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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";color:black'>Thursday, September 24, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";color:black'>OGAMAS BRANDON ABORIGINAL
LITERARY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";color:black'>FESTIVAL SET FOR OCTOBER
15-17, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";color:black'>BRANDON, MB </span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>–
Brandon University is delighted to announce the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>second bi-annual OGAMAS
Aboriginal Literary Festival, to take place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>at Brandon University on the
weekend of </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial,Bold","sans-serif";
color:black'>October 15-17, 2009</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Festival will again feature
readings, performances and panel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>discussions by many of Canada’s
best Aboriginal authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Opening Night Ceremonies take
place in the Lorne Watson Hall at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening
with local Aboriginal music and dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>entertainment. Also included with
be the much anticipated poetry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>reading and dialogue, </span><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial,Italic","sans-serif";color:black'>Native
Erotica</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>, featuring the irrepressible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott,
Drew Hayden Taylor, Sharron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Proulx-Turner and Richard Van
Camp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Friday and Saturday will have
readings and dialogues by Canada’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>most prestigious Aboriginal
authors. On Saturday evening, the Social<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and Gala Reading with the </span><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial