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The 10th Annual San Antonio College Book Fair will be held on Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. outside near the Gym and Planetarium, featuring approximately 50 authors from San Antonio and throughout the state who will sell their books and discuss their work in two large Texas Author Tents. In addition, booksellers and writers' organizations will join musicians, clowns, face painters, food vendors, book costume characters, and more for this festive, family-friendly event. For more information, call 733-2147.
Among the authors appearing will be San Antonio College English Professor Carol Coffee Reposa (author of three books of poetry, including "Facts of Life"), History Instructor Richard Buitron (author of "The Quest for Tejano Identity in San Antonio, Texas, 1913-2000"), Counselor Kimberley McConnell (author of "Put a Lid on It"), English Instructor Paul Perry (author of several short story collections, including "Street People"), and English Professor Irma Ned Bailey (author of the novel "Fire in the Bones"). In addition, Dr. Jerome Weynand, SAC alumnus and former President of the Colleges for the ACCD, will have his book "The History of San Antonio College"on hand.
Authors from Northwest Vista College who will be present include Dr. Sharon Shelton-Colangelo (author of "Voices of Student Teachers: Cases from the Field") and Fred Williams, Government Instructor (author of the novel "The Nomination" and recipient of the Frederick Douglass Emancipator Award).
Some of the exhibitors and organizations scheduled include Usborne Books, Books Are Fun, Scholastic Books, Gemini Ink, Keepsake Books, Texas Coalition of Authors, Southwest School of Art and Craft, as well as the San Antonio College Teaching Academy Peers Program, Phi Theta Kappa honors society, and the Women's Center.
Elementary school children are encouraged to read books with a Read-a-Thon program, with prizes provided for those whose parent or teacher verifies books they have read in the months prior to the Book Fair. Free Book Fair T-shirts will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Some of the children's activities include a moon bounce, inflatable sea dragon, and hands-on arts and crafts.
In addition, Book Fair attendees who are eligible to attend college can register for two $250 scholarships, given away in drawings, which are good for the fall 2005 semester at San Antonio College.
The schedule of Book Fair activities follows:
10 a.m.: Book Fair opens; music by DJ
10 a.m. - Noon: Clown
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Book Costume Characters
11:30 a.m.: Cheerific Techniques - 80 middle school cheerleaders perform
Noon: Scholarship/Prize Drawings
12:10-1:20 p.m.: Charlie Wood and Third Stream perform
1:20 p.m.: Scholarship/Prize Drawings
1:30-2:30 p.m.: St. James Gate performs (Irish music)
1:30-3:20 p.m.: Clown and face painter
2:30-3 p.m.: San Antonio Street Dance and Drum Company performs
3-4 p.m.: Music by DJ
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