Big Bad Voodoo Daddy The SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts & Issues Series presents Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 p.m. Meridian Ballroom Morris University Center Sponsored by The Cassens Companies Welcome to another memorable Arts & Issues Series season! Tonight we’re happy to bring back Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This is one group that continues the big band tradition but does it with a cool sound that pulls fans EXCITING! FUN! Department of from all age groups-something few Theater and Dance EXHILARATINGT! bands are able to do. 2007-2008 THOUGHT- Academic Mainstage This evening’s sponsors are The Cassens PROVOKING! Companies. The Cassens Companies have supported Arts STIMULATING! & Issues for thirteen years and we certainly appreciate *A Lesson Before Dying their continuing commitment. Thanks to our sponsors, Oct 10-13 at 7:30 PM — Oct 14 at 2 PM along with the support of our many friends of Arts & Is- Dunham Hall Theater sues, this series continues to be a leader in the cultural life Box Office of our region. Dunham Hall Dance in Concert 2007 1042-B Nov 7-10 at 7:30 PM — Nov 11 at 2 PM Arts & Issues is administered by the College of Arts & Dunham Hall Theater Sciences, the largest academic unit at Southern Illinois 618-650-2774 Every Angel University Edwardsville. With 300 faculty members and 110 staff, we are especially proud of the educational ex- or Nov 29-Dec 1 & Dec 6-8 at 7:30 PM Dec 2 & 9 at 2 PM periences provided by our 19 departments. Here a student 888-328-5168 Metcalf Theater can pursue one of over 50 different degrees within the X2774 arts, humanities, social or natural sciences. Our college is The Trip to Bountiful committed to a mission rooted in a traditional liberal arts Tickets $6-$10 Feb 27- Mar 1 at 7:30 PM — Mar 2 at 2 PM and sciences education within which, Arts & Issues plays a Dunham Hall Theater dynamic role. SIUE Students FREE! Antigone Now, let’s enjoy one of the hottest bands on the road to- w/ valid student IDID Apr 23-26 at 7:30 PM — Apr 27 at 2 PM day-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Dunham Hall Theater *Audience Advisory — Mature Language Kent Neely Dean Time Capsule Burial Ceremony (open to the public) April 16, 2008 at Noon – 1:00 p.m. Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus Be part of this historic event as we bury a time capsule that won’t be opened for fifty years! A College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) education is a journey of intellectual transformation in which students explore diversity of ideas, experiences, Paint the Rock (open to the public) and people. Our faculty and administrators have April 16-17, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. designed CAS to empower and nurture discovery. Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus We teach students how to understand the world For over 30 years, the Rock has been a place for SIUE students to and apply that understanding to their lives. Our congregate for rallies, meetings, and other gatherings. Join us at goal for CAS students is self-actualization. We Springfest, SIUE 's annual spring celebration. View a pictorial history help students in CAS, and across the University, to display of the Rock at Springfest and paint your own piece of the learn how to think and how to live. Rock! College of Arts and Sciences Departments 50th Anniversary Community Festival (open to the public) April 19, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Anthropology Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus Join us for an exciting day filled with activities, tours, and Art & Design demonstrations celebrating SIUE’s broad range of resources. Biological Sciences Chemistry English Language & Literature Foreign Languages & Literature Geography Starbucks Coffee and the Historical Studies Morris University Center salutes Mass Communications The Arts & Issues Series Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Public Administration & Policy Analysis Social Work Sociology & Criminal Justice Speech Communication Enjoy the show! Theater & Dance Savor a cup of fresh brewed Starbucks Coffee be- Arts and Sciences Programs fore or after the performance...then take home a Black Studies University Museum bag of your favorite Starbucks blend. Environmental Sciences Women’s Studies Liberal Studies WSIE-FM Office of Science & Math Education Big Bad Voodoo Daddy In 1989, Scotty Morris, jaded by life as a young Happy Birthday SIUE! Mark your calendars now! studio guitarist, decided to launch a three-piece jazz, blues and swing combo. The trio included drummer Kurt Sodergren and was named Big Upcoming Anniversary Events at SIUE Bad Voodoo Daddy after a fateful meeting with Local Alumni Art Exhibit and Reception (open to the public) blues guitar legend Albert Collins at one of his Month of October 2007, Monday - Friday at 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. concerts. “He signed my poster: ‘To Scotty, the Art Gallery, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus