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Trails West! shares ‘heART for the City’

The third weekend in August the St. Joseph community truly comes together each year at Trails West!. We come for so many reasons: fine art, crafts, root beer, diverse entertainment, family fun and much more. Trails West! has been a part of our community for many years, and each new generation shows their “heART for the City.”

The 23rd year holds a special place for this year’s husband and wife Trails West! co-chairs Jeremy and Shannen White.

“We have heart for our community and want others to feel the same way.

St. Joseph is such a special place to live and has so much to offer. The community is strong and filled with passion. Trails West! pulls such a diverse audience. Let’s band together and make St. Joseph an even stronger community. We are a city with passion, talent and heart. We all have a ‘heART for the City.’”

More than 80 artwork submissions that embodied the theme were submitted, but the one that stood out was Ryan Sowers’ piece. Sowers is a Kansas City, Mo.-based artist and illustrator who “enjoys old bicycles, good sandwiches and good adventures with friends.” He grew up right outside Wichita, Kan., and attended the University of Kansas, where he received a degree in illustration and art history.

“I created the ‘heART for the City’ illustration by examining the personality and history contained within the buildings and landmarks of St. Joseph,” Sowers says. “I chose a simplified hand-drawn quality to evoke the idea of each building and place.

Through this style, I wanted to create the feeling that while these places and structures are important to the overall character of the city, what really matters is the people and memories we associate with them,” Join with us by showing your “heART for the City,” at this year’s festival Aug. 21 through 23 at Civic Center Park in St. Joseph.

What you need to know about Trails West! 2015

Trails West! takes place rain or shine. The festival is an open-air venue that cannot guarantee refuge to

❯ All guests who purchase alcohol must wear a festival-supplied wristband. ❯ City ordinances prohibit guests from leaving the park (or any liquor-by-the-drink establishment) with an open container of alcohol. ❯ No firearms are allowed on festival grounds. A valid concealed carry permit does NOT authorize you to carry a concealed weapon onto the grounds. ❯ No drones allowed on festival grounds.

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Trails West! festival on August 2011. patrons in the event of severe weather. In the event of severe weather, please do not take shelter under tents, please clear the festival grounds, head toward the exits and seek shelter in your vehicles.

Trails West! may delay the start, interrupt or even cancel a concert if an emergency situation occurs.

❯ Frederick Avenue (west side of City Hall)

Good neighbor park policy and rules To lessen the impact of more than 45,000 festival goers and to provide a comfortable experience for everyone, the festival is asking for cooperation with the following:

❯ Pets and animals are not allowed in the festival.

Buttons and T-shirts Trails West! has provided affordable ❯ No smoking inside tents, the children’s art area or within 5 feet of any enclosed space family entertainment for 22 years.

Admission to the festival is by souve,including but not limited to food vendors. nir button or 2015 Trails West! T-shirt. ❯ Due to obvious hazards, glass, rollButtons may be purchased in advance erblades, skateboards, scooters and bicyfor $8 or for $10 at any one of the four cles are prohibited. festival gates. Children 10 and younger are free when accompanied by an ❯ No food or drink can be brought onto the adult. On Sunday, the festival is just grounds — food vendors on the grounds a $2 wristband or button if already offer a wide variety of tasty options. Cans or purchased. Button presales end at 5 bottles may NOT be brought into the park. p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. ❯ Blankets and chairs must be removed each evening of the festival.

Directions and parking ❯ Just a tip: BRING YOUR BAG CHAIRS! The festival is located at Civic CenSeating is limited, and there are so many ter Park, adjacent to City Hall, 1100 different venues to see you’ll want the moFrederick Ave. Downtown St. Joseph bility that having your own chair will bring. has several free parking garages and parking lots. The garage closest to the ❯ •When packing for the festival, drop trash festival is at Ninth and Felix streets. A in your own trash bag and help us leave map of parking locations can be found the festival grounds in great shape. at www.stjoearts.org/trails_west_festiPlease don’t drop trash on the ground or val_policies.htm. in our neighbors’ streets.

