Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

The SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts & Issues Series

presents

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Friday, November 30, 2007, 8:00 p.m. Meridian Ballroom

Morris University Center

Sponsored by

The Cassens

Companies

EXCITING! FUN! EXHILARATINGT!

THOUGHT-PROVOKING! STIMULATING!

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Tonight we’re happy to bring back Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. This is one group that continues the big band tradition but does it with a cool sound that pulls fans from all age groups-something few bands are able to do.

This evening’s sponsors are The Cassens Companies. The Cassens Companies have supported Arts & Issues for thirteen years and we certainly appreciate their continuing commitment. Thanks to our sponsors, along with the support of our many friends of Arts & Is-sues, this series continues to be a leader in the cultural life of our region.

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Now, let’s enjoy one of the hottest bands on the road to-day-Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Kent Neely Dean

Welcome to another memorable Arts & Issues Series season!

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Time Capsule Burial Ceremony (open to the public) April 16, 2008 at Noon – 1:00 p.m. Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus Be part of this historic event as we bury a time capsule that won’t be opened for fifty years!

Paint the Rock (open to the public) April 16-17, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus For over 30 years, the Rock has been a place for SIUE students to congregate for rallies, meetings, and other gatherings. Join us at Springfest, SIUE 's annual spring celebration. View a pictorial history display of the Rock at Springfest and paint your own piece of the Rock!

50th Anniversary Community Festival (open to the public) April 19, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Stratton Quadrangle, SIUE Campus Join us for an exciting day filled with activities, tours, and demonstrations celebrating SIUE’s broad range of resources.

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Upcoming Anniversary Events at SIUE Local Alumni Art Exhibit and Reception (open to the public) Month of October 2007, Monday - Friday at 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Art Gallery, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus Come and view the work of some of SIUE’s nationally-recognized alumni artists.

Coffee Concert Reunion (open to the public) October 1, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Morris University Center, Madison Room Enjoy this Coffee Concert Reunion featuring Stephen Brown’s “Seven Songs of Delyte” in honor of Delyte W. Morris, an SIUE distinguished founder. Brown is an emeritus professor, SIUE Department of Music.

50th Anniversary Lecture (open to the public) January 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus Speaker: Robert Zemsky, Ph.D. - Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania; founding director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research on Higher Education; chair of The Learning Alliance for Higher Education, an experiment in bringing strategic expertise to uni-versity and college presidents.

Goshen Ocean (open to the public) February 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Goshen Lounge, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus Relive the Goshen Ocean, a popular campus tradition. Beach- and ocean-themed activities will take place in a sand-filled Goshen Lounge!

Town Gown Gala (by invitation only) April 5, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center, SIUE Campus This black-tie celebration will include dinner, live music, and dancing, topped off with a spectacular fireworks display over the SIUE campus.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

In 1989, Scotty Morris, jaded by life as a young studio guitarist, decided to launch a three-piece jazz, blues and swing combo. The trio included drummer Kurt Sodergren and was named Big Bad Voodoo Daddy after a fateful meeting with blues guitar legend Albert Collins at one of his concerts. “He signed my poster: ‘To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy’,” Morris explains. “I thought it was the coolest name I ever heard on one of the coolest musical nights I ever had. So

when it came time to name this band, I didn’t really have a choice. I felt like it was handed down to me.”

In the years that followed, Morris and Sodergren formed the rest of the band which includes Dirk Shumaker on string bass, Andy Rowley on saxophone, Glen “The Kid” Marhevka on trumpet, Karl Hunter on saxo-phones and clarinet, and Joshua Levy on piano. The chemistry between the band, like the success that soon followed, was undeniable.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy kicked off the swing revival in the mid-1990s and gained mainstream popularity with their breakthrough performance in the movie Swingers. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has gone on to become one of the most popular touring bands on the road today. As a twist, the band now collaborates with symphonies in select cities. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has eight albums to their credit and is currently featured in Dis-ney’s Meet the Robinsons and Ratatouille. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s most recent tracks appear on Forever Cool, an album released by Capitol Records this summer to honor Dean Martin. These tracks include origi-nal vocals by Martin.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy now carries on the tradition of the legendary big bands and orchestras by touring non-stop, performing over 100 concerts each year around the world. Like the Glen Miller Orchestra, Benny Goodman, and the Count Basie Big Band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy sells out shows to audiences of all ages in cities as far flung as Honolulu, Ha-waii and St. Petersburg, Florida.

benefactor ($5,000 or more) Commerce Bank Illinois Arts Council National City Bank Schwartzkopf Printing SIUE Alumni Association sponsor ($1,000-$4,999) The Alestle The Bank of Edwardsville The Cassens Companies Conrad Press Ltd. Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation Hortica Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. Richards Brick Company SIUE Credit Union SIUE Morris University Center

patron ($500-$999) Judge David Herndon Martha E. Lo Russo Kenn Neher & Dawn Greenwood Michael and Michele Suwe Vaughn & Sue Vandegrift

friends of arts & issues ($50-$499) Grant and Darla Andree Harry C. and Marylyn Armstrong Deborah A. Bozsa and Charles A. Mecum Dr. Susan E. Breck Dr. Ivy and Matthew Cooper Dr. Albert and Donna Crider Robert and Helen Damon Kim Durr Peter Fornof Steve and Julie Hansen Lynn Heidinger-Brown Claudia Herndon

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING WHOSE GENEROSITY

HELPS MAKE THE ARTS & ISSUES SERIES POSSIBLE

friends of arts & issues ($50-$499) continued John and Karen Hunt Dr. Poonam Jain & Dr. Rajneesh Jain Larry Lexow, Lexow Financial Group Gerry LeClaire Jeffrey C. McLellan and Dr. Judith F. McLaughlin Dick H. Mudge, Jr. Endowment Kent and Esther Neely Dr. Robert and Penny Parish

Dr. Karen Patty-Graham & Mr. Larry D. Graham Susan Rieken Cynthia & Michael Reinhardt Patricia Sim Jennifer Strohl Richard Tognarelli Karen K. Trone Shirley & Joseph Waide Rich & Missy Walker Brenda Wilson Carolyn and Robert Winnett Ronald Winney Susan and Larry Yager

Ms. Reaves-Phillips perform-ance is partially un-derwritten by a grant from

the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Sandra Reaves Phillips “The Late, Great Ladies

of the Blues & Jazz” Saturday, February 2, 2008

Dunham Hall Theater Tickets are available at

Th The Dunham Hall Box office 618/650-2626

or online at www.artsandissues.com