University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 17, Jan. 23, 1997
Up and Coming
Skating preview in UD Blue Ice Arena
Thirty-five skaters who train at the University of Delaware
will compete in 13 events at the U.S. Nationals, scheduled for
Feb. 7-16, in Nashville. Local audiences can get a preview of
their flashy performances at two send-off ice shows scheduled for
5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2, in the UD Blue Ice
Arena.
The ice shows also will feature 12 UD-trained skaters who
qualified for the Junior Olympic Team. These skaters will compete
in eight events in Culver City, Calif., from April 19-23.
International skaters Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannokov, who
train at the University, also will perform.
Tickets are $5 for UD students with other seating ranging
from $9 to $15, depending on location. The Feb. 1 performance
offers a chance to attend a patron reception to meet the skaters
after the show. Ticket prices for reserved seating and the
reception are $35. For more information, call the UD Ice Arena at
831-2788.
A bus trip from Southern Delaware to see the outstanding
skaters is planned for Sunday, Feb. 2. Cost, including bus,
dinner at the ice rink and admission to the ice show, is $30.
Buses will depart from Lewes at 1:15 p.m., from Milford at 1:45
p.m. and from Dover at 2:15 p.m. The show begins at 5 p.m. in the
Blue Ice Arena.
For trip reservations, send a check, made payable to the
University of Delaware, to: University of Delaware, Higher
Education Building, P.O. Box 660, Georgetown, DE 19947.
For information, call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 735-8200 in
Dover.
Acclaimed poet to read her works
Eavan Boland, internationally renowned for her poetry and
her outstanding presentations, will read from her works at 7
p.m., Thursday, Feb. 6, in Room 120 of Smith Hall.
Currently in residence at Stanford University as a professor
of English, she has taught at Trinity College, University College
and Bowdoin College.
Born in Dublin, Boland has published seven volumes of poems,
including her most recent book, An Origin Like Water: Collected
Poems 1967-1987. Her poems also have appeared in The New Yorker,
The Atlantic, Kenyon Review and American Poetry Review.
The recipient of many honors, Boland is the recent winner of
the prestigious Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry and an American
Ireland Fund Literary Award. In addition, the editors of
Publisher's Weekly chose her book, In A Time of Violence, as one
of the best books of 1994.
Boland's poetry readings were praised by William Thompson,
president of Briarwood Writers' Alliance Inc., who said she "has
a way of reaching the audience."
Her Newark appearance is sponsored by the Department of
English Alumni Guest Speaker Series. For information, call831-
1974.
Programs set on Bosnia, Vietnam
UD faculty will be presenting programs during January and
February in association with the Delaware chapter of People to
People International.
"Bosnia: Separating Myths, Fiction and Truth" will be
presented at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the auditorium of
Cokesbury Village on Loveville Road in Hockessin.
The discussion will focus on the nation's history,
nationalism, leadership and the Dayton Accords. The audience will
have an opportunity to ask questions, and the speakers and
moderator will be present at the post-program reception.
Danilo Yanich, urban affairs and public policy, and James
Oliver, Unidel Professor of Political Science and International
Relations, will be the featured speakers. The program will be
moderated by Rita Katz Farrell.
"Vietnam: More than a War. A People, a Country, a Culture"
is the title of a program to be presented at 2 p.m., Sunday,
March 2, in the Wilmington Friends School auditorium, 101 School
Rd., Alapocas.
A concert of Vietnamese classical and folk music, played on
traditional instruments, will be followed by modeling of
Vietnamese dress. A photographic exhibit, "A River Runs Through
It: Daily Life in the Mekong Delta," by Mark McLeod, of the UD
history faculty, will be on display.
Both programs are free and open to the public. For
additional information, call 764-6654.
Big Apple trip to 'Forum' musical
A bus trip is scheduled to New York City's St. James Theatre
to see A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, starring
Whoopi Goldberg, on Saturday, Feb. 15. The bus will leave the
Trabant University Center at 8 a.m. and leave New York City at 8
p.m. to return to campus.
Bus transportation and theatre ticket are included in the
price, which is $55 for faculty, staff and guests and $50 for
full-time undergraduates only.
Tickets will be on sale from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., from
Monday, Feb. 3, to Friday, Feb. 14, in Room 218, Trabant
University Center. Seating is limited and early reservations are
suggested.
Talk on reform of campaign finances
U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle will be the featured speaker at
a meeting on campaign finance reform at 7 tonight, in Room 005 of
the Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
The free, public event, sponsored by the League of Women
Voters of New Castle County, also will include a background
presentation on the topic by Marian Lief Palley, political
science and international relations. Position papers will be
presented by Verna Hensley of the office of Sen. William Roth and
Matthew Baumgart, who will represent Sen. Joseph Biden Jr.
A record $2 billion was spent in the last election and yet a
record of less than half the eligible voters went to the polls.
Campaign finance reform will be the first bill of the
upcoming Congress, so citizens need to be sufficiently informed.
The organization will distribute Seeking Change kits about
campaign finance reform in February.
For information, call 762-4938.
SPARX duo to play on Valentine's Day
Treat your favorite valentine to an evening of enchanting
music by SPARX, the award-winning flute and harp duo composed of
flutist Joan Sparks and harpist Anne Sullivan. The two will
perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, in Mitchell Hall.
The performance will mark the premier of a new Sonata for
Flute and Harp by eminent American composer Lowell Liebermann, a
work SPARX also plans to record.
Liebermann, considered by many to be the most important
American composer of this generation, will work with SPARX to
present a composer's workshop at 2:30 p.m., Feb. 14, in the Amy
E. du Pont Music Building.
The 1996-97 season marks SPARX' l0th anniversary. In the
course of the duo's career, the two musicians have won the
Chamber Music America (CMA) Residency Matching Grant Award, CMA's
largest grant award; the National Flute Association Chamber Music
Competition, an honor received twice; and the American Composers'
Forum Performance Incentive Fund Award.
Currently in residence at the Tatnall School and Peninsula
United Methodist Homes Inc., SPARX is based in Wilmington. In
addition to touring, the duo presents three subscription series
concerts each season at the Tatnall School.
A 1974 UD graduate, Sparks earned her master of music degree
at Temple University and has studied with Murray Panitz and Trudy
Kane. She was a member of the Delaware Symphony, the Bethlehem
Bach Festival Orchestra and has appeared many times in the flute
section of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Sparks has taught at
Temple University and Immaculata College. She recently was
awarded the Master Teacher Certification from the Music Teachers
National Association, its highest award.
Sullivan began her career at the age of 12, when she
appeared twice as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She
earned her bachelor of music degree at the Curtis Institute of
Music, and, while still a student there, won the Hobin Harp
Competition. She has served as principal harp for the Delaware
Symphony and the Orchestra of the Pennsylvania Ballet. She has
been a member of the music theory faculty at the Curtis Institute
since 1981.
The Feb. 14 appearance by SPARX is sponsored by the
University's Performing Arts Series. Individual tickets are $15
for the general public; $10 for UD faculty, staff and senior
citizens; and $6 for students and children. For more information,
call UD1-HENS.