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 / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1994 April 22
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content: Box 24, Folder 6
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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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 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. This program included an art exhibit opening and performances by the Senior High School Choir and Band, the Junior High School Choir and Band, the Combined String Orchestra, McKinley/Penn Senior High School, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Department.

Performances (Listed in Order of Appearance)

Senior High School Choir

"The Majesty of God" (from the Third Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington
Music Director: Edward Jackson

Junior High School Choir

"I Like the Sunrise" (from The Liberian Suite), Duke Ellington
"What Color is Virtue?" (from My People), Duke Ellington
"Tell Me It's the Truth" (from the First Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington
Music Coordinator: Patricia Braswell
Accompanists: Anita Jones and James Lewis

Junior High School Band

"Sophisticated Lady Medley," Duke Ellington, arr. John Edmondson
Music Director: Edward B. Anderson

Combined String Orchestra

"I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good," Duke Ellington
"I'm Beginning to See the Light," Duke Ellington
Music Directors: Carolyn Bastian and Barbara Maxwell

Drama

Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
"Star Crossed Lovers" Shakespearean Suite, Duke Ellington/ Billy Strayhorn
McKinley/Penn Senior High School
Instructor: Darlene Turner
Act IV, Scene I from Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpt), William Shakespeare
Shakespearean Suite, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Instructor: Delois Jones

Dance

"Martin Luther King" The Three Black Kings, Duke Ellington
Spoken Excerpts from Martin Luther King's "I've Been to the Mountain Top" and "I Have a Dream Speeches."
Dancers: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Dance Department Second Year Class
Choreographer: Melba Lucas

Senior High School Choir

"Is God a Three Letter Word for Love?" (from the Third Sacred Concert), Duke 
Ellington
Soloist, Tramellia Wright, Woodson Senior High School
"Heritage" ("My Mother, My Father") (from My People), Duke Ellington 
Soloist, Taiwan Norris
"Love You Madly," Duke Ellington
Music Directors: James Curtis Brown and Dianna Robinson

Medley of Duke Ellington Selections 

Senior High School Band
Music Director: Anthony Boyd	

Program number AC408.87.