Jamila Daka, 10, arranges paper flowers to fasten to a bicycle basket at the South Park Arts festival "Crank it Up 2009." The festival featured a bike ride, music and ethnic food on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Cesar Chavez Park.
South Park Arts' "Crank it Up 2009" festival in Cesar Chavez Park took a lot of heat this year, literally.
The annual event attracted kids and the young at heart who decorated their bicycles with art supplies on hand like paper flowers, colorful ribbon and magic markers. They glided off on their colorful chariots a short bicycle ride around the neighborhood and returned for freshly cooked ethnic foods and live music.
This year's event, Saturday, Sept. 12, found its participants blanketed under blazing sun, with temperatures in the high 80's.
