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Date: 10/15/04

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FANFARE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOLOIST – Award-winning violinist Ilya Kaler will be the guest soloist for the Southeastern Louisiana University Chamber Orchestra’s 7 p.m. Oct. 25 concert at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. The free concert is part of the university’s Fanfare arts festival.

Lt. Gov. Mitch LandrieuLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS FANFARE GUEST – Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu will talk about the arts as the guest of Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University’s October festival of the arts. His free lecture is scheduled for 1 p.m., Oct. 27 at Pottle Music Building Auditorium.

Scott HartmanHEROES, LOST AND FALLEN – The Southeastern Louisiana University Wind Symphony will present “Heroes, Lost and Fallen,” a concert dedicated to America's war veterans, at 7 p.m., Oct. 27, at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. The free concert will feature trumpet soloist Scott Hartman, head of the trombone departments of Boston University and Yale University.

Milano ClassicaFANFARE CHAMBER MUSIC – The Italian chamber orchestra Milano Classica will present guest concerts at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Pottle Music Building Auditorium as part of the university’s annual Fanfare arts celebration.

The Jungle BookMISSOULA’S BACK AT FANFARE – The Missoula Children’s Theatre, the popular national touring company that casts local children in fresh versions of classic fairy tales, will return to Southeastern Louisiana University’s Fanfare with “The Jungle Book” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30.

Sentimental SerenadersFANFARE’S PICNIC FINALE – Picnic ‘n Pops, the popular finale of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Fanfare celebration, will feature the swinging 1940s-style vocal group from St. Tammany Parish, the Sentimental Serenaders, at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Southeastern University Center.

William RobisonHALLOWEEN FUN AND FACTS – William Robison, head of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of History and Political Science, will present his annual Fanfare “Then and Now” lecture with a Halloween twist at 11 a.m., Oct. 29 at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.

Wade Togaman HeatonTOGAMAN AND FRIENDS – While English professor Wade “Togaman” Heaton is no stranger to Fanfare – his lecture and demonstration of Roman and Greek facts and fashion has been an annual Fanfare treat – his 2004 presentation, scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at Pottle Music Building Auditorium, will be an expanded version. It will be preceded at 6 p.m. by “Tailgating with Togaman” in the Pottle Performance Circle.

