Samantha Gloria
and
Lance
Brown
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"Sing Them Blues -
from the Roots to the
Fruits"
Monday, Feb. 21, 7
p.m.
Audiovisual Department
"The Blues is the roots, everything else is the
fruits." - Willie Dixon.
This
concert by Samantha Gloria and Lance Brown is a journey into
the history of The Blues and its influence on the popular music of
our day. It is a collaboration rooted in love and respect for the
music and musicians who have given us some great songs over the
years and shown how this music knows no boundaries of race,
class or ethnicity. They play, sing and narrate the history of The
Blues starting with the old Negro spirituals and field hollers,
moving on into the Delta Blues, W. C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Billy
Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.The Blues is rooted in the most
fundamental experiences of life that are common to all people - joy,
despair, struggle and liberation. It has survived while various
musical fads have come and gone because The Blues is simple and
honest. The Blues touches us all.
Samantha Gloria
(Vocals and Percussion)
Samantha Gloria has a long and colorful history of singing Jazz
and Blues. A veteran of over 25 years on the Chicago music scene,
she has traveled throughout the United States and Europe bringing
her unique interpretation of this great music to people of all walks
of life. Equally comfortable in a classroom full of school children
as she is in a night club full of Jazz lovers, Samantha delivers
every song with the heart and passion the original creators
intended.
Lance Brown
(Acoustic, Resonator and
Electric Guitar) Lance Brown has over 25 years of experience as
an actor, musician and entertainer. His nationally recognized
one-man show "A Tribute to Will Rogers" has received rave reviews
throughout the country. He has been a blues/jazz musician and
singer/songwriter all of his adult life and brings his special brand
of singing, playing and humor to the mix. "Keeping it real is a
full-time job," he says. Samantha and Lance love this music and hope
you will too.
Lance Brown accepts
inquiries by calling 312-943-8381 or by e-mail at misterbrown@willrogers.net
Audiovisual Survey
In our January e-letter, we
discussed our MP3 collection. We
are entertaining the idea of adding downloadable
audio to our AV collection. We are conducting a
survey of patrons’ audiobook usage
while exploring the interest in this type of media. By
using this technology, patrons could download audiobooks to their
PC/laptops or transfer them to over 500 portable devices.We are
interested in the types of audiobooks to which people
currently listen. If you are an audiobook user, please take the
time to answer this survey. It is
not too late to complete it. There are
printed copies of the survey available in the Audiovisual
Department. Also, look for the survey on the STDL website
– www.stdl.org asking about patrons’ audiobook
usage. The results will be very helpful in planning future
purchases. Patrons who fill out the survey and include their name
and library card number will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift
certificate. This drawing will be held on Feb.
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February
Programming
The Celebration of Black History
Month
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson
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Americans have
recognized Black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro
History Week" and later as "Black History Month." Black history
had barely begun to be studied or even documented when the tradition
originated. Although African-Americans have been in the
United States as far back as colonial times, it was not until the
20th century that they gained a respectable presence in the history
books.
We owe the celebration of "Black History Month," and
more importantly, the study of African-American history,
to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents who were former
slaves, he spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines
and enrolled in high school at age 20. He graduated within two years
and later went on to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard.
Woodson chose
the second week of February for "Negro History Week" because it
marks the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced
the African-American population: Frederick Douglass and Abraham
Lincoln. However, February has much more than Douglass and Lincoln
to show for its significance in African-American
history.
For a list of notable
African-Americans, go to the following website:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html
Wednesday Night at 7
p.m
and
Thursday Afternoon at 2 p.m
Movies in the AV
Department
Every week the
Audiovisual Department presents recently acquired feature
films. The following feature films will be shown on
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
February 2
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
February
9 Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets
February 16 Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban
February 23 Two
Brothers
The following feature films will be shown on
Thursdays at 2 p.m.
February
3 Bourne Identity
February
10 Bourne Supremacy
February 17
Wicker Park
February 24
De-Lovely
 "Midwest
Ballroom"
WDCB is a non-commercial,
educational radio station broadcasting continuously to northeastern
Illinois. The station is known for its diverse music programming:
lots of jazz, folk, reggae, world, classical and my favorite,
Midwest Ballroom, hosted by John Russell Ghrist,
which has aired for four years. It is heard Saturdays at 5 p.m. over
WDCB 90.9 FM public radio and features Chicago area big bands,
performers and vocalists. Listeners may contact the show at P.
O. Box 1073, Dundee, IL 60118 or by e-mail at midwestballroom@yahoo.com. The station is owned by
the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL and can be heard all over
Chicago and the suburbs, as well as worldwide on the Internet by
going to http://www.cod.edu/wdcb/wdcb_online.htm.
Midwest Ballroom
Programs for February
Feb. 5 - Joan
Hammel
Waukegan area singer Joan Hammel
discusses her new pop album "joanland." The CD contains 11 original
tunes that she has written. Joan recently returned from Cuba on a
USO Tour and was nominated for the Chicago Music Awards. She
is best known to Midwest Ballroom listeners for her "America" tune
that was written about 9-11.
Feb. 12 -
Fourth Anniversary Radio Program
Midwest Ballroom is
four years old this month. Highlights of last year's shows will
be featured.
Feb. 19 - The
Love Poets of Music - Jay Q. Wells, Art Hellyer and Franklyn
MacCormack.
This is a late
program for Valentine's Day which features poetic readings by former
radio hosts Jay Q. Wells, Art Hellyer and Franklyn MacCormack. The
local big bands will also play a variety of love songs.
Feb. 26 -
Bobby Layne Orchestra.
The Bobby Layne
Orchestra from Lincoln, Nebraska has released two new albums, "You
Belong to My Heart" and "Dance That Old Fashioned Way." The band's
singer is Trudy Du
May. Other area orchestras will also play recent pop tunes
played in ballroom style.
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