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: 1993 April
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content: Box 22, Folder 10
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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. 

Performances (Listed 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

Junior High School String Ensemble
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Duke Ellington 
Music Directors: Carolyn Bastian and Barbara Maxwell

Junior High School Choir 
"Come Sunday" (from Black, Brown and Beige), Duke Ellington
"David Danced" (from the First Sacred Concert), Duke Ellington
"Ain't But the One" (from My People), Duke Ellington 
Music Directors: Patricia Braswell and Jewel Jenkins
Accompanists: Anita Jones and James Lewis

Rap Performance
"Once Upon A Time," Yusef Trowell, Dunbar High School

Drama
Act I, Scene II from The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Calibran: Woodrow Wilson tenth grade ladies
Prospero: Woodrow Wilson tenth grade gentleman
"Such Sweet Tnunder" Shakespearean Suite, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
Instructor: Delois Jones
Director: Douglas Johnson

Dance
The Nutcracker Suite, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn 
"The Volga Vouty" (Russian Dance)
"Sugar Rum Cherry" (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
"Entr'acte"
Dancers: Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Choreography: Melba Lucas

Senior High School Band
Duke Ellington Medley
"Satin Doll" 
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Caravan" 
"Sophisticated Lady"
Music Director: Anthony L. Boyd

Senior High School Choir
"The Lord's Prayer" from the Third Sacred Concert, Duke Ellington
"Will You Be There?" from the First Sacred Concert, Duke Ellington
"I'm Beginning to See the Light," arr. Joyce Garrett, Duke Ellington
"Jump for Joy" from Jump for Joy, arr. Evelyn Curenton, Duke Ellington
Music Director: Joyce Garrett
Accompanists: Eveylyn Curenton and Kenneth King 

Program number AC408.80.