Festival entrances ❯ Seating at the festival is NOT reserved. Be ❯ 12th and Jules streets aware that arriving early for the headline ❯ 12th and Francis streets entertainment doesn’t guarantee a front-row seat. Also, note that most audience mem❯ 10th and Francis streets bers prefer to stand during the concert.

Our goal is to provide access to all our guests for all of Trails West!. Here are some of the ways we work to make your visit enjoyable:

❯ Handicapped parking is located in the City Hall parking lot near the 12th and Jules entrance and on Francis Street between Ninth and 10th. ❯ Large-print and Braille festival schedules are available at volunteer check-in on the northeast side of the grounds ❯ American Sign Language Interpreters will be available Saturday, Aug. 22, on the Family stage for Parasol Puppets at 10:30 a.m., Inspirations Dance Interactive Dance Session at 11:30 a.m., Inspirations Dance at 12:15 p.m., Tunes of Fun at 1:15 p.m., Mary Beth Rosenauer at 3 p.m., Zale Bledsoe at 4:15 p.m., and Foxlin at 6 p.m. They will also be available for the City Stage, Dance Arts Center at 10:30 a.m., RiverSong at 11:30 a.m., Mary Beth Rosenauer at 12:45 p.m., Dance Arts Center at 1:30 p.m., Grindstone Creek at 4 p.m., and One Headlight High at 6 p.m. Interpreters also will be on our Main Stage for the performances of Kelsea Ballerini and The Charlie Daniels band at 8 p.m. ❯ First aid is located on the southwest portion of the grounds. ❯ ADA-accessible portable restrooms are located in each of the two portable toilet locations. ❯ A picnic area just outside the grounds has been established for guests wishing to bring a picnic lunch. The green space at the Pony Express statue at 10th and Frederick will have picnic tables set up for your use.

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Festival hours ❯ 5 p.m. to end of main stage concert, Friday, Aug. 21 ❯ 10 a.m. to end of main stage concert Saturday, Aug. 22 ❯ 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Please note the festival ends earlier this year. ❯ Admission to the festival by a 2015 souvenir button or 2015 Trails West!

T-shirt. Buttons, good for all three days of the festival, are $8 in advance and $10 at the festival gates. All festival guests over the age of 10 will need a button for admission. On Sunday, admission to the festival is just $2 for a wristband, sold at local churches, or at festival gates. Of course your Trails West! button or T-shirt is your admission for all weekend. ❯ More information about this year’s festival is posted at www.trailswest.org.

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Stage Schedule Friday, August 21 City Stage

❯ 5:30 p.m. — Winston 2 Fresh ❯ 6:30 p.m. — The Devil and Southern Fellowship

Family Stage

❯ 5:30 p.m. — T. Texas Terry ❯ 6:30 p.m. — The Center State

Main Stage

❯ 8 p.m. — Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and Resurrection — A Journey Tribute

Strolling Performers

❯ 6:15 p.m. — Aubrey Whip It Zechariah ❯ 6:30 p.m — T. Texas Terry

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10:30 a.m. — Dance Arts Center 11:30 a.m. — RiverSong 12:45 p.m. — MaryBeth Rosenauer 1:30 p.m. — Dance Arts Center 2:30 p.m. — The Barbecutioners 4:00 p.m. — Grindstone Creek 6:00 p.m. — One Headlight High

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Andrew Seroogy of Express Edibles makes cotton candy during Trails West! at Civic Center Park in August 2014.

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10:30 a.m. — Parasol Puppets 11:30 a.m. — Inspirations Dance Interactive Dance 12:15 p.m. — Inspirations Dance 1:15 p.m. — Tunes of Fun 2:00 p.m. — The Wires 3:00 p.m. — MaryBeth Rosenauer 4:15 p.m. — Zale Bledsoe 6:00 p.m. — Foxlin 7:00 p.m. — Best Family Dance Party

Main Stage

❯ 8 p.m. — Kelsea Ballerini and The Charlie Daniels Band

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❯ St. Joseph Firefighters Brigade — Bucket Brigade Relay: 11:05 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:45 p.m.

