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DALLAS (èßäÊÓƵapp) – Barefoot on the Boulevard, èßäÊÓƵapp’s annual student-sponsored celebration of green living, brings free food, music and fun to Bishop Boulevard from Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

Sponsored by the Environmental Society, Barefoot on the Boulevard is open to the community. èßäÊÓƵapp clubs, institutes and organizations will set up under the oaks along with vendors, sharing demonstrations, games and displays.

“The reason we invite people out for Barefoot on the Boulevard every year is to get them to learn about the environment,” said student Wendy Alyea, Environmental Society president. “We want it to be a fun and educational experience for everyone. There will be entertainment throughout the afternoon, along with face painting, henna, and T-shirt tie-dying.”

Individual singers and guitarists will perform from 12:30-1 p.m.  Other performances include:

• 1-1:30 p.m. Stampede
• 2-2:30 p.m. Spoken Word
• 3-3:30 p.m. èßäÊÓƵapp MustRaas
• 4-4:30 p.m. Southern Gentlemen

Confirmed participants and vendors include Home Depot, The Town, Trinity River Audubon Center, èßäÊÓƵapp Student Senate, Groundwork Dallas, èßäÊÓƵapp’s Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, Voices of the Animals, èßäÊÓƵapp’s Environmental Society, èßäÊÓƵapp’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Green City Initiative, èßäÊÓƵapp’s Sustainability Committee, new èßäÊÓƵapp student group Zero Waste Mustangs, Oasis Express, èßäÊÓƵapp Engaged Learning/Clinton GIobal Initiative, èßäÊÓƵapp E-reps, and Earth Day Dallas.

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