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Contact: Christina Chapple
Date: 7/23/04
 
SLU’s Fanfare 2004 becomes opening act for Columbia 2004-2005 season

FANFARE 2004/COLUMBIA 2004-04 CALENDAR OF EVENT

FANFARE 2004
September 30 – November 1
      SLU Fanfare: Alumni Exhibition -- Jessica Weaver, sculpture, Sims Memorial Library.
Library hours: 7:30 a.m-11 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.; 7:30 a.m-4:30 p.m., Fri.; 9 am-4 p.m., Sat; 2-11p.m., Sun. 
October 1-29
      SLU Fanfare: “House of Blues Art Exhibit,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, box office lobby, noon-5 p.m., weekdays.
October 7- November 6
      SLU Fanfare: “Southern States Sculpture Exhibition,” Center for Contemporary Art.  Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays, (extended to 8 p.m., Wed.), noon-4p.m., Sat. 
October 1
      SLU Fanfare: Brown Bag Concert, noon, Cate Square, Hammond. Free. 
October 2
     SLU Fanfare: “Books to Songs & Songs to Books,” Tangipahoa Parish Library, Hammond Branch (314 E. Thomas), 10:30 a.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Hungarian Cultural Celebration, 3 p.m., food booths, music; 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hungarian Harvest Dance; 8-10 p.m., music, Hungarian Settlement, Albany. 
October 3
      SLU Fanfare: New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Lake Pontchartrain Maritime Museum, 133 Mabel Dr., Madisonville, 3 p.m. (Directions: 985-845-9200) 
October 4
      SLU Fanfare: A Night at the Movies, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Free. 
October 5 
      SLU Fanfare: Opening reception, Jessica Weaver, sculpture, Sims Memorial Library, 5-6:30 p.m.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Theatre, “[sic],” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni/non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 6
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now Lecture, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., “Seventy-Four Days a Nation: Louisiana’s Florida Parishes,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Foreign Films, “Talk to Her,” (Spanish), Music Recital Hall, 3 p.m.  Free. 
      SLU Fanfare: Odyssey Dance Theatre, “Thriller,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $22 adults; $20 seniors/faculty/alumni; $18 group rate; $10 non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Theatre, “[sic],” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni/non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 7
      SLU Fanfare: “Southern States Sculpture Exhibition” opening reception, Center for Contemporary Art, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: “Late Night Catechism,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35 general admission.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Theatre, “[sic],” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni/non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 8
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Theatre, “[sic],” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni/non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 9
      SLU Fanfare: Olympia Brass Band, 2 p.m, Homecoming parade; 5:30 p.m., Strawberry Stadium (Pre-game entertainment; for game tickets: 985-549-5466.) 
October 10
      SLU Fanfare: Family Arts Festival, Hammond Square Mall, 2-4 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Anthony Williams, organ, Greenfield Baptist Church (100 J.W. Davis Dr., Hammond), 3 p.m. Free.
October 12
      SLU Fanfare: Chicago City Limits, Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7 p.m. Tickets: $22 adults; $20 seniors/ faculty/staff/alumni; $18 group rate; $10 all students.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Opera/Music Theatre: “A Little Night Music,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12 adults; $8 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 13
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now lecture, Andrew G. Traver, “Bad History Goes to the Movies, Part Four: Hollywood Meets the Middle Ages,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 1 p.m., Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Foreign Film: “The Son’s Room” (Italian), Music Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Our Environmental Destiny,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $22 adults; $20 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni; $18 group rate; $10 non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Opera-Music Theatre, “A Little Night Music,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12 adults; $8 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 14
      SLU Fanfare: “Hot Club of San Francisco,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 2 p.m.; Columbia Theatre Conference Center, 7 p.m. Tickets: $30 general admission.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Opera-Music Theatre, “A Little Night Music,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12 adults; $8 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 15
      SLU Fanfare: “Sweet Home Folklife Days,” Sweet Home Baptist Church Museum (Hwy. 51 North, Kentwood), 9 am-4:30 p.m. Admission: $2 adults, $1 children. 
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now lecture, T. Wayne Parent, “Gumbo Republic: Louisiana’s Extraordinary Politics,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 11 am. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: “Keep on the Sunny Side: The Songs and Story of the Carter Family,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $18 adults; $15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni; $12 group rate; $8 non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Opera-Music Theatre, “A Little Night Music,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12 adults; $8 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 16
      SLU Fanfare: “Sweet Home Folklife Days,” Sweet Home Baptist Church Museum (Hwy. 51 North, Kentwood), 9 am-4:30 p.m. (Hwy. 51 North, Kentwood).  Admission: $2 adults, $1 children. 
      SLU Fanfare: Berry Patch Quilt & Art Expo, downtown Ponchatoula, 10 a.m.-4p.m. Outdoor activities free; Fleur de Lis admission, $7; children under 12 free.
October 17
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Brass Ensemble, First Presbyterian Church (197 S. 4th St., Ponchatoula), 3 p.m. Free.
October 18
      SLU Fanfare: D’Vine, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $8 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni; $5 group rate; $non-SLU students; SLU students free.
October 19
      SLU Fanfare: Creative Writing Workshop, author Laura Joh Rowland, D Vickers Hall, Room 313, 11 am. Free. Book signing, Bayou Booksellers (204 E. Thomas, Hammond), 2 p.m. 
October 20
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now lecture, Michael L. Kurtz, “Crazy Like a Fox: Earl K. Long and Louisiana Politics,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Foreign Film, “Beyond Silence” (German), Music Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Dance, “Postcards with a View,” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $4 general admission; $2 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free.
October 21
      SLU Fanfare: “Earl Long in Purgatory,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $30 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $25 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $15 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2. 
October 22
      SLU Fanfare: Art and All that Jazz, downtown Hammond, 5-8 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: “The Fab Four,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $18 adults; $15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni; $12 group rate; $8 non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 23
     SLU Fanfare: “Have a ‘Scary’ Good Time,” Tangipahoa Parish Library, Hammond Branch (314 E. Thomas), 10:30 a.m. Free.
October 24
      SLU Fanfare: Centenary Choir, First United Methodist Church (2200 Rue Denise, Hammond), 3 p.m. Free.
October 25
      SLU Fanfare: Missoula Children’s Theatre Auditions, Southeastern Laboratory School Gym, 4 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Chamber Orchestra, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m., Free.
October 27
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now lecture, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Foreign Film: “Grand Illusion” (French), Music Recital Hall, 3 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Artists’ reception, “International Sculpture Center Conference,” Center for Contemporary Art, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.
      SLU Fanfare: Southeastern Wind Symphony, “Heroes, Lost and Fallen,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Free.
October 28
      SLU Fanfare: Milano Classica, Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Tickets (7 p.m. performance): $8 adults; $6 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni/ $5 group rate; $3 non-SLU students, SLU students free.
October 29
      SLU Fanfare: Then and Now lecture, William B. Robison: “Pagans, Piety, and Pumpkins: The Horrifying, Holy and Horticultural Histories of Halloween,” Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 11 a.m. Free. 
      SLU Fanfare: “Tailgating with Togaman,” Pottle Performance Circle, 6 p.m.; Pottle Music Building Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free. 
      SLU Fanfare: “Rapunzel,” Vonnie Borden Theatre, 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 general admission, $3 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students free. 
October 30
      “The Jungle Book,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 p.m. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors/faculty/alumni/staff; $5 group rate; $3 all students. 
October 31
      SLU Fanfare: “Picnic ‘n Pops: Sentimental Serenaders,” University Center, 7:30 p.m., Arena seating, $5 adults, $3 students (under 12 free with adult). 