big bad voodoo daddy’,” Morris explains. “I Come and view the work of some of SIUE’s nationally-recognized alumni thought it was the coolest name I ever heard on artists. one of the coolest musical nights I ever had. So when it came time to name this band, I didn’t really have a choice. I felt like it was handed down to me.” Coffee Concert Reunion (open to the public) October 1, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Morris University Center, Madison Room In the years that followed, Morris and Sodergren formed the rest of the Enjoy this Coffee Concert Reunion featuring Stephen Brown’s “Seven band which includes Dirk Shumaker on string bass, Andy Rowley on Songs of Delyte” in honor of Delyte W. Morris, an SIUE distinguished saxophone, Glen “The Kid” Marhevka on trumpet, Karl Hunter on saxo- founder. Brown is an emeritus professor, SIUE Department of Music. phones and clarinet, and Joshua Levy on piano. The chemistry between the band, like the success that soon followed, was undeniable. 50th Anniversary Lecture (open to the public) January 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus Big Bad Voodoo Daddy kicked off the swing revival in the mid-1990s and Speaker: Robert Zemsky, Ph.D. - Professor of Education, University of gained mainstream popularity with their breakthrough performance in Pennsylvania; founding director of the University of Pennsylvania's the movie Swingers. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has gone on to become one Institute for Research on Higher Education; chair of The Learning Alliance of the most popular touring bands on the road today. As a twist, the band for Higher Education, an experiment in bringing strategic expertise to uni- now collaborates with symphonies in select cities. Big Bad Voodoo versity and college presidents. Daddy has eight albums to their credit and is currently featured in Dis- ney’s Meet the Robinsons and Ratatouille. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s most recent tracks appear on Forever Cool, an album released by Capitol Goshen Ocean (open to the public) Records this summer to honor Dean Martin. These tracks include origi- February 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. nal vocals by Martin. Goshen Lounge, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus Relive the Goshen Ocean, a popular campus tradition. Beach- and ocean-themed activities will take place in a sand-filled Goshen Lounge! Big Bad Voodoo Daddy now carries on the tradition of the legendary big bands and orchestras by touring non-stop, performing over 100 concerts Town Gown Gala (by invitation only) each year around the world. Like the Glen Miller Orchestra, Benny April 5, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Goodman, and the Count Basie Big Band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy sells Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus out shows to audiences of all ages in cities as far flung as Honolulu, Ha- This black-tie celebration will include dinner, live music, and dancing, waii and St. Petersburg, Florida. topped off with a spectacular fireworks display over the SIUE campus. THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING WHOSE GENEROSITY friends of arts & issues Dr. Karen Patty-Graham & HELPS MAKE THE ARTS & ISSUES SERIES POSSIBLE ($50-$499) continued Mr. Larry D. Graham Susan Rieken benefactor patron John and Karen Hunt Cynthia & Michael Reinhardt ($5,000 or more) ($500-$999) Dr. Poonam Jain & Patricia Sim Dr. Rajneesh Jain Jennifer Strohl Larry Lexow, Lexow Richard Tognarelli Commerce Bank Judge David Herndon Financial Group Karen K. Trone Illinois Arts Council Martha E. Lo Russo Gerry LeClaire Shirley & Joseph Waide National City Bank Kenn Neher & Dawn Greenwood Jeffrey C. McLellan and Rich & Missy Walker Schwartzkopf Printing Michael and Michele Suwe Dr. Judith F. McLaughlin Brenda Wilson SIUE Alumni Association Vaughn & Sue Vandegrift Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment Carolyn and Robert Winnett Kent and Esther Neely Ronald Winney Dr. Robert and Penny Parish Susan and Larry Yager sponsor friends of arts & issues ($50-$499) ($1,000-$4,999) Sandra Reaves Phillips “The Late, Great Ladies Grant and Darla Andree The Alestle of the Blues & Jazz” Harry C. and Marylyn Armstrong The Bank of Edwardsville Saturday, February 2, 2008 Deborah A. Bozsa and The Cassens Companies Dunham Hall Theater Charles A. Mecum Conrad Press Ltd. Tickets are available at Dr. Susan E. Breck Edward Chase Garvey Th The Dunham Hall Box office Dr. Ivy and Matthew Cooper Memorial Foundation 618/650-2626 Dr. Albert and Donna Crider Hortica or online at Robert and Helen Damon Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. www.artsandissues.com Kim Durr Richards Brick Company Peter Fornof SIUE Credit Union Steve and Julie Hansen Ms. Reaves-Phillips perform- ance is partially un- SIUE Morris University Lynn Heidinger-Brown derwritten by a grant from Center Claudia Herndon the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.