THE 3rd泭Annual BB KING DAY SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM:
PRE-DAY BB KING DAY SYMPOSIUM LECTURES
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017
泭11:00 AM - Lecturer, Malika Polk-Lee, Director, BB King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Moderator, Assistant Professor, Estell Simms泭
Hosted by: Department of Business Administration and Department of Mass Communications
Location: Business Education Building - Room - 314
1:00 PM - Lecturer, Bobby Rush, GRAMMY winning Blues Artist
Moderator: Professor Roy Hudson, Ph.D
Hosted by: Department of Fine Arts and Department of English
Location: The Little Theater Upstairs in Fine Arts Building 泭
2:00 PM - Lecturer, Preston Lauterbach, Author of The Chitlin Circuit: Road to Rock n Roll
Moderator: Assistant Professor, Sade Turnipseed, Ph.D
Hosted by: Department of Social Sciences and Department of English
Location: Social Science Building Room 3 / 11 泭
Thursday, September 7, 2017
SOCIAL SCIENCE AUDITORIUM 泭
The Chitlin Circuit Years
9:00 AM泭-泭Welcome, Acknowledgements, and Moment of Silence in Memory of Late Blues Legends Stanley Abernathy and Booker Walker 泭Dr. Paul Schreiber and Dr.泭Alphonso泭Sanders
9:05 AM - Honoring Miss Mary Shepard, Queen of Jook and the Story of Club Ebony, An Historic Chitlin Circuit Stop -泭Robert Terrell, Director of Operations, BB King Museum and Interpretive Center
9:15 AM- The Book The Chitlin Circuit, the Road to Rock and Roll,泭Author Preston Lauterbach with Interviewer Dr. Clark DeaconBluz White
9:40 AM- Who was David Honey Boy Edwards? 泭Michael Frank泭and Special Music Tribute by Ben Payton
10:00 AM- Popular Radio and the Chitlin Circuit 泭Gus Redmond, Theodore Arthur, Jr., and Ruben Hughes with Moderator, Robert Terrell
10:35 AM - Talkinbout the Chitlin Circuit,泭with Mr. Chitlin Circuit, Bobby Rush泭and Club Owner, Teddy Johnson; Road Manager, Frank Scrap Iron Robinson, Jr.; and Musicians, Lil Ray Neal, Big George Brock, Jessie Robinson, and Bill Howl-n-Madd Perry Moderated by Preston Lauderbach
11:20 AM - BB Kings Lucille Performance泭featuring Syl Johnson with Bobby Rush, Lil Ray Neal, and musicians Tony T.C. Coleman (drum), Eric Edwards (piano), and Jimmie Lee, Jr. (bass)
11:30 AM ----- Whats Your Blues Chitlin Circuit Story? Community Talk泭Moderated by Bobby Williamson, Delta Super Talk Radio
12:00 1:00 PM ---- LUNCH BREAK
1:10 PM --- Blues Tribute to BB King by Jesse Robinson and Lil Ray Neal泭with
musicians Tony T.C.Coleman (drums), Eric Edwards (piano), and Jimmie Lee, Jr. (bass)
1:25 PM ---- Beyond the Chitlin Circuit: The Birth of the Chicago Soul Entertainment Scene 泭Gus Redmond,泭Syl Johnson, Willie Henderson, Gene Barge, Jimmi Mayes, and Cash McCall Moderator, Sherrell Holley
2:10 PM --- A Talk with Legendary Women 泭Ms.泭Sue Evans,泭Mrs. Willie Mae Bland, Ms. Dorothy Moore, Lora Walker, Mrs. Shirley Neal, and Vickie Baker Moderator, Teeny Tucker泭泭
2:45 PM ---- Special Tribute by Dorothy Moore泭with Musicians Melvin Hendrex and Sherrill Holly
2:50 PM ---- SANKOFA go back and get it: The Future of African Americans and the Blues -泭An泭Open Q&A Moderated by Charles Mitchell with guest Mickey Rogers, Eddy The Chief Clearwater, Mark Anthony Lee, Tony Coleman, Mike Doster, King Edward, and Walter King. 泭
捧棗喧梗:泭Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana.泭The literal translation of the word and the symbol is it is not taboo to fetch泭what is泭at risk of being left behind.
3:30 PM ---- Closing Remarks Dr. Alphonso泭Sanders泭泭
Art exhibits by泭Brad Anthony Bernard泭founder Blues Roots Artwork,泭Rosalind Wilcox, Art Chair, Coahoma Community College, and the泭MVSU Fine Arts Department
Evening Performances 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM at Club Ebony with special guest泭and a Jus Blues Awards Presentation
PLEASE NO PHOTOGRAPHY OR RECORDING (THE DOCUMENTATION IS SOLELY FOR MVSU ARCHIVE).
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