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grAuL CHAir in ArTs AnD LAnguAges PresenTs:
sePTeMber 12–14, 2018
Dayton Funk Symposium & Dance Party
Wednesday September 12The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center Guided Tours The 20 passenger shuttle departs every half hour.9:00 – 11:30 a.m. PICK UP LOCaTIOn Is THe easT sIde OF RayMOnd L. FITZ HaLL
For more information on the museum: https://www.thefunkcenter.org
Tours are free, but donations to the museum are appreciated.
Registration is required. To register for a tour email [email protected] by August 16.
Opening Symposium Panels and Presentations2:30 – 4:30 p.m. seaRs ReCITaL HaLL Jesse PHILIPs HUManITIes CenTeR
Keynote Address: Dayton, Ohio: Toward a Funk Paradigm of Knowledge ProductionTo be delivered by Dr. Scot Brown, Associate Professor of African American Studies at UCLA.
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.seaRs ReCITaL HaLL Jesse PHILIPs HUManITIes CenTeR
THURsday September 13Symposium Panels and Presentations9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.Kennedy UnIOn TORCH LOUnge
Funk Dance PartyFeaturing the male vocal quartet Touch, the Dayton Funk All-Stars Band and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.Kennedy UnIOn BaLLROOM
Admission is free, but tickets are required. Visit the Kennedy Union Box Office or tickets.udayton.edu
FRIday September 14Closing Symposium Panel and Discussion8:30 –10:30 a.m.Kennedy UnIOn TORCH LOUnge
For more informationplease email the Graul Chair in Arts and Languages, Dr. Sharon Gratto at [email protected] or call 937-229-3968.
Symposium funding support provided by the College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean; the Department of Music through a bequest from the George Zimmerman American Music Fund; and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
All events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required for the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center Guided Tours. Tickets are required for the Funk Dance Party.
This symposium will bring together scholars, teachers, students and performing artists to explore and experience the innovative African American Funk music movement that put Dayton, Ohio on the map in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to its identification as the World Capitol of Funk.
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