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Franklin High School arts festival scheduled for Saturday, May 19
The yearly Franklin Arts Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at the high school, 3013 Mount Baker Blvd. in the Mount Baker neighborhood.
The festival will feature student performances, including the steel drum band, kung fu team, jazz band, Quaker band and lion dancers, along with displays of visual art, ceramics and wood arts.
Franklin High School is celebrating its 100th birthday this year.
Student clubs will sell heirloom tomato and vegetable plants, treats and handmade crafts. Also for sale are woodcrafts, such as cutting boards, created by students and notecards featuring student art, along with original ceramic cups – called Quaker Cups — hand-thrown and fired by Franklin alum and artist Francis Roque and glazed by Franklin students. Quaker Cups will sell for $10 each.
Vietnamese sandwiches, chips and soft drinks also will be for sale.
The festival brings together students, their families, teachers and staff and Mount Baker neighbors. The event raises money to benefit Franklin's art, drama and music programs and student clubs.
The arts festival is sponsored by the Franklin High School PTSA and the Franklin High student body.
For details and updates, find us on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/events/304361902972199/, check franklinhs.seattleschools.org or email elizabethlowry@comcast.net.
Photo above courtesy of Franklin High School PTSA
A lion dancer performs at the Franklin High School Arts Festival