Many kinds of art to see, do, experience at Arts Alive Sept. 17 at Hylton Center

The 6th annual Arts Alive! mini festival will be held at the Hylton Center on Sunday, Sept. 17, from 1 to 5 p.m., with a dazzling line-up of local arts. This annual community event celebrates the diversity and talent of visual, literary, and performing artists and ensembles.

The afternoon will feature 25+ indoor and outdoor performances occurring on four indoor and outdoor stages. The schedule of music, dance, theater and more follows.

Arts Alive! 2017 is a co-production of the Prince William County Arts Council and the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

Event sponsors are NOVEC, Wegmans, and lead sponsor, United Bank. Here is the line-up of arts activities and performances:

Merchant Hall (inside)
1:00-1:25 Virginia Dance Center
1:30-1:55 Dance Etc. School of the Arts
2:00-2:25 Manassas Youth Ballet
2:30-2:55 Asaph Dance Ensemble
3:00-3:25 Virginia National Ballet

3:25-4:00 CHANGEOVER
4:00-4:25 Prince William String Academy
4:35-5:00 Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra

Gregory Family Theater (inside)
1:05-1:30 Bull Run Cloggers
1:35-2:00 Crookston Music Studio
2:05-2:30 Prince William County Parks & Recreation Elite Dance Company
2:35-3:00 New Dominion Choraliers
3:05-3:30 Manassas Chorale
3:35-4:00 Woodbridge Flute Choir
4:05-4:30 Prince William Little Theater
4:35-5:00 Woodbridge Music Club

Tent Stage (outside)
1:00-1:25 Manassas Symphony Orchestra
1:35-2:00 New Dominion Choraliers
2:10-2:35 Suburban Gypsies
2:45-3:10 Castaways Repertory Theater
3:20-3:45 Real Life Productions
3:50-4:15 Bull Run Troubadours
4:25-5:00 Woodbridge Dance Company

Patio Stage (outside)
1:10-1:35 Shenandoah Sound Drum and Bugle Corps
1:45-2:10 Jirani Coffeehouse Artists
2:20-2:45 Bull Run Cloggers Demonstration
2:55-3:20 OBCO String Quartet
3:30-3:55 Suburban Gypsies Demonstration
4:05-4:30 InTune Music Studios
4:35-5:00 Bull Run Troubadours

Hands on Activities and Demonstrations
Buchanan Partners Art Gallery – Participation Station (inside)
1:00-5:00 Instrument Petting Zoo by Youth Orchestras of Prince William and Potomac Arts Academy
1:15-1:45 Belly Dance – Interactive Demonstration by Suburban Gypsies
1:50-2:15 Youth Orchestras of Prince William - Performance
2:30-3:10 Harp - Hands On! David Crookston
3:15-4:00 Dance/Improvisation – Interactive Workshop with Cynthia Kiehnau
4:10-5:00 Karaoke – Hands On! Real Life Productions

Craft Tent – Hands on! (outside)
Edgemoor Art Studio
Abrakadoodle of Prince William County
Jay the Potter
Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas/Prince William

Lobby Displays (inside)
Cabin Branch Quilters
Stone House Quilters
Dan Verner, writer
The Poet Laureate Circle, live readings
The Prince William Art Society
Performing Arts for Kids

Hylton Performing Arts Center
NOVEC
United Bank (lead sponsor)
Jirani Coffeehouse, vending

For more information go to http://www.pwcartscouncil.com