COLUMBIA 2004-2005
October 21
      SLU COLUMBIA: John McConnell in “Earl Long in Purgatory,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m.  Tickets: $30 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $25 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $15 Orchestra 3 and Balcony 2. 
December 3
      SLU COLUMBIA: LPO Holiday Concert, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $32 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $30 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $29 Orchestra 3; $19 Balcony 2.
January 26
      SLU COLUMBIA: “Forbidden Broadway Shoots for the Stars,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $32 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $23 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $18 Orchestra 3; $15 Balcony 2.
February 17
      SLU COLUMBIA: Moscow Circus, “A Russian Winter’s Tale,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $33 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $27 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3; $19 Balcony 2.
March 11
      SLU COLUMBIA: LPO Casual Classics, “St. Petersburg and Moscow,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $33 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $27 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3; $19 Balcony 2.
April 8
      SLU COLUMBIA: “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $30 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $23 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $18 Orchestra 3; $15 Balcony 2.
April 29
      SLU COLUMBIA: Lou Rawls, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $38 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $32 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $26 Orchestra 3 Balcony 2.
May 20
      SLU COLUMBIA: LPO Pops, “An Evening at the Movies,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $33 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $23 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20 Orchestra 3; $19 Balcony 2.
June 4
      SLU COLUMBIA: “Best of Broadway Featuring the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $30 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $23 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $18 Orchestra 3; $15 Balcony 2.
July 16
      SLU COLUMBIA: “An Evening with Judy Collins,” Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m. Tickets: $35 Orchestra 1 and Loge; $30 Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $24 Orchestra 3; and Balcony 2.
     For a brochure and ticket order form or information about events, contact the Columbia, 985?543?4366, or e-mail fanfare_ctpa@selu.edu. Information is also available online at www.selu.edu/columbia
     Tickets will be available at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts box office, 220 East Thomas St., Hammond, 985?543?4371. Columbia season tickets will be on sale Aug. 2-Sept. 3, while individual event tickets – including Fanfare tickets – will be available beginning September 7. 
     Tickets for most events can also be purchased online at www.ticketweb.com. Box office hours are noon to 5 p.m., weekdays.