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Summer Festival This Weekend in Franklin Park
The festival, hosted by the Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania, will be held at Blueberry Hill Park.
The festival is Saturday, Aug. 10 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Blueberry Hill Park in Franklin Park.
This family-friendly festival features games, activities, and live music. Tickets are $10 per person (children 5 or under free). These tickets can be ordered at www.sbawp.org or by calling 724-934-9600. Organizers recommend reserving tickets in advance, but they will be available at the event.
All proceeds benefit SBAWP programs which help people of all ages with spina bifida and disabilities to live happy, healthy, productive and independent lives.
There’s something for everyone at the Summer Festival. Kids can enjoy things like glitter tattoos, candy straws, Spin the Wheel (for prizes), spin art and playing in the bounce houses. The Pirate Parrot will make an appearance, and the North Star Kids and the TheraDancers will perform.
Everyone can show off their singing at karaoke, take a chance on some great auction baskets or playing bingo, or just relax and enjoy the performers who will be entertaining us in a “concert in the park” throughout the day.
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Archery, a corn hole toss, and a ladder toss will provide entertainment for all Festival goers, and food will be available to purchase.
Festival goers can bring their blankets or lawn chairs to can relax while listening to the bands.
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Scheduled to perform that day are: Midlife Crisis, (classic rock), the North Star Kids, Jeffe Jam Band (mixed genre), Southern Comfort (jazz), and for the first time this year, TheraDancers.
TheraDance is a group physical therapy program designed for children with physical limitations, such as impaired balance, body awareness, coordination, flexibility, strength and endurance. The program is offered by the Center for Independence at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC at their Pine Center location in Wexford, PA. The children enrolled in program perform a choreographed routine at the end of each 10-week session.
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