FESTIBA - Saturday, March 29, 2008
COMMUNITY DAY
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Viva el Bajo! South Texas Double Bass Masterclass, Student Union |
|
Featuring the world renowned double bassist Jeff Bradedetich, double bass professor at the University of North Texas. The two-day event will include solo and orchestral master classes, private lessons for selected students, a solo competition, a workshop for school teachers, performance by the Pan American Double Bass Ensemble and a solo recital by guest artist Jeff Bradetich). This session is directed to Middle and High School double bass players and orchestra teachers. |
|
| 08:00 a.m. - 03:00 p.m. | College of Education Second Annual Kappa Delta Pi New Teacher Conference, College of Education Auditorium |
| 10:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. | Mariachi Competition (Fine Arts Auditorium) |
| 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | "The 1915 Plan de San Diego: Border Violence and Cultural Understanding in South Texas" S. Hernandez, C. Waite (Museum of South Texas History) |
| 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | "Nuevas Voces-The Journal of Young Adult Literary Arts" (Student Union Theater) |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Demonstrations on Stage Combat Fighting, T. Mikolasky Stage combat: you'll roll, you'll fall, you will learn to slap yourself silly! AKA how to succeed in fighting without really trying. and Face Painting, S. Hawks, Make up artists from the UTPA Theatre will transform you! Quad |
| 12:00 - 03:30 p.m. | Cooking Tent, QUAD |
| 12:00 - 06:30 p.m. | UTPA Student Organizations - Food Booths on the QUAD MINI-COLLAGE: SMALL ART WITH BIG MESSAGE The demonstration/workshop is for anyone who wants to give the art they have hidden inside a face via the mini-collage. They also get the opportunity to just be creative while everyone else is merely an audience. This is the place to hide and get away within yourself. OR...the spot to drop off the kids while you go do something else. |
| 12:00 - 06:00 p.m. | RIF Tent with CAS Computer Lab for children |
| 12:00 - 06:00 p.m. | Book Fair Tent with Local Authors signing, and Book Exchange |
| 12:00 - 06:00 p.m. | Scholastic Books Tent with "Maya & Miguel" |
| 12:00 - 06:00 p.m. | Story Telling Tent on the QUAD: Texas Book Festival Authors "Tell and Draw" "Corrido Writing Contest" "Mark Twain" (Bill Strong) |
| 12:00 - 06:30 p.m. | Continuous Performances in Library Media Theater and Student Union Theater and Quad Stage |
| 01:00 - 02:30 p.m. | PhotoExibit and Lecture "Journey to Fight Human Trafficking" (Student Union Theater) The French non-governmental agency Groupe Developpement commissioned McLemore in December 2007 to document THE JESSORE ROAD PROJECT—images that reveal the evidence of human trafficking between India and Bangladesh. This exhibit is a photographic documentation of the human movement and commercial traffic along an international corridor that reveals villagers, their landscapes and market places--emporiums of goods and services, and bazaars of humanity. |
| 01:00 - 03:00 p.m. | Community Poetry Reading, Student Union |
| 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. | Gallery Magazine Poetry Reading, Student Union |
| 03:00 - 05:00 p.m. | "The Last Conquistador" Documentary Film (Student Union Theater) |
| 04:00 p.m. | "Rumbo al' Anacua" - Joe and Rose Perez, |
| 05:00 - 06:30 p.m. | "Grupo Duelo"- QUAD Stage |
| 06:30 p.m. | Viva el Bajo! South Texas Double Bass Masterclass, FIAC 103 - Recital Hall Featuring Jeff Bradetich |
| 07:30 - 10:00 p.m. | Mariachi Sol de Mexico Concert - Fine Arts Auditorium (Admission Fee) The Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez will be presented in concert on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30pm and will also feature the UTPA Mariachi, and the UTPA Mariachi Femenil. Admission fee is $20.00. Call 956-381-3471 for more information. |
| Sunday there will a performance of |
Mark Twain at 2pm in the Jeffer’s Theatre Viva el Bajo: at 4pm in the Recital Hall: featuring the Master Class participants and the UTPA Brass ensemble. |
