Celebration 2010: April 23-25
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Since 1977 Celebration: A Festival of the Arts has featured a variety of indoor and outdoor programming. A wide range of arts activities can be experienced throughout the three day festival. The festival progams an eclectic blend of musical offerings featuring everything from jazz to rock and folk to classical. Celebration is always interested in being introduced to performing artists. Sometimes last minute cancellations do occur. For availabilities please contact the festival planning office at decrews@eiu.edu or by calling 217-581-2113.
Celebration features a host of activities for visitors of all ages. Admission to the festival is free and the festival grounds are accessible for those with special needs. Eastern Illinois University welcomes you Celebration: A Festival of the Arts.
Celebration 2009 Schedule of Events
Friday, May 1*
11- 6 pm: Sand sculpture demonstration
Ted Siebert, artist
Library Quad
11 am - 6 pm: Celebrate Herpetology: Studying Amphibians & Reptiles in Central Illinois
Students from the Biology department offer the opportunity to meet these animals up close. (None of the species on display are venomous.)
Library Quad, Dounda Fine Arts Center overhang
11:30 am: Food booths open
11:30 am: EIU Jazz Lab Band
Performing big band jazz
Library Quad Stage
12:45: pm Little Boy Jr.
Library Quad Stage
2:15 pm: Mugwump Specific
Library Quad Stage
3:45 pm: Staff Blues Band
Library Quad Stage
5:30 pm: Wrong Way (Tribute to Sublime)
A unique blend of styles ranging from reggae and dance hall beats to punk and ska.
Library Quad Stage
6 pm: EIU Concert Band and University Band
Presenting an exciting array of standard and contemporary repertoire.
Doudna Fine arts Center, Dvorak Concert Hall
*Performances are subject to change
Saturday May 2*
10 am - 4 pm: Festival Exhibitions
African art from the Martha J. Ehrlich Collection (100-plus pieces from various periods and cultures) and the 27th Children's Art Exhibition (300-plus pieces from approximately 40 area school art programs)
Tarble Arts Center
10 am: The Littlest Dancer
Featuring pre-ballet and creative movement students from the Jacqueline Bennett Dance Center performing he Children’s ballet “Hakuna Matada.”
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall
10 am: Omnimou Dance Troupe
Dancers from the African-American Cultural Center in Champaign, Illinois
Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity
Library Quad Stage
10 am - 5 pm: Art Fair
Library Quad
11 am: Food booths open
11 am – 5 pm: Prairie Plant Sale
Sponsored by the EIU Botany Club
Library Quad
11 am - 6 pm: Celebrate Herpetology: Studying Amphibians & Reptiles in central Illinois
Students from the Biology department offer the opportunity to meet these animals up close. None of the species on display are venomous.
Library Quad, Doudna Fine Arts Center overhang
11:30 am: Dave Rudolf
Grammy nominated, three time Parent’s Choice award winner, a two time Parent’s Guide award winner, and a four time Children’s Entertainment award nominee, Rudolf is widely known for his fun and upbeat children’s pop music. Rudolf has also written for Disney and for various children’s TV networks.
Library Quad Stage
Noon – 4 pm: Children’s Art Activities
A wide array of creative opportunities for the young Celebration visitor
East side of the Library Quad
Noon - 4 pm: International Fair
Meet members of EIU’s international student community demonstrating henna tattooing, calligraphy and origami
Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity
Library Quad Stage
12 Noon - 3 pm Painting with Mr. Holloman
An introduction to watercolor painting. Limited seating available.
East side of the Library Quad
12 Noon - 4 pm: Meet Maya and Miguel from the PBS Kids TV program
Sponsored by WEIU
East side of the Library Quad
1 pm: Radhiya Middle Eastern Dance Troupe
A performance of Middle-Eastern and North-African Dances. Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity
Library Quad Stage
1 pm: Spring 2009 Vehicle Reading Event
Sponsored by the English Department
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Black Box Theatre
1 pm: Multi-Cultural Concert
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Dvorak Concert Hall
2 pm: Charleston High School Group Interpretation Performance
Selected scenes from the book BIG FISH by Daniel Wallace which was honored at the IHSA sectional and state tournaments earlier this year.
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall
2:30 pm Dave Rudolf
A second helping of this fun-loving, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter.
Library Quad Stage
3 - 4 pm Instrument Petting Zoo
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Band Rehearsal Room
4 pm: Afriky Lolo
Afriy Lolo, meaning African Star, features dances from Mali, the Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ghana. The performance is enhanced by the traditional West African costumes.
Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center for Global Diversity
Library Quad Stage
5:30 pm: Marie McGlone, Genieveve Harrison
Library Quad Stage
7 pm: Cowboy Poetry Reading presented by the Hat Creek Wranglers
Doudna Fine Arts Center, The Theatre
* Performances are subject to change
Sunday, May 3*
11 am: Food booths open
11 am - 4 pm: Art Fair
Library Quad
11 am: Tree Thump
Unconventional instrumentation of didjeridu, fiddle, bass, and drums to create funky, trance-inducing grooves that take the listener on a twisting, turning musical journey.
Library Quad Stage
11- 4 pm: Sand Sculpture Demonstration
Ted Siebert, artist
Library Quad
Noon - 3 pm: Painting with Mr. Holloman
East side of the Library Quad
12:30 pm: Mhondoro Rhythm Success
Performaing popular musc from Zimbabwe highlighting the work of artists such as Thomas Mapfumo, John Chibadura and others.
Library Quad Stage
12:30 pm: Dave Herzog Marionettes, Captain Cranky and His Crew: A Pirate Adventure
Chicago based puppet company specializing in the art of the marionette, and dedicated to preserving the uniquely American art form of the marionette variety show.
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall
1- 4 pm: Festival Exhibitions
African Art from the Martha J. Ehrlich Collection (100+ pieces from various periods and cultures) and the 27th Children's Art Exhibition (artwork from 40 area school Art programs)
Tarble Arts Center
1:30 pm: Shanta
Storyteller of African and African-American folktales who enhances her stories with music on a variety of Instruments.
2 pm: Honkstafarians
Three piece band performing their own versions of top 40 hits with a reggae twist
Library Quad Stage
2 pm: EIU Wind Symphony Concert
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Dvorak Concert Hall
3 pm: Shanta
Storyteller of African and African-American folktales who enhances her stories with music on a variety of instruments.
3:30 pm: Dave Herzog Marionettes
Captain Cranky and His Crew: A Pirate Adventure
Doudna Fine Arts Center, Recital Hall
3:30 pm: Phillips and the Screwdrivers
Library Quad Stage
5 pm: A.J. Schubert
Charleston native, singer-songwriter performing original songs and pop/folk rock favorites.
Library Quad Stage
* Performances are subject to change
Celebration is presented in conjunction with the College of Arts & Humanities,
the Illinois Arts Council and the City of Charleston Tourism Office.
For more information regarding Celebration, please contact Dan Crews
:: 217-581-2113 :: fax - 217-581-7811 :: decrews@eiu.edu ::
