Performing Arts Series presents African-American ensemble

Editor's note: This performance has been canceled and will be rescheduled next year. Ticketholders should return their tickets to the box office where they were purchased for a full refund.

3:01 p.m., Jan. 16, 2005--The Princely Players will deliver performances of song and poetry from the earliest sources of African-American music to the civil war and the civil rights movement, as part of UD’s 2004-05 Performing Arts Series, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22, in Mitchell Hall.

With superb voices and exceptional stage presence, the eight-member ensemble offers evocative and stunning programs on the enslavement and liberation of African Americans.

Tickets are $17 for the general public, $12 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students and children. A 15 percent discount is available for group sales of 20 or more tickets per show.

For tickets, call the Hartshorn box office at (302) 831-2204, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.

At noon, Friday, Jan. 21, the Hartshorn box office will stop selling tickets for the performance to allow for the transition to the Mitchell Hall box office. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase in person at the Mitchell Hall box office on the day of the performance beginning one hour before the scheduled start time of the performance.

For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/performingarts], send e-mail to [performingarts@udel.edu] or call (302) 831-8741.

The University of Delaware 2004-05 Performing Arts Series and Family Series are made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware, as well as support by Embassy Suites-Newark/Wilmington South and Arby's.

Article by Martin Mbugua

Editor's note: This article was updated at 3:20 p.m., Jan. 20.

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