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Reunions: Arts Festival Alumni Weekend
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Join the Penn State Alumni Association in celebrating the 38th Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™. Arts Festival Alumni Weekend is your opportunity to relive your college years by staying on-campus in the residence halls. This annual event is ideal for the young, old, and all ages in between, who love visual and performing arts. The festival includes the nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition, Children and Youth Day, and theatrical performances. Musical groups will thrill audiences with folk, rock, pop, blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass selections, in addition to dance, ballet, sand sculpting, and Italian street painting.

SCHEDULE (top)

Wednesday, July 7
10:00 a.m–6:00 p.m.	Children & Youth Day Sidewalk Sale Opening day of children’s workshops, children and youth sidewalk sale, arts activities, the Centre Daily Times Grand Procession, an Exygen Research Sand Sculpture at Central Parklet, and the opening of Architect-of-Air’s Luminarium for youth and the young at heart.
2:00–11:00 p.m.	Alumni Weekend Residence Hall Check-in Waring Commons, West Halls
Thursday, July 8
8:00–10:30 a.m.	Breakfast West Halls upper quad, under the large tent
8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.	Alumni Weekend Residence Hall Check-in Waring Commons, West Halls
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.	Opening day of the 38th Annual Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition
1:00–10:00 p.m.	Live musical performances at the Festival Shell stage, Schwab Auditorium, and the Allen Street stage. Featured performers include: One World Tribe, New Zealand's LURK, Wordstock Poetry Slam Finals, and Sadie Green Sales Jugband.
Friday, July 9
8:00–10:30 a.m.	Breakfast West Halls upper quad, under the large tent
8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.	Alumni Weekend Residence Hall Check-in Waring Commons, West Halls
10:00 a.m–8:00 p.m.	Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition and Artists’ Showcase
1:00–10:00 p.m.	Live musical performances at the Festival Shell stage, Schwab Auditorium, and the Allen Street stage. Featured performers include: Entrain, France's Princesses Peluches, The Metropolitan Stompers, and the Phyrst Phamly. Other events include the 5th Italian Street Painting Festival on Hiester Street and Crafts National '38 at Zoller Gallery.
Saturday, July 10
8:00–10:30 a.m.	Breakfast West Halls upper quad, under the large tent
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Alumni Weekend Residence Hall Check-in Waring Commons, West Halls
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.	Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition and Artists’ Showcase
1:00–10:00 p.m.	Live musical performances at the Festival Shell stage, Schwab Auditorium, and the Allen Street stage. Featured performers include: The Persuasions, Cartoon, Callanish, and Dance Band at Borough Plaza. Be sure to visit Images 2004 at the HUB Gallery.
2:00–4:00 p.m.	Alumni Weekend BBQ West Halls upper quad, under the large tent Bring your blanket and your appetite, and enjoy the rich vocal harmonies of Cartoon for its 25th anniversary.
7:30–8:30 p.m.	Free Concert sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association Festival Shell, Old Main Lawn Bring your blanket and listen to the rhythm and soul of The Persuasions—perhaps the single most important a cappella group of our generation. The Persuasions have been performing since the early ’60s, when they worked the street corners of Brooklyn. The Persuasions have been touring and performing solidly for the past 40 years and have sung their way around the world performing with Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler, and Paul Simon. They also have been featured on a Spike Lee PBS special on singing, and are truly the “Godfathers of a cappella.”
Sunday, July 11
8:00–10:30 a.m.	Breakfast West Halls upper quad, under the large tent
12:00–5:00 p.m.	Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition and Artists’ Showcase
1:00–8:00 p.m.	Live musical performances at the Festival Shell stage and the Allen Street stage. Featured performers include: Luminescent Orchestrii, Earthtones, Chris Bell and 100% Blues.

AfterFest
Don’t miss the fourth annual alcohol-free concert event coordinated by the Blue & White Society, the student members of the Alumni Association. The goal of AfterFest is to provide a safe venue for students, alumni, and community members to socialize after Arts Festival. AfterFest will be held on Saturday, July 10, from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. on the HUB Lawn.

For more information visit the Blue & White Society Web site at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/gobw/

Sesquicentennial Kick-off
Penn State’s Sesquicentennial Celebration Kick-off Event will be held in Schwab Auditorium on Thursday, July 8, 2004, at 4:00 p.m.

AstroFest 2004
Stargaze through rooftop telescopes and be amazed by a wide array of astronomy demonstrations, talks, and activities for all ages. Enjoy Planetarium shows, and astronomy quizzes with prizes. Make your own comet activities and see the rainbow demonstrations. AstroFest is free to the public and hosted by the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department. This exciting indoor program will be held each night, rain or shine, Wednesday, July 7, through Saturday, July 10, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., on the fifth floor and roof of Davey Laboratory.

Lift for Life
Come support the Nittany Lions in the battle against kidney cancer at the Lift for Life event on July 8 in Holuba Hall from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. Founded by current Penn State football teammates to bring attention to an underrepresented cause with a personal meaning to current players, Lift for Life is a non-profit organization that aims to help raise money and promote awareness for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney cancer. Lift for Life helped to raise more than $13,000 for kidney cancer last year. For more information, please visit www.psuliftforlife.org.

Tickets to the Lift for Life event on July 8 in Holuba Hall are $10 per person or $25 per family.

REGISTRATION (top)
Registration is now closed.

Refunds for Alumni Weekend events will be given if notification is received prior to Wednesday, June 23, 2004.

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