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SCHEDULE A 7E Page 9 Target Music on the Square This program of activities follows a very successful summer season of programming in the newly-renovated downtown Redwood City. In the fall of 2006, the City of Redwood City unveiled a 6 city block downtown that included wider sidewalks, a plaza set adjacent to a renovated historical courthouse (now a museum), and a user~friendly approach to entertainment. The City of Redwood City has envisioned the downtown area as a place for people from Redwood City and other Peninsula cities to gather with the hopes of the area being known as the entertainment capitol of the San Francisco Peninsula. The Parks and Recreation Department has made a commitment to staffing activities downtown and integrating the programs there into its year-round schedule of activities. The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redwood City brought cover bands, movies, dancing instructional groups and weekend family programming to the area for four months during the summer of 2007. It also began developing a year-round program of subsidized events designed to build a vibrant downtown. The success in the summer of 2007 enabled the city to begin planning for a more ambitious activity schedule in the summer of2008. The Target Family Sundays would be June 8, July 13, August 10 and September 14 and be held between I p.m. and 4 p.m. in Courthouse Square, on Broadway between Middlefield and HamiltOn and on Theater Way. The four Sundays would each be themed to include activities specific to that particular day. Target would be branded with a 20' x 3' banner across the front of the stage, as well as a booth provided for each of the Family Sundays. With the exception of a limited amount of food and beverage, all activities will be free and open to the public. We propose the following: Sunday, June 8 '* Sequoia High school hip hop dance team, Community Street Jam hip-hop and jazz, followed by a bay area rhythm and blues and soul revue on the main stage in the square with professional sound on a fully covered stage. * 6 hands-on art projects managed by the Redwood City Parks and Recreation department '" Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for sale ... Bicycle shops offering instruction in bicycle safety, theft prevention and sales * Two street performers offering free hourly 20-minute performances Sunday, July 13 * High School, college Latin jazz combos, presented by San Jose Jazz, and followed by a regional, but nationally-know salsa band * 6 hands-on projects all themed to the Latin audience, with English and Spanish- speaking instructors '* Cooking instructions in MexicanlLatin American specialty dishes-family friendly * Two individual performances of storytelling and puppet shows with a Latin theme * Free face painting