RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson encourages everyone to attend the 2011 Richmond 3rd Annual Hull Street Festival
Event is free and everyone is invited and encouraged to attend – Vendors will be selling food and products
WHAT
The Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Gateway 6th District, encourages everyone to attend the upcoming 2011 Richmond 3rd Annual Hull Street Festival. The event is free and open to the public and everyone is invited and encouraged to attend. Parking is free.
The 2011 Richmond 3rd Annual Hull Street Festival is sponsored by the Hull Street Merchants Association. The event will include music, vendors (for purchasing food and products) and a kids area. The schedule of entertainment includes the following:
Hull Street Festival Performers
10:30-10:45 a.m. 1st Baptist Church Choir
11:00-11:15 a.m. Youth Praise Dancers
11:30-11:45 a.m. JT Logan
Noon-12:20 p.m. RVA Hoop House
12:30 -1:00 p.m. Debo Dabney
1:00-1:30 p.m. KICK the Festival - MC introduces Milton Vice, President, Hull Street Merchants Association. Milton Vice will introduce the festival planning committee team
Introduce Political Candidates
2:00-2:30 p.m. Footprints Band
2:30-2:40 p.m. Belly Dancers
3:00-3:30 p.m. Grace & Company Fashion Show
3:30 p.m. Sound Storm Band
4:15-4:45 p.m. Photo Synthesizer Band
5:00-5:45 p.m. EZBU African Dancers
5:45-6:00 p.m. DJ playing music - Ending Festival
WHEN Saturday, 22 October 2011
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
WHERE 13th Street and Cowardin Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23230
WHO Hull Street Merchants Association
CONTACT For more information, please contact Milton Vice, Hull Street Merchants
Association, at 804.837.0340 (tel), or milton.vice@hullstreetmerchants.com (email);
or, hullstfestival.com (website); or, Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, Richmond
City Council, Gateway 6th District, at 804.646.7964 (office); or,
ellen.robertson@richmondgov.com (email); www.ellenrobertson.com (website)
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
Office of the Chief of Staff
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
skinnesr@ci.richmond.va.us (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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