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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
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                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
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    Date: 7/24/98                                 
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple   52L

Editors: Photos and calendar accompany release
SLU'S FANFARE CELEBRATES 13TH SEASON
     HAMMOND -- Centuries of superstition may have given the number "13" a bad rap, but
for Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University's annual festival of the arts, humanities and
sciences, the maligned digit portends a boon, not a bane.
     Fanfare is planning to celebrate its 13th season with an October-long lineup of jazz and
blues, classical music, plays, comedy, nationally-acclaimed writers and historians, artists,
dancers, and community and children's events.
      Fanfare 13 begins Friday, Sept. 25 with it s traditional kickoff, the Brown Bag Concert,
at noon in Hammond s downtown Cate Square. The program of more than 60 events also
includes:
       John Gray, author of best-selling book on relationships, "Men are from Mars, Women
are from Venus." 
       Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" by the acclaimed Alabama Shakespeare
Festival, touring for the first time in a decade.
       Canadian Brass and its unique blend of classical virtuosity and high-spirited
entertainment.                           
       The hilarious musical satirists, The Foremen. 
       Metropolitan Opera soprano and former Covington resident Elizabeth Futrell.
       A retrospective exhibition of mixed media works by nationally recognized north shore
artist Emery Clark and a photography display by famed wildlife photographer Julia Sims and her
photographer daughter, Scotty.
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       The vocal quintet Five By Design's musical retrospective of the 1940s, Radio Days. 
       Jim Jarrett in Leonard Nimoy's one-man show Vincent, an exploration of the 
long-ignored genius of Vincent Van Gogh. 
       JoBe Cerny, the hugely successful advertising expert -- who is also the man in the
Cheer commercial and the voice of the Pillsbury Dough Boy! 
       the charming young voices of American Boychoir, America's favorite children's choir.  
       Ballet Hispanico, whose performances blend ballet and ethnic dance into a spirited
image of contemporary Hispanic-American culture. 
       Renowned poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and National Public Radio columnist
Andre Codrescu. 
       Richard Milner, who brings Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin to life through a
musical theatre experience. 
       An acknowledged leader in the field of new music, the Verdehr Trio. 
        Lecturers Samuel H. Pieh, great-great grandson of Amistad's Joseph Cinque, and
Harry Wu, champion of  human rights in China. 
       Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, the Moscow Trio, the Triangle Baroque Ensemble and
the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
       the popular Missoula Children's Theatre performing "Wiz of the West." 
       the Art and All That Jazz weekend with Gallery Stroll and Jazz Downtown, featuring
the return of the New Leviathan Oriental Fox Trot Orchestra, Marva Wright, and Cajun musician
Bruce Daigrepont. 
       Special and foreign film series. 
       Productions by Southeastern Theatre of Steven Dietz's sophisticated comedy "Private
Eyes" and by Southeastern Opera-Music Theatre's of the musical classic "A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum." 
       Southeastern "danceworks" original modern dance inspired by the legends of "the
Swan." 
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     For a Fanfare brochure and ticket order form or for additional information about Fanfare 
events, call the SLU Public Information Office, 504-549-2341, or send e-mail to
publicinfo@selu.edu. Fanfare information is also available on the World Wide Web at
www.selu.edu/fanfare. Fanfare tickets will be available at the Fanfare box office, 504-549-2323,
at Gate 1 of the SLU University Center on University Ave. beginning Sept. 15.
                                    
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