For decades, the traditional outdoor concert has ushered in Gala Weekend on campus. Four bands, highlighted by Purdue's Jazz Band and the Alumni Jazz Band, are featured at the informal event, which runs from 5-8 p.m. at Slayter Center. Concert-goers are encouraged to bring picnics and lawn chairs to Slayter's grassy hill.
Admission is free.
We do things that are fun to play. Purdue's future in jazz performance, as well as its past, gets a salute during the evening. Rebecca Hodson, a public relations major from Lafayette, Ind. , landed a position in the Purdue Jazz Band as a freshman. Twenty jazz band alumni, returning to campus for the weekend, get another chance to entertain campus audiences under Trout's direction. In other eras, the jazz band had regular singers, and two of them also will be featured.