University Daily Kansan, July 3, 1985
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Second annual festival expected to attract 500,000
Celebration to sparkle with community spirit
By Gina Kellogg
Staff Reporter
KANSAS CITY, Mo — When Norman Rockwell painted "The Kansas City Spirit," he probably never imagined the effect his painting would have on the city.
; But when Tracey Leweke saw that painting, it gave him and one of his brothers, Tim, the inspiration to begin organizing what they hoped would become a Kansas City tradition at the Kansas City Spirit Festival.
Rockwell's painting portraits a man, an expression of fierce determination on his face, rolling up his sleeves to face the tremendous task of rebuilding the city after a flood in 1951
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community," Tracey Leweke said recently "But most of these types of symbols centered on the city's disasters. The city hadn't had a chance to create the spirit of the community in a positive way."
Their attempt to create that positive image resulted in the Kansas City Spirit Festival.
The festival was put on for the first time last summer. Despite torential morning rains, more than 250,000 people attended the July 4th activities near the Liberty Memorial, Main Street and Persian Church, which have been expanded to three days, and officials say they expect 500,000 people to attend.
Chris Clouser, who founded the festival with Leiweke, described the festival as a celebration of Kansas City for Kansas Citians.
"For three days, people from the entire area will be able to celebrate Kansas City's heritage, its people and efforts," Clouser said. "People
are very proud of Kansas City and the region."
Leiwke said Kansas City was going through a transformation
"Many of the city leaders were tired of people coming to them and asking them to do all the work," Leiwke said. "Others, who were younger, said they never got a chance to do anything. This was a way to gather those people together."
Marsha O'Neal, assistant director for the festival, said the festival also gave many of the city's non-profit organizations a platform to celebrate and make some money.
"Everyone benefits and no one profits" is one of the festival's motos, O'Neal said.
to run games, beer stands and theme areas throughout the festival site, which stretches from Washington Square, at Main Street and Pershing Road, past the Liberty Memorial and slightly beyond. Each of these groups will receive a percentage of the revenue to benefit its cause.
The non-profit groups are helping
Some Kansas City restaurants also will have stands featuring each restaurant's specialties at the festival. Twenty percent of the profi from those stands will go to forward financing next year's festival.
"We have raised almost the full half million dollars needed for the festival," Clouser said. "We're hoping that if all the people will buy a hot dog and a Coke there, then these concessions will be able to go toward enduring next year's festival.
This is our year to endow the
fellow, to see that it lives on in
future.
At least this year, the festival shows no signs of dying, according to Jim Jacobs, executive director of the festival.
"There are no hopes for the success of the festival." Jacobs said. "The festival has already been a success. Bringing the city together has already happened. Even if it rains, it will be a success."
But most important is what the Spirit Festival represents, Leiweke said.
"It is easily the biggest event in the city, and everybody's working for free. nobody's being greedy," he said. "A lot of society were working that way."
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