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❯ 11:30 a.m. — Maria the Mexican

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Thank You, 2015 Sponsors!

Producing a festival which has grown to the magnitude of Trails West!® requires significant financial support from the community, plus the work of hundreds of dedicated volunteers. We salute everyone whose generosity has been invaluable in making our City’s unique festival the best. With their support, they have shown what can be done when everyone works together toward a common goal. This is St. Joseph at its best. Sponsorships as of August 6, 2015.

Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors Hofheimer Charitable Trust Messick Charitable Trust

Leah Spratt Charitable Trust

Joyce Rochambeau & René McCrary Committee Members

Bronze Sponsors American Angus Association Ameri-Pac, Inc. Berkshire Hathaway Home Service, Stein & Summers Real Estate Biozyme Inc.

Charles H. Taylor Memorial Trust First Bank of Missouri Herzog Contracting Corp.

Joe Gray Marty & JoAnne Grey

Ken Smith Autobody, LLC Knights of Columbus #5067 Koerner Law Firm LLC Murphy-Watson-Burr Eye Center Nestle Purina Petcare PTC

Nestle Purina PTC Nodaway Valley Bank O’Malley Beverage Polsinelli, PC St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce U.S. Bank

Trails West!® Patrons 1st Street Graphics Anderson Ford of St. Joseph BMO Harris Bank Bolin Truck Parts CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. Chase Candy Co.

Colman Insurance Services Creal Clark & Seifert Architect/Engineers, Inc. Dillon Company Ellison Auxier Architects First American Title HNB National Bank

Ideker Inc. Missouri Gas Energy MWSU Foundation North American Savings Bank Pony Express Community Bank

Preferred Title of St. Joseph, LLC River Bluff Architects St. Joseph Title & Abstract Co. UMB Bank n.a.

Ali and John Wray

Media Sponsors Eagle Radio

KQTV

KNPN

Regional Radio

Suddenlink

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Special Thank You To: Action Electric American Fire Extinguisher Appliance Man Rental 75050971

Derr Equipment First Baptist Church of St. Joseph, MO Horizon Outdoor

Nodaway Valley Bank Rent-All Equipment Inc.- King Hill Ave. St. Joseph Country Club

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Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

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Trails West! keeps things entertaining Main Stage

“Get ready to sing along,” says Jeremy White, co-chair of the Trails West! festival with his wife, Shannen.

“You will know these artists and these songs. It’s a diverse lineup that holds on to the tradition of Trails West!”

Main stage acts include rock bands Resurrection — A Journey Tribute Band, and 1980s favorite Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, country music star Kelsea Ballerini, country music legend The Charlie Daniels Band, and contemporary Christian band Sanctus Real.

Returning to Trails West! Friday, Aug. 21, on a new stage is Resurrection — A Journey Tribute. The band brings the ’80s throwback party big time, faithfully recreating the Steve Perry era of Journey with jaw-dropping results. Composed of musicians who have performed with Journey and written with Steve Perry and featuring a lead singer who astonishes audiences, the group strives to be the Journey tribute by which others are measured.

Following Resurrection, one of the most iconic rock bands from the ’80s, recording several of the decade’s biggest anthems, including “We Built This City,” “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” and “Sara,” Starship featuring Mickey Thomas joins Trails West! main stage history. Mickey Thomas joined Jefferson Starship in 1979, quickly proving himself when recording the band’s first hit, “Jane.” The band’s most recent album, “Loveless Fascination,” is the group’s first studio record in more than 20 years.

Saturday, Aug. 22, Kelsea Ballerini,

Resurrection — A Journey Tribute

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Kelsea Ballerini

named “Country’s Next Queen” by Billboard, opens the main stage with her hits, such as “Love Me Like You Mean It.” The singer and songwriter moved to Nashville at age 15 to chase her dream of becoming a songwriter and signed a publishing deal by 19.

Her debut album “Dibs” is the No. 1 most added on country radio nationwide. In June, “Love Me Like You Mean It” topped both the Mediabase and Billboard country airplay charts, landing her a spot alongside only 10 of country music’s leading women.

