UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 23, Page 4
March 11, 1993
Up and coming

Gospel Choir to perform in Seaford
     The University of Delaware Gospel Choir will present a free, public
concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 21, at St. John's United Methodist Church,
Pine and Third streets, Seaford.
     The 60-voice, student choir first formed in 1979, has a repertoire
ranging from gospel numbers to old-time spirituals.
     Sponsored by the Office of University Relations, the concert is free,
but donations will be accepted toward the University's Minority Scholarship
Fund.
     Those unable to attend the concert but interested in contributing to
the fund may send checks, payable to the University of Delaware Minority
Scholarship Fund, to the Office of University Relations, University of
Delaware, Higher Education Building, P.O. Box 660, Georgetown, DE 19947.
     For further information, call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 735-8200 in
Dover.

Southern Delaware trip to Longwood
     The University is sponsoring a bus trip for southern Delawareans to
Longwood Gardens on Wednesday, April 28.
     Departures will be at 7:45 a.m. from Lewes; 8:15 a.m. from Milford;
and 8:45 a.m. from Dover.
     Arriving at 10:30 a.m., the day will begin with a guided tour
featuring seasonal highlights of the gardens and a visit to the
conservatories. Free time to explore will be available before lunch at the
Terrace Restaurant. After lunch, tour participants will chat with a member
of the University's Longwood Graduate Program. Departure for southern
Delaware will be at 3 p.m.
     The $35 fee includes bus, admission to the gardens, a guided tour and
lunch.
     For information, call the University at 855-1620 in Georgetown or
735-8200 in Dover.

Author to talk about Africans in America
     "They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America"
will be the subject of a talk by Ivan Van Sertima at 7 p.m., Thursday,
March 18, in 130 Smith Hall.
     The free public program is part of "Harvesting the Fruits from the
Roots of Our Heritage," the University's 1993 African Consciousness
Celebration.
     A literary critic, linguist and anthropologist, Van Sertima is
professor of African studies at Rutgers University and visiting professor
at Princeton University.
     His book, They Came Before Columbus, was published by Random House in
1977 and is now in its 16th printing. It was published in French in 1981,
the same year it won the Clarence L. Holte Prize, which is awarded every
two years to "a work of excellence in literature and humanities relating to
the cultural heritage of Africa and the African diaspora."
     Van Sertima also is the author of Caribbean Writers, a collection of
critical essays on the Caribbean novel, and he compiled the Swahili
Dictionary of Legal Terms, based on his field work in Tanzania, East
Africa, in 1967.
     He was asked by the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy to nominate
candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1976-80, and he was
invited to join UNESCO's International Commission for Rewriting the
Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind.
     Born in Guyana, he was educated at the School of Oriental and African
Studies of London University and the Rutgers Graduate School.  He has
lectured across the United States and in the Caribbean, Canada, South
America and Europe.
     The University's African Consciousness Celebration is sponsored by the
University's Cultural Programming Advisory Board, the Center for Black
Culture, the University Gallery, the Performing Arts Series and the Faculty
Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events.

Ragtime celebration in music building
     "A Ragtime Celebration," a weekend of concerts and workshops featuring
special guest artist Tony Caramia, will be held Friday-Saturday, March
12-13. Caramia performs both classical piano music and jazz and is director
of piano pedagogy studies at the Eastman School of Music.
     The first concert will feature ragtime music and will be held at 8
p.m., Friday, March 12. The second, featuring 19th and 20th-century
American piano music, will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 13.
     Tickets, if purchased in advance, are $10 for adults ($14 for both
concerts), $8 for faculty, staff and senior citizens ($12 for both
concerts) and $6 for University students with I.D. and children ($10 for
both concerts). Tickets will be sold in Room 209 of the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building and at the door.
     A piano pedagogy workshop will be held from 10-11 a.m., Saturday,
March 13, followed by a ragtime piano master class from 11:30 a.m.-12:30
p.m. Both events are free and open to the public and will be held in Room
207 of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     For information, call 234-1961.

Pilobolus dancers set classes, shows
     Pilobolus Dance Theatre, in residency this year at the University of
Delaware, will conclude its stay with several public events planned for
Friday and Saturday, March 19-20.
     Known for its highly original style of daring physicality, ebullient
wit and richly evocative imagery, Pilobolus has enjoyed over 20 years of
success since its emergence from a college dance class in 1971.
     The company is said to defy gravity and be capable of creating
wondrous shapes that emerge, merge, split and reemerge. This sculptural use
of the body, often in never before attempted, multiple-body structures, is
a company trademark.
     Two public performances are planned at 3 and 8 p.m., Saturday, March
20, in Mitchell Hall auditorium.
     Tickets are $18 for the general public, $15 for senior citizens and
University faculty and staff and $8 for students. For information, call
831-2204.
     In addition, the University will sponsor three classes on Friday and
Saturday. The classes include:
       * A repertory workshop for advanced students and instructors from
         7-10 p.m. on Friday, March 19, in Hartshorn Dance Studio;
       * A family class for 4-9-year-olds with one or two parents, no
         experience; necessary, from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March
         20, in Newark Hall auditorium; and
       * A class for people 13 years of age and older with intermediate
         dance experience from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, also in
         Newark Hall.
     There is no charge for the classes, but registration is required as
space is limited.
     Call the Office of University Relations at 831-8741, to reserve space.

Women's Club trip to the Big Apple
     The University of Delaware Women's Club (UDWC) is sponsoring a bus
trip to New York City on Wednesday, April 7. Departure will be from the the
Park-N-Ride lot on Route 4 in Newark at 8:30 a.m. The bus is scheduled to
arrive at Radio City Music Hall at 10:45 a.m., and to return to Newark at
11 p.m.
     Cost is $17 for UDWC members and $21 for non-members. Make checks
payable to UDWC and mail them by March 27, to Vida Klemas, 694 Briar Lane,
Newark, DE 19711.

Wind Ensemble concert March 17
     The University Wind Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m., Wednesday, March
17, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The
program will include music from the 19th and 20th centuries.
     The Wind Ensemble will perform at the Eastern Division meeting of the
Music Educators National Conference in Springfield, Mass., on March 18-19.

E-52 to present 'Inherit the Wind'
     E-52 Student Theatre will present Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee's
classic play, Inherit the Wind, at 8:15 p.m., April 30, May 1, 6, 7 and 8,
in Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center. Tickets are $4 .
     This American drama is based on the events of the infamous Scopes
Monkey Trial of 1925, when a high school biology teacher was prosecuted for
trying to teach his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The production,
revamped for modern audiences, is a tense courtroom drama.
     For information, call 831-6014.