Photos: Performing for a crowd at North Liberty’s Centennial Park

Performers entertained community members as they gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday.

Savannah Blake

Oct. 21, 2025 2:36 pm

StrumDrum band member Blake Shaw sings and plays his hybrid guitar while performing with percussionist Christopher Jensen in one of the dressing rooms in the newly opened Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday. The city has completed the first of four phases of the $16 million Centennial Park project that includes a 5,000 square foot splash pad. The completion date is set for 2030. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

StrumDrum band members Blake Shaw, left, and Christopher Jensen (right) perform in one of the dressing rooms in the newly opened Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday. The city has completed the first of four phases of the $16 million Centennial Park project that includes a 5,000 square foot splash pad. The completion date is set for 2030. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A woman who asked not to be named takes a photo of her grandchild watching performer Laura Ernst of Des Moines juggle after the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly opened Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday. The city has completed the first of four phases of the $16 million Centennial Park project that includes a 5,000 square foot splash pad. The completion date is set for 2030. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Performer Laura Ernst of Des Moines stands up high on stilts as she watches the ribbon cutting ceremony from the lobby for the newly opened Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday. The city has completed the first of four phases of the $16 million Centennial Park project that includes a 5,000 square foot splash pad. The completion date is set for 2030. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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