Duke Ellington Youth Festival, The Spirit of Music
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 / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 2000 April 27
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content: Box 25, Folder 20
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: The Duke Ellington Youth Festival was an evening of performances and presentations in the visual arts by students from the Distinct of Columbia Public Schools as part of the Duke Ellington Youth Program. The Duke Ellington Youth Program was created in 1991 as an educational outreach program aimed at introducing students to the life and work of Duke Ellington using the resources of the Ellington Collection. The program aims to promote knowledge of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of music with consideration to the impact that his culture had on his work.  The curriculum of the program uses Ellington's music to study a variety of disciplines including music, art, English, social studies and foreign language. The Duke Ellington Youth Festival is a presentation of the projects that have been completed over the course of the Duke Ellington Youth Project. 

The participating schools includedwere Alice Deal Junior High School, Anacostia Senior High School, Frank W. Ballou Senior High School, Bell Multicultural Senior High School, Ronald H. Brown Middle School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, Eastern Senior High School, Charles William Eliot Junior High School, Wilson Bruce Evans Middle School, Lemon G. Hine Junior High School, Howard Dilworth Woodson Senior High School, Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, John Hayden Johnson Junior High School, Lucy Ellen Moten Elementary School, School Without Walls Senior High School, Edward Augustus Paul Junior High School, Patricia Robert Harris Educational Center, Stephen Elliot Kramer Middle School, Stuart-Hobson Museum Magnet Middle School, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, and Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. 

Performances (listed in order of appearance) 

Junior High and Middle School Band

"Salute to the Duke," arr. Michael Sweeny
"Satin Doll"
"Mood Indigo" 
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)"
Richard Gill, Music Coordinator

String Ensembles

"I'm Beginning to See the Light" 
Evans Middle School Beginning and Intermediate Strings
Carolyn Bastian, Music Director and Accompanist
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"Take the "A" Train"
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Ensemble 
Eddie Drennon, Music Director

Senior High School Band

"The Mooch," trans. David Berger
"Peanut Vendor," Moises Simons, arranged by Dick Vance

Junior High, Middle School and Elementary School Choir

"Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce"
"Satin Doll" 
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
Patricia Braswell, Music Coordinator

Senior High School Choir

"Come Sunday" from Sacred Concert Number 1, arranged by Attrus Fleming
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart," arranged by Gwendolyn Jennifer
"I'm Beginning to See the Light," arranged by Kirby Shaw
Samuel L. E. Bonds, Music Director

Tap Dance

"Afrique" from Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Jason Staton, Dancer
Duke Ellington School of the Arts 

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir

"One" from A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlisch
"Rock A My Soul," Howard Roberts
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
Samuel L.E. Bonds, Music Director

Program number AC408.112.