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Renewing the Troost Corridor with Music, Dancing, and Live PerformancesTake Saturday off - Party all day in Midtown for a good cause!A local nonprofit group will host its first street festival titled ShakeYour Booty for the Creative Mind Community on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at Troost Avenue between Linwood and 31st Street. All of Greater Kansas City is invited to come celebrate hope and diversity with neighbors,artists, performers, educators, and community leaders. The event willfeature food, music, and dancing for all, a costume contest, artworkshops, storytelling, family portraits, face painting, pumpkincarving for kids of all ages, vendors and more. The ":Beware All Stylebiters" live paint crew with create a mural throughout the day to mark the launching of this collaborative effort to restore the corridor. Shake Your Booty for the Creative Mind Community runs from Noon till Midnight. The suggested donation is $5.Uplifting, family-friendly entertainers are scheduled, including DJsClockwerk, DJ Syke, DJ Rico, Hank, Lady J, DJ AJ2, The Beat Broker,Midtown Music Group, Joel Kraft, Emma Feel, Human Crop Circles, JamesChristos, Negro Sko AKA Dante Everglade, Brother of Moses, TheHymnlayas, Djembe Kaan, Vesuvius, B-Boys and B-Girls of KC, Shelly Nolan and Guest, Central High School Drill Team and Buggin'.The Creative Mind Community Arts Center is a not-for-profit communityrenewal project located at 3109 Troost Avenue in Midtown whichspecializes in applying the arts and humanities as real-world solutionsto local realities. Proceeds from the event will be used toward thecompletion of renovations at 3109 Troost Avenue and the creation of acollaborative community effort to rediscover the beauty of the TroostCorridor.Contact:Beth SarverThe Creative Mind Community Arts CenterPhone: 913-645-9881Email: beth.creativemind@gmail.com