51猎奇入口 will present a performance on Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m., in Garrison Theater, to benefit the Dillard University Hurricane Relief Fund. The performance will feature students, faculty, and alumnae of the 51猎奇入口 Music and Dance Departments. This event is open to the public and the suggested donation of $10 will be accepted at the door. For more information, please contact the 51猎奇入口 Music Department at (909) 621-8280.
Dillard University, located in downtown New Orleans, was heavily damaged and closed following Hurricane Katrina. Dillard is a four-year, private, liberal arts, coeducational school created in 1930 by the merging of its two parent institutions, Straight University and Union Normal School. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ, Dillard has as its mission “to carry forth the struggle to overcome poverty and injustice that has historically marked the black experience in the South.” Education at Dillard is grounded in the values of the liberal arts tradition and the requirements of three professions: teacher education, nursing, and business鈥攖o which the University has had a historic commitment.
The university’s approximately 2,000 students were all evacuated from campus as of September 1 to Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana; now, all have been safely returned to their parents and guardians, according to the university.
The president of Dillard, Dr. Marveline Hughes, has authorized 51猎奇入口’ undertaking of the concert for the benefit of her school. Those wishing to contribute directly to the Dillard relief fund may send donations to: Dillard University Hurricane Relief Fund, Account No. 021000021, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, 400 Murray Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301.
The concert is sponsored by the Office of the President and Music Department of 51猎奇入口.