From his Dove Award winning gospel albums to his genre-defining Southern rock anthems and CMA Award-winning country hits, few artists have left a more indelible mark on America’s musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. After forming The Charlie Daniels Band, CDB, the group scored its first hit with “Uneasy Rider.” Since then, Daniels has populated the radio with memorable hits such as “Long Haired Country Boy” and his signature song, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

On Sunday, Aug. 23, Trails West! brings back the Community Worship

Service. The festival opens on Sunday for just a $2 wristband, which can be purchased at the gates or from local churches. If you already have a Trails West! button or T-shirt that will also get you in. The Rev. Bryan Gregory, and pastors Scott Hawkins and Robert Warren will speak on Sunday with music from the MidCity Excellence Choir.

The service will be followed by Christian band Sanctus Real. Sanctus Real is a multiple-Grammy-nominated Christian rock band that has topped the Christian Billboard charts for almost 20 years. Festival attendees will recognize songs like “Beautiful Day,” “Everything About You,” “The Fight Song,” “Forgiven,” “We Need Each Other” and “Lead Me.”

on Aug. 22, gaining more performance experience toward her dream of becoming a band director. Rosenauer is also a member of local band Foxlin, which appears on the Family Stage on Saturday.

The City Stage also brings back festival favorites such as Maria the Mexican, a hybrid of Mexican folklore and rock, and country band Grindstone Creek.

“We’ve got a great combination of local favorites, national touring acts, and a variety of participatory kids programming on the City and Family stages this year,” says Sarah Stockett, entertainment chair for Trails West!.

“On our Family Stage, we added a variety of kids’ programming, including audience participation dancing with Mary Ingersoll, music with Tunes of Fun and a family karaoke dance party with Best Sports.”

City Stage

Kicking off the weekend, the festival brings in a “fresh” face, “Winston 2 Fresh,” local DJ Winston started mixing in 2013 with just a laptop. He has since added more equipment and venues to his repertoire. “St. Joe’s Got Talent” winner and local performer Mary Beth Rosenauer takes her turn at the ivories

Family Stage

We need your help this year on the Family Stage, because we’re getting interactive. At 7 p.m. Aug. 22, we introduce to you the “Best Family Dance Please see Page 7

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Something for all tastes at Trails West!

The summer breeze brings new arts, crafts and food to Trails West!.

Trails West! hosts more than 60 fine artists and crafters, an arts incubator, demonstration artists, children’s art and more than 20 food vendors, providing a unique experience to festival guests.

The air is wafting gently through the trees that outline the park. Smoke billows from the four corners to rise triumphantly past City Hall. The white clouds of barbecue dance gently together before wisping away, chased, it would seem by the embers of a brick wood-fired pizza oven, new to the landscape this year and followed closely by the meatball artisans who place meat on a stick so wonderfully that the eyes will delight at the epicurean treats at this year’s Trails West! celebration.

Come enjoy the festivities and dine on smoked ribs, turkey legs, funnel cakes, deep-fried surprises, craft beer, and all in the center of town. Onestop shopping — burgers, shaved ice, Mexican and Mediterranean cuisine, homemade root beer, your palate will want to try it all And why not? It will be another year before you get to dive into the sensory overload that is waiting for you.

All food vendors accept cash this year. When grabbing a craft beer, wine, sangria, or beer, purchase a beer ticket with your proper ID right outside the beer tents. Bon appetit!

As you weave through the festival foods, step into the fine art and folk art areas. Have you ever wanted to know how a wooden pen is created, or how puzzle pieces are so perfectly formed?

The St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild is demonstrating all different types of woodworking art throughout the weekend in a tent by the dining tent.

Also demonstrating this year is the

Crossing Outreach Ministry in the folk art area. The Crossing started three years ago in the inner-city area of St. Joseph. Working to meet the needs and help transform people’s lives in our community, the group provides several programs such as Rags to Riches, and a tire planter project, which will be at the festival. With the Rags to Riches program, participants create beautiful rag rugs and rag bags made on a loom.

Demonstrators will be there all weekend to show off this true art form.

