What has become an annual event, Maplewood’s whimsical tribute to Bastille Day occurred Friday, July 10, 2015. This free event gave attendees the chance to take a self-guided tour of fun through historic downtown Maplewood, enjoying live art demonstrations, entertainment and food and drink specials sold streetside by Maplewood’s award-winning restaurants.
This year offered a sampling of the STL 250 Cakes courtesy of the STL 250 Cakelovers, who kicked off the festivities with a Cakewalk parade down Sutton Boulevard at 6:30 PM. The Sutton Mainstage at 2731 Sutton featured performers Farshid Ethniko, Special guests, The Fox Teen Talent, followed later by the headliner, The Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience. Other entertainers seen around the city included St. Louis Hoop Club, Dream Seekers Dream Interpretation, Belly Dancing by Aalim Dance troupe, Impish Grin Face Painting and Tarot Card Reading at Mystic Valley.
Musical artists playing streetside consisted of St. Louis own Miss Jubilee, The Boney Goat Band, Acoustic Element, Bryan and Lola, The Elliot Ranney Band, Hal Greens, Kecia Davis, Kevin Bilchik Trio, Phatz Jango, Terri Langerak, The Sidemen and Childbloom Guitar Program of St. Louis.
Other streetside artists found: Awesome Face Painting, Chalk Riot, Dream Seekers, Hi Tadah, George Malek, and the School of Metaphysics.
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Miss Jubilee performs on Sutton
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Laurie Oyer, Ashley Darling
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Katie Sunshine, Michelle Schafer, Grace Goode
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Trish Richardson, Jon Echols
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Parade on Sutton
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Brad Wickline, Michelle Zeller
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Parade unit
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Katie Sunshine, Michelle Schafer
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Cake Walk
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STL 250 parade unit
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Aalim Belly Dance Company
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St. Louis Hoops Club
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Parade down Sutton
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Parade on Sutton
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Kyle Townsend, Ian Mikkelsen, Sarah Smith
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Elliott Ranney Band
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Chalk Riot Art
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Karri Mitchell, Walter Edwards, Nancy Cullen, Peter Tevinia, Susan Ashton, Athina Botonis
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Farshid Etniko
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Pat Isringhaus, Lisa Grove, Cindy Gain
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Bill and Pat Margenau
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Joseph Kanak, Jessica Wright
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Streetside performance
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Kevin Fruendt, Brent, Julie Fruendt, Mac, Anna
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McKenna Books, Madison Sheppard
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Theresa Rundle, Jeff Fletcher
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Robert and Sherry Strutman
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Leann Genovese, Jerome Peirick
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Jason VanBlarcum
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Kathy Kuper, Bill Foster, Owners of The Big O
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Angie Cange, Cameron Justice
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Jessica and Brett Books
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Jack Petrivick, Penny Stevens
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Performers
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Street scene
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Solo moment
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Kent Evans, Rachelle L’Ecuyer, director of community development
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Art on display
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Lindsay Johnson
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Emory and Jane Webre
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Peggie Cribbin, Carol Kniesche, Shari Plassneyer, Erin Donovan, Anna Rice, Laura Morgan
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Acoustic Element
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Jennifer Hayes, artist
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Peggy and, Al Canal, Maddie Canal
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Stacy Hanephin, Jennifer Schwartz
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Mike McClauklin, Britton Wood, Aliza Coriell
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Julian and Stacey Venezas
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Abbie Jones, Hannah Wakefield, Jordan Wakefield
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Face painting
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A masterpiece created!
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Kathy and Andrew Mullins
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Megan Devine, Beth Ashby
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Grace Pettit, Patrick Eberle
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Crowd on Sutton
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Overview
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Aalim dancers
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Aalim Belly Dancing
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Aailm dancers
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Fire Dancer
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Aalim Fire dancing
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Aalim Belly Dancers
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Children participate