FANFARE’S FINAL WEEK FEATURES LECTURES, CLASSICAL MUSIC, MISSOULA
      HAMMOND – Fanfare’s fourth and final week is truly a grand finale. Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual festival of the arts, humanities and sciences has saved some of its best for last, including its popular pops picnic, classical music by stellar campus and guest ensembles, a children’s theatre favorite, and a trio of free lectures.
      The first of the guest lectures will be presented at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 by Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu. Landrieu, an aficionado of the arts himself, will address the role of the arts in Louisiana.
Landrieu was elected Louisiana’s lieutenant governor in 2003 in his first bid for statewide public office. Previously, he served for 16 years in the Louisiana House of Representatives in the seat once held by his sister, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, and his father, former New Orleans Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu.
      As a state representative, Landrieu led efforts to reform Louisiana's juvenile justice system, repeal the Orleans Parish “amusement tax,” and fund the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium of New Orleans. 
He has been a practicing attorney for 15 years and is the president of International Mediation & Arbitration, Ltd. He is a member of the Supreme Court Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution, which was responsible for developing the pilot mediation program in Orleans Parish. Landrieu is trained in mediation and negotiation by the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project, the American Arbitration Association, and the Attorney Mediator's Institute. He has also taught alternative dispute resolution as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Law School.
      On a lighter note, Fanfare’s final week includes the last two lectures in the “Then and Now” series sponsored annually by the department of history and political science. Department head William Robison, an historian of early modern England, will continue the tradition of wrapping up the series with a talk that combines “scholarship and silliness” to give a nod to Halloween. At 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 29 in Pottle Music Building Auditorium, he will present “Pagans, Piety, and Pumpkins: The Horrifying, Holy and Horticultural Histories of Halloween.” 
      Robison said he will examine the pagan origins of Halloween, its incorporation into the Christian liturgical year, its place in popular culture, “and its relationship to the most sincere of vegetables.”
“Rumors of free candy will be substantiated,” he said. “Regarding other rumors … well, wait and see!”
 Later that evening, “Then and Now” will bring back yet another tradition – but with a brand new twist. English professor Wade Heaton is widely known as “Togaman” for his presentations combining facts about Greek and Roman history and culture with authentic reproductions of the ancient world’s garb from togas to weapons.
       This year, Heaton has moved his Togaman lecture to the evening in order to present the complete array of his Greek and Roman facts and fashion. And before the 7 p.m. lecture begins in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium, he will host “Tailgating with Togaman” at 6 p.m. at the adjacent Pottle Performance Circle.
       “Since it’s a Friday night before a home football game, we’re having what you could call a Louisiana fall football version of an ancient Roman feast,” Heaton said. “There will be tailgating food such as hotdogs and jambalaya, music, belly-dancing by Bayou Shimmy from Baton Rouge, and Jove-knows-what other surprises.”
       Guests for the tailgating and lecture are invited to come in Halloween costume – “and it doesn’t have to be togas,” Heaton added.
       Also during Fanfare’s final week
  The final “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” concert on Sunday, Oct. 24 will showcase the acclaimed Centenary Choir at the First United Methodist Church, 2200 Rue Denise in Hammond. The 3 p.m. concert is free and will be followed by a reception. Recent additions to the choir’s 60 years of touring have included performances in Brazil and South Africa as well as a fifth consecutive concert at a White House Christmas reception. The choir’s varied repertoire ranges from Bach to Broadway, folk to contemporary, and opera to oratorio.
 Fanfare’s final week will also free feature concerts by Southeastern’s Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, who will be joined by stellar guest soloists on the Columbia Theatre stage.
      Under the direction of Yakov Voldman, Southeastern’s acclaimed Chamber Orchestra will perform selections by Paganini and from Bisset’s “Carmen,” and will welcome as soloist Ilya Kaler at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25. Kahler, the only violinist ever to win gold medals at the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Paganini competitions, will perform a Brahms violin concerto. The American Record Guide described his recordings of the Paganini Caprices to be “in a class by themselves,” while the Washington Post praised Kaler as “a consummate musician...in total control at all times, with a peerless mastery of his violin.”
      On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the nationally acclaimed Southeastern Wind Symphony, directed by Glen Hemberger, will present a concert dedicated to America's war veterans, featuring David Gillingham's award-winning “Heroes, Lost and Fallen.” The free concert beings at 7 p.m. 
      The symphony will be joined by Scott Hartman, head of the trombone departments of Boston University and Yale University. Hartman is a former member of the famed Empire Brass Quintet, and currently performs and records with Proteus 7, the Millennium Brass, and the trombone quartet Four of a Kind. He has been featured with the Boston Esplanade Pops, Chicago Symphony, and the BBC Radio Orchestra.
Auditions for "The Jungle Book," the latest Fanfare production of the Fanfare favorite the Missoula Children’s Theatre, is scheduled for 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Southeastern Lab School gym on North General Pershing. A total of 50-60 local students will be chosen for the production. The audition is open to all children and no preparation is necessary.
      The nation's largest touring children's theatre, Missoula will present AThe Jungle Book” at 2 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Columbia Theatre. With original music and rollicking humor, Missoula gives new life to Rudyard Kipling’s story of Mowgli, Riki-Tiki-Tavi, Shere Kahn and Baloo. Join in Mowgli’s adventures as he escapes from the Monkey People, outwits a tiger, enlists the help of a rock-python, and explores what it means to be human.
      Tickets for AThe Jungle Book” are $8 general admission; $6 senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $5, group rate; and $3 all students
The Foreign Film Festival will conclude on Wednesday, Oct. 27 with the French classic “Grand Illusion” at 3 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. One of the very first prison escape movies, “Grand Illusion” is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay, as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein.
A reception is scheduled from 5:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Center for Contemporary Art in East Stadium for participants in the International Sculpture Center Conference. Fanfare and the Department of Visual Arts have sponsored the “Southern States Sculpture Exhibition as well as a free lecture and workshop series in conjunction with the Oct. 28-31 conference in New Orleans. The lectures and workshops are open to students and the general public. For more information, contact Gallery Director Dale Newkirk at 985-549-5080.
The Italian chamber orchestra Milano Classica will perform on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Pottle Music Building Auditorium. Critics around the globe have praised Milano Classica for “returning the charm” to familiar scores from the Baroque, Italian and German repertoire, as well as contemporary composers.  The ensemble has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, and Turkey, and is a regular in many international music festivals. 
     The orchestra’s short 2 p.m. performance is free; the full-length 7 p.m. concert will include Vivaldi’s much loved classic, “ Four Seasons.” Tickets for the evening performance are $8, adults; $6, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni; $5, group rate; and $3, non-Southeastern students. Admission is free for Southeastern students.
Southeastern Danceworks joins the Fanfare schedule on Friday, Oct. 29 with “Rapunzel,” another of writer Alan Marsh’s mythology with a new and edgy twist. Directed by Southeastern dance professor Martie Fellom, the timeless story of the beauty with flowing locks is brought to life through dance, choreographed by Southeastern students Jarrod Cashe, Kristin Brooke Johnson, and Micah Richerand. Tickets are $5, general admission; $3, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff and alumni and non-SLU students. The performance is free for Southeastern students.
On Sunday, Oct. 31, Fanfare 2004 takes its final bow with its traditional perennial favorite, Picnic ‘n Pops in the University Center arena. 
      Picnic ‘n Pops music will be provided by the Sentimental Serenaders, a north shore-based group of musicians and vocalists specializing in the swinging music of the 1940s. Led by Covington musician Robert Seago, the group has carved a special niche for people who love to shake a leg to songs such as “In The Mood, “Blue Moon,” or Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade.” and like to shake a leg.
      Doors open at 5 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. performance. Arena seating tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students, and free for those under 12 years with an adult.
Fanfare tickets are available at the Columbia box office, 220 East Thomas St., Hammond, 985?543?4371. Most tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketweb.com. Box office hours are noon to 5 p.m., weekdays. The box office is open until performance time for events at the Columbia Theatre. Fanfare information is available online at www.selu.edu/fanfare.