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IU supports Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
Sept. 18, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University again will have a noticeable presence at the seventh annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, with support for its kick-off concert, the third annual Festival Latino, campus workshops and educational outreach through the Lotus Family Day.
The Lotus Festival will begin Wednesday (Sept. 20) and conclude Sunday (Sept. 24). A new campus event this year will be the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival on Thursday (Sept. 21).
IU Union Board Concerts will kick off the Lotus Festival on Wednesday with sponsorship of a concert featuring Putomayo Recording artists Chico Cesar of Brazil and Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits of Zimbabwe. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5 per person.
A new event will be the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival at IU's Collins Living Learning Center, 541 N. Woodlawn Ave. The New York-based group, Music From China, will perform an evening of music and dances. Traditional mooncakes and tea will be served after the program. The program, from 7 to 9 p.m., is sponsored by the IU Asian Culture Center and the IU Office of International Programs. It is free and open to the public.
The third annual Festival Latino, an outdoor concert and celebration of Latino culture, will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at IU's Dunn Meadow. It is free and open to the public. This year's concert will feature the groups Plena Libre from Puerto Rico and Los de Abajo from Mexico, as well as local performers. Latino student groups will provide food and refreshments.
Festival Latino is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Student Development and Diversity, La Casa (the Latino Cultural Center), IU Bloomington, the IU Office of Multicultural Affairs and the IU Office of International Programs.
Also on Saturday is Lotus Family Day, which will feature performances by French Canadian trio Matapat and the Senegal-America Project (percussion). The free event also includes activities for children and families including calligraphy, weaving and instrument-making. It will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. IU support for the event comes from the Center for the Study of Global Change, the West European Studies Center, and other IU area studies centers.
The IU Ethnomusicology Students Association again will co-sponsor a series of free workshops that are open to the public:
• Japanese Music with Yoko Hiraoka, Friday, 4 p.m., Monroe County Public Library Auditorium
• Drumming with the Senegal-America Project, Saturday, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Tree of Life Tent on Kirkwood Avenue (in front of Monroe County Bank)
• Sami Culture with Wimme (of Finland), Saturday, 1:15-2 p.m., Monroe County Public Library Auditorium (also sponsored by The Inner Asian Uralic National Resource Center)
• Senegalese Rhythm Poetry with the Gokh-Bi System, Saturday, 10:45-11:30 a.m., Tree of Life Tent on Kirkwood Avenue.
For further information on the Lotus Festival and IU's combined activities, visit the festival's Web site at http://www.lotusfest.org or contact Shawn Reynolds, director of IU's International Resource Center, at 812-856-5861 or shreynol@indiana.edu