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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 7/1/97
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson  92

GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT SLU AUGUST 4-14
     HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University's Seventh Annual Gospel Music
Summer Workshop takes place August 4 -14 and concludes with a performance on Saturday
August 16 at 7:30 pm. The theme for the workshop is "Out of the Mouths of Babes Come
Perfected Praise."
     The workshop is open to young people ages 10-22. The $12 registration fee includes the
workshop and a t-shirt. Registration will be held Monday-Wednesday August 4-6, 6-7:30 pm. 
Parents must accompany children under 18.
     Registration, rehearsals and the performance will take place in the Pottle Music Building
Auditorium. Rehearsals will be held Monday-Thursday nights from 6 pm-9 pm for two weeks.
      In addition to singing, the performance will include skits and dramatic interpretations. 
Tickets for the performance are $5 for adults and $2 for children 3-9 years old. Younger children
will be admitted free. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 6 pm on performance night.
     "It's something for the kids to get involved in," said student coordinator LaShun
Robinson, a senior nursing student from Franklinton. "Last year we had 165 participants. It gives
them something to do and enhances their appreciation of gospel music."
     The two-week Gospel Music Workshop and Concert is designed to strengthen the
participant's musical skills and increase their knowledge of the historical roots of gospel.  
     The workshop also offers two $500.00 scholarships to qualified workshop participants.
Deadline for scholarship registration is August 4. For more information contact the Office of
Multicultural Affairs at 549-2213.  

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