You,” “For Good” and “Let’s Hear It For the Boy.” The South Side Catholic Singers also opened for the Kathy Troccoli concert held at St. Elizabeth Seton parish in November. Katie Slee directs the group of 31 Catholic school girls and boys.
Holocaust remembrance April 27 Heartland will present a special community outreach performance, “Let Us Remember,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in the Temple Achduth Vesholom, 5200 Old Mill Road. The performance, sponsored by the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation, offers an opportunity to come together for a community service to commemorate
the millions who perished during the Holocaust. Adult tickets for this performance are $10; student tickets for ages 13 and older are $5. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paying adult. Call 436-8080 to request child tickets. For tickets to this special presentation, visit heart-
landchorale.org or call the Heartland office at 436-8080. Learn more about Heartland and upcoming performances on its website or using a Heartland App on a Smartphone. Download the app through the App Store or Google Play and share Heartland music and events.
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