“In My Second Life” forms bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings into new pieces from vintage pieces in the folk art area. The jewelry is created from old watch parts, typewriter keys and old beads into one-of-a-kind pieces.

Are you in love with essential oils?

Majikah Perfumery is back again this year in their almost gypsy-like wagon with more than 450 original recipes of essential oil perfumes. Even if you aren’t in love with what you see, you can create your own personal scent.

Discover Art is new in the fine arts area with wheel-thrown and handbuilt pottery pieces. Each piece is original and hand-carved with rich textures and patterns. Need a reason to love these pieces more? All the work is dishwasher and food safe.

The fine art area also includes unique acrylic screen print artist Jeremy Morton of Kansas City. He is alongside many returning favorites and emerging artists in the arts incubator. The arts incubator provides emerging artists a space to showcase their talents to a diverse crowd, helping further their creative endeavors.

For a full list of fine artists, folk artists, and food vendors at this year’s festival, please visit www.trailswest.org.

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The Family Stage also brings back favorites like T. Texas Terry with his high energy, wild and crazy fun-loving cowboy comedy, and Parasol Puppets.

The Family Stage also introduces Tunes of Fun on Saturday, which is a “music class” allowing children to sing, dance, march, jump, skip, play and have fun!

For a full entertainment lineup with bands, dates, and times please visit www.trailswest.org.

Party.” Bring your whole family with your dancing clothes on, because we are having a family dance party. If you can’t make it that night, bring your children Saturday morning for a children’s interactive dance session led by Inspirations Dance Studio. This is the perfect opportunity to let your kids run off energy, while learning some new dance moves.

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Dan Barr wraps his food up while Jaylee Blanton, 4, hugs her popcorn during the Trails West! festival at Civic Center Park in August 2011.

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Unleash your little artist

Bring your child to the children’s art area, and let him or her create a piece of art. The children’s art area has activities for preschool through sixth grade, ranging from pasta jewelry and wind chimes to animal clothes pins. Of course, the kids’ favorite pots and pans will be available, turning household items into musical instruments.

The Remington Nature Center has an art project for children with the Trails West! theme, “heART for the City.” Heart necklaces with a map of St. Joseph can be decorated the way children want. Bring your children and let them express their inner artist at this year’s children’s arts area.

Also following this year’s theme, the Girls Scouts are bringing an interactive art project that allows children to show their creative abilities on Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23.

On Saturday, Home Depot also brings back make-and-take projects teaching children new art forms.

Returning to the festival this year are the Trails West! children’s pony races. The pony races include stick ponies and races running from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sunday. The stick ponies are made from pool noodles to make the activity as safe as possible for children. Don’t miss out on this fun activity for your children.

This year the children’s art committee held an artwork competition for children. Children up to sixth grade were asked to create a piece of art that portrayed this year’s theme “heART for the City.” The competition resulted in more than 35 submitted art pieces. Did your child participate, or do you just want to see the results? The awards ceremony for the contest is at 1 p.m. Aug. 22 in the children’s art area.

All are invited!

Hours for the Children’s Art area are 5 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21; 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aug. 23. Parents need to stay with children 10 and younger.

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Trails West! Civic Center Park in August 2014.

Create art in action

This year’s Artist in Action piece invites you to show your “heART for the City.” All are invited to participate with the project by writing down what it is that you love about St. Joseph or Trails West!. The paper is then rolled up and inserted into a giant wire heart. At the end of Trails West!, the once-empty heart will be filled with reasons why we love our hometown and/or Trails West!. The end result will look like one giant heart.

Everyone comes to the festival for

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Livia Grace, 4, and her sister Shaughnessy Crutchfield, 8, paint boats at Trails West!.

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all sorts of reasons. Perhaps you are someone who likes to walk around and look at art, someone who enjoys the entertainment or someone who brings your family to try different food and create something in the children’s art area. Whatever your reason, you help support the growing arts in St. Joseph. Trails West! loves to see the love from the community all in one place, so be sure to stop by our Artist in Action area and be a part of “heART for the City.”