Duke Ellington Youth Festival
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1995 April 28
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content: Box 24, Folder 17
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: The Program in African American Culture and the Duke Ellington Collection National Museum of American in partnership with the District of Columbia Public Schools and America's Jazz Heritage, a Partnership of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution, featured the creative talents of the students. Teachers challenged students to create projects encompassing themes in literature, art, dance, social studies, foreign languages, drama and music. On Friday, April 28, 1995, the program included an art exhibition opening at the Taylor Gallery, performances at the Flag Hall, and a presentation of awards. The music, poetry readings, dances, and musical skit were performed by students at Balou Senior High School, Calvin Coolidge High School, Alice Deal Junior High School, Douglass Junior High School, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Hart Junior High School, L.G. Hine Junior High School, Kelly Miller Junior High School, Abraham Lincoln Multicultural Middle School, McKinley  Senior High School, School Without Walls, Shaw Junior High School, Spingarn Stay High School, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, and H.D. Woodson Senior High School.

Performances (In Order of Appearance):

Junior High School Band

Salute the Duke, arranger. Paul Yoder: "Take the "A" Train", "Satin Doll." "Flamingo", "Perdido"
Music Director: Edward B. Anderson,

Drama

Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
Music: Shakespearean Suite by Ellington and Strayhorn
Shaw Junior High School
Teacher: Annette Nicholas

Combined String Ensemble

"Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "It Don't Mean a Thing," 
Music Director: Barbara Maxwell

Junior High School Choir

"Duke's Place" (Based on C Jam Blues), "Azure/Daydream," "Bli-Blip" (from Jump for Joy) 
Coordinator: Patricia Braswell

Poetry

"A Tribute to Duke Ellington" 
Hart Junior High School
Shaw Junior High School
Teachers: Annette Nicholas and Ethel Rivers

Dance

Tap Dance:	 I Bakaari Wilder, choreographer

	II Vincent Bingham, choreographer Music: "In a Mellow Tone"
Performed by: The Ballou Soul Tappers: Phillip Atkins (soloist), Erica Bass, Sharon Beech, Vincent Bingham (soloist), Jamara Broome, LaKeisha Grimmes, Delano Lewis, Paul Streeter.
Instructors: Yvonne Edwards and Myrna Sislen
Sponsor: Camille Inez, Washington Performing Arts Society. 

Drama

The Taming of the Shrew, Act II, Scene I by Shakespeare
Music from the Shakespearean Suite by Ellington and Strayhorn
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School 
Teacher: Delois Jones

Dance

The River ("Lake" section)
Danced by Kiana Bailey, Odara Nash, Jaqueta Wilson, Sheri Hill, Tramecee Jeffries, Kevin Goodwine- Duke Ellington School of the Arts
The River ("Vortex" section)
Danced by Dionne Figgins- Wilson High School and Jones-Haywood School of Ballet 
Choreographer: Peter Alex. Romero, Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Musical Skit
"Rappin' Rhapsody in Tribute to the Duke"
Teacher: Darlene Turner; Assistant: Gregory Ware 
Spingarn-Stay High School

Poetry 

Rochelle Harrod, Woodson High School

Senior High School Choir

"Amen" from Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts
Soloist: Alexander Brown, IV, Woodson Senior High
"Portrait of Duke Ellington" arr. John Cacavas
Accompanists: Ernest Mitchell, piano; Joseph Chisholm, guitar; Chip Powell, drums
Music Director: James Curtis Brown

Senior High School Ensemble

"Come Sunday"
Clarinet Ensemble "Standard" 
Music Director: Benjamin Sands

Senior High School Big Band

"Sophisticated Lady"
"Take the "A" Train" (1941 Version)
Music Director: Davey Yarborough


Program number AC0408.94.