Reporter staff
You Me We 2015 – a festival of free family fun and a celebration of local talent and the many youth and teen resources available in Kent – returns to the ShoWare Center on Friday.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with Kent youth and teen performers starting at 6:30.
Activities include: interactive booths; Journey to Wellness; hands-on art activities; face painting; bounce houses; and $1 hot dogs and $1 soda.
The event is organized by a collaboration of community groups including youth groups, sports and scouting organizations, churches, local businesses and service clubs.
Admission is free.
The Kent Food Bank is accepting food donations.
For more information, visit www.YouMeWeKent.com.
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Performance schedule:
• 6:20-6:30 p.m., MC, Tye Whitfield, community member
• 6:30-6:45 p.m., Neely O’Brien D.R.U.M. – fifth-, sixth-graders playing xylophone and percussion instruments
• 6:45-7:10 p.m., Mayor Suzette Cook; Kent Elementary STOMP and Dance Team; Meridian/Mattson Diamond Dance Team; Bike raffle, #1-2 children’s bikes, Republic Services and Glory House Church
• 7:10-7:40 p.m., Folklore Mexicano Tonantzin, Traditional Mexican Dancing; Kent-Meridian Pacific Islander Club – Luau Dancing and Hake
• 7:40-8:20 p.m., Allegro Performing Arts Academy, jazz/hip hop; Walter Padilla, interactive dance with the crowd; Soul’d Out Christian Center Choir; Kentwood Dazzlers and The D-Unit Dance Team, dance/nip hop
• 8:20-8:55 p.m., K-M Bridging the Seas Indian Cultural Club – Bollywood and Punjabi Dance; Bike Raffle #2-2 teen bikes, Kent Parks Foundation; Into His Chambers – Hip Hop and Krumping; Kentwood Breakdance Club
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