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And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead & Metalocalypse’s Dethklok

The company hails from Cangzhou, Hebei province, in the People’s Republic of China. The 25 acrobats are athletes, actors and artists and are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as today’s premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company. This year marks their 29th anniversary of performing before audiences in all 50 states and in over 65 countries around the world.

Southern Illinois’s premiere fine arts facility is please to announce a return of a very popular service and the expansion of a current service. Shryock Auditorium’s box office is now open daily noon until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Checks and money orders will be accepted payable to SIUC. The box office also accepts all major credit cards including MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express.

In addition, Shryock Auditorium is pleased to announce a new concessions area. Patrons can enjoy a wide range of beverages and snacks before evening performances and during intermission. The concessions area expands into a snack bar 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday for SIUC faculty, students and staff.

The Auditorium has added other touches to make its patron’s and the general public’s overall experience more enjoyable. This includes a renovation of the upstairs lobby featuring a photo gallery of works provided by graduate students from the SIUC Cinema and Photography Department. The Auditorium has also purchased new furniture and plants to give the Auditorium a more aesthetically pleasing look.

·        Pumpkin Carving Contest (Bring your best carved pumpkin with you)

·        Carnival Games and Prizes

·        Dance Contest

·        Mystery Run Room – Come and check it out!

Thanks to sponsorships by Feirich/Mager/Green/Ryan, The Heinemann Family, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale – SIH, and Old National Bank, all event costs are covered.  Therefore, every dollar of the Chili Dinner ticket revenue will go directly to The Boys & Girls Club of Carbondale to cover operational expenses.  Furthermore, Wal-Mart is matching the first $1000 in ticket revenue dollar-for-dollar.

The club has a membership of over 500 and serves around 100 children each weekday.  It costs approximately $500 per member per year to run the club operations.  Members pay only $18/year to belong to the club (12 mos.), and the balance of operations ($240,000+) must be raised through grants and private donations and fund raisers.

So, come out and enjoy the fun on October 18^th at the Fall Chili Dinner & Kid’s Carnival!  Tickets for the Chili Dinner may be purchased at The Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, Realty Central (Murdale Shopping Center) and the Carbondale Park District/Life Community Center (2500 W. Sunset Dr.).

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Sunshine D. Wilson at (618) 457-8877, Ext. 3.

Exhibition Description:

“Listen to America’s music and hear the story of freedom. It’s the story of people in a New World, places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them. It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world is remade. The distinct cultural identities of all these people are carried in song - both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people - Americans. Their music is the roots of American music.

The music that emerges is known by names like blues, country and western, folk, and gospel. The sounds are as sweet as mountain air and as sultry as a summer night in Mississippi delta country. The instruments vary from fiddle to banjo to accordian to guitar. Yet all the instruments merge, as do the rhythms, melodies and harmonies, producing completely new sounds - new music. The musics merge because this is America. New waves of music ride ashore in the hearts and heads of new immigrants and they create still new sounds from what they have brought with them and what they find here. And nothing expresses the tensions - or the triumphs - of this journey into democracy quite like the music that it spawns.