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Lamar bands to host Cardinal Jazz Festival
Lamar University will host Southeast
Texas high school jazz bands, feature the
talents of three guests artists and show-
case its own award-winning jazz ensemble
at Cardinal Jazz Festival ’99 Monday in
the University Theatre on the Lamar
campus in Beaumont.
Competition will begin at 3:30 p.m.
with performances by the high school
groups. Awards will be presented after an
8 p.m. concert featuring Lamar’s Jazz
Band “A” under the direction of Wayne
Dyess, also director of the festival and of
jazz studies at Lamar.
“I am very excited about the response
to Cardinal Jazz Festival ’99,” Dyess said.
“This will be one of the final events in
Lamar’s 75th-anniversary celebration —
and what a way to go. With the alumni,
high school jazz bands, guests artists, the
75th anniversary of' Lamar and great
music, folks won’t want to miss this spe-
cial event.”
Festival judges and featured artists will
be two Lamar graduates — Travis Harris,
trombone and John Calderon, guitar —
joined by Ray Gonzales, trumpet.
Gonzales moved to the Golden
Triangle after a musical career that
included tours with Tito Puente, Paquito
D’Rivera and Dizzy Gillespie, among
others. Harris has been an all-star winner
at Longhorn and Wichita jazz festival, as
well as being named one of the best jazz
trombonists in the country by Downbeat
magazine, receiving the“db” award.
Calderon is a 1998 Lamar graduate who is
already making a name for himself as a
free-lance musician in Houston.
Joining the high school groups and
Lamar’s jazz band at the festival will be
an all trombone ensemble, the Gulf Coast
Bionic Bones, featuring Dyess, Harris,
Lanny Marshall, Tim McMillen and Dean
McCarty. The “Bones” will take the stage
about 5:30 p.m.
The festival will pay tribute to the late
Beaumont musician Joe Sellers, a trom-
bonist whose stellar career included per-
formances with the Harry James Band.
He later led his own orchestra. Sellers’
family donated his music library and
other materials to Lamar’s jazz program
after he died last year.
High school jazz bands to be feature at
the festival hail from Vidor, Nederland,
Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Lumberton
and Bridge City, as well as Thomas
Jefferson in Port Arthur and Baytown
Ross Sterling, which will be represented
by its Jazz “A” and “B.” The jazz band
from Vidor Junior High also will partici-
pate, presenting the opening perfor-
mance in the competition.
Dyess said additional bands may also
join the line-up before the event, which is
co-sponsored by Lamar’s Eta Mu
Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia frater-
nity.
Lamar music graduates are band direc-
tors for many of the groups: Don Rollins,
Vidor High School; Trubie Smith, Vidor
Junior High; Curtis Newton, Nederland;
Kevin Stone, Little Cypress-Mauriceville;
Michael Westbrook and Ross Boothman,
Lumberton; Leon Steward, Bridge City;
and Neil Quinn, Thomas Jefferson. Herb
Germer is the other director of the TJ
band. From Baytown Ross Sterling,
directors are Dennis Eichler, Jazz Band
“A,” and Ricky Clem, Jazz Band “B.”
For the 8 p.m. concert, Dyess said,
“Lamar Jazz Band ‘A’ will feature each
of our judges, plus one of the most diffi-
cult pieces we have ever programmed,
Pat Matheney’s ‘First Circle.’ This is an
exciting tour-de-force that alternates
between 12/8 and 10/8 time. It is very dif-
ficult to count and will make an exciting
finish for the Cardinal Jazz Festival.
“This concert and festival are special
in many ways. First of all, we haven’t
hosted a jazz festival in many years, so it
is exciting to reinstate the Cardinal Jazz
Festival...,” Dyess said.
“We always enjoy hosting our alumni,
especially when they bring their students
t.o campus. And we are honored to dedi-
cate our event concert to the memory of
Joe Sellers and to the many fine musi-
cians from Southeast Texas.”
The Cardinal Jazz Festival is open to
the public without charge. Additionaf
information is available at (409) 880-8146
or 880-8144.
UP briefs
Firefighters to collect for MDA
The Beaumont Professional Firefighters Local
#399 will be out on the streets filling their boots for
the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Saturday
and again on May 1.
They will be collecting donations from 9 a.m. to
noon and 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Last year, Beaumont
IAFF Local #399 raised over $30,000, Anna
Papoutsis, MDA representative, said. The IAFF has
been MDA’s biggest sponsor since 1954, raising
millions of dollars in the fight against neuromuscular
disease.
Proceeds from Fill-the-Boot will benefit more
than 300 families in the Southeast Texas area by
providing clinic, support groups, summer camp,
and research facilities at UT-Galveston, UT-M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, and Baylor College of
Medicine.
The firefighters will be at these locations: College
and 11th street, Dowlen and Phelan, Calder and
11th Street, and a few other scattered around
Beaumont.
For further information, contact Anna Papoutsis
at 838-4545.
Ambassadors seek members
The Lamar University Ambassadors Program is
looking for new members.
This group of students represent the student
body of Lamar, Toni Mulvaney, faculty adviser, said,
at events such as the Red Room receptions, ban-
quets, and visits from benefactors.
Ambassadors also assist in many areas directed
by the president. They often help in recruiting and
are involved in various community and university
service activities.
In order to apply, one must be nominated by the
Executive Council or the dean of a college.
For more information, call Toni Mulvaney at 888-
8640.
Senior Show to open Friday
Five art graduates will display their works at an
exhibition Friday through May 7 in the Dishman Art
Gallery. The art department will honor the artists at
a reception from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday at the
gallery.
For more details, call 880-8141.
LUIT fraternity wins award
The Beta Gamma, Phi Chapter of Phi Kappa at
Lamar University Institute of Technology has won
the Executive Director Award at the Texas Regional
Convention of Phi Theta Kappa.
Its adviser, Ruth Tomwall, was recognized as
Adviser-of-the-Year, Harry Wood, director of public
information, said.
The chapter fulfilled all requirements to the dis-
tinction of being named a “Three-Star Chapter.”
The commendation recognizes the chapter’s suc-
cessful attainment of goals as presented in the soci-
ety’s Five-Star Chapter Development Program.
There are 98 students that have been recently
inducted into the honor society.
Nominations open for lecturers
Suggestions for next year's Joe J. Fisher
Distinguished Lecture Series are being accepted
until Friday.
All nominations must be signed and a phone
number provided so that, if needed, more informa-
tion about each suggestion can be more easily
attained, thereby speeding up the selection
process, JoAnn Stiles, assistant professor of histo-
ry, said.
Suggestions should be sent to P. O. Box 10048,
campus.
Pinehurst to host daylily tour
Pinehurst Gardens will host its annual Dayfily
Festival from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 22 and from
noon until 5 p.m. on May 23. The public is welcome
to tour the 11 -acre gardens and enjoy viewing more
than 100,000 varieties of daylilies free of charge.
The estate home will also be open for tours.
For more information, call Pinehurst Gardens at
883-5351 or the Greater Orange Area Chamber of
Commerce toll free at (800) 528-4906.
Art Studio to open show
The public is invited to attend the opening recep-
tion of the Art Studio membership jurored art exhi-
bition Saturday, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. The juror
is Clint Willour, executive director/curator of the
Galveston Arts Center.
For more information, call The Art Studio, Inc., at
838-5393.
Graduate scholarships available
Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 are avail-
able to new full-time graduate students in the mas-
ter’s in applied criminology program.
Contact John R. Altemose at 880-8549 for more
information.
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IMPORTANT
In order to better serve Lamar Students the
following changes have been made:
Effective May 24, 1999 - All Refund Checks
will be mailed to the Student’s Financial Aid
or Permanent Address the day after the
check is printed. Financial Aid will be
released 10 days prior to the first class day.
Changes made prior to the 4th class day for
summer sessions and 12th class day for
long semesters may result in a reduction of
your financial aid.
Please verify that your Financial Aid or
Permanent Address is correct so that you
may receive your check in a timely manner.
Effective May 24, 1999 - the Student Aid
Accounting office will be closed.
All services will be handled at the
Cashier’s Office, room 114 Wimberly
Building, 880-8390.
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