Blues Conference Opens Evening Concerts To Public
June 23, 2000
University Park, Pa. — The blues will be the center of attention at Penn State from Thursday, June 29 through Saturday, July 1, and the public is invited to join in.
During the International Conference on The Blues Tradition: Memory, Criticism, and Pedagogy, sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies and by the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies, performers, scholars, and Blues lovers from around the country and around the world will listen to blues, talk about blues and recognize the influence of blues in art, literature, film and other musical forms.
Each evening, the conference will feature a special blues concert in Heritage Hall of the HUB-Robeson Cultural Center, including a Saturday night performance by the veteran Delta Bluesman David "Honeyboy."
These concerts are open to students and the general public for a nominal fee. Individual tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students. The public can also purchase a package of tickets for all three evenings for $35 for adults and $20 for students. Tickets will be available at the door on a first-come-first-served basis or ahead of time by calling 1 (800) psu-today.
For a complete schedule of events and registration forms for the conference, go to http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/BluesTradition/
Evening Programs: the International Conference on The Blues Tradition
Thursday, June 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction
Friday, June 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction
Saturday, July 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. with an introduction
7:50 --8:30 Performance: David "Honeyboy" Edwards
The veteran Delta Bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards will both
lecture and perform on July 1st. Born in the Delta around 1915,
Edwards' friends and colleagues read like a list of the Blues
Roundtable. Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Sunnyland
Slim, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Junior
Lockwood. His 1998 autobiography, The World Don't Owe Me Nothing,
is considered a classic rendering of African American life and the
Blues in the 20th century.
8:30- 10:00 Jam session
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For content information, contact Clyde Woods at 863-4243 or for registration information, contact Melissa Beidler at 814-863-5100.