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: 1998 April 24
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content: Box 25, Folder 12
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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. On Friday, April 24, 1998, the program included an art exhibition opening and viewing in the Information Age Auditorium and Photo Gallery; poetry and music performances in the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; and performances in the University Auditorium on the Van Ness Campus, University of the District of Columbia. The Honorary Festival Chair was Cora Masters Berry. The opening greetings were given by Niani Kilkenny, and the welcome was given by Harold A. Closter. The Mistress of Ceremonies was Luvenia A. George. 

The participating schools were Alice Deal Junior High School, Ballou Senior High School, Bell Multicultural Senior High School, Coolidge Senior High School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Dunbar Senior High School, Eastern Senior High School, Evans Middle School, Fillmore Arts Center/Hardy Middle School, Fletcher-Johnson EC, H. D. Woodson Senior High School, Hart Middle School, Johnson Junior High School, L.G. Hine Junior High School, Patricia R. Harris EC, Roper Middle School, Rudolph ES, School Without Walls Senior High School, Stuart-Hobson Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. 

Performances (listed in order of appearance)

Senior High School Choir

"Drop Me Off in Harlem" 
"Mood Indigo"
"Caravan"
Music Director: Samuel L.E. Bonds

Junior High and Middle School Choir

"Duke's Place" (C Jam Blues)
"Come Sunday" (from First Sacred Concert)
"Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce"
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be," Mercer Ellington
Music Coordinator: Patricia Braswell

Senior Adult Jitterbug Contest

Coordinator: Kelly-Marie Berry,
Facilitator: Nap Turner

Dance

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)
Stuart-Hobson Middle School 
"Perdido"
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Alumni
Choreographer: Deidre Neal

String Ensemble

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
Music Director: Carolyn Bastian

Junior High/Middle School Band

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

Senior High School Jazz Band

"Old King Dooji"
"Half the Fun" (from Shakespearean Suite) 
Music Director: Davey Yarborough
 
Program number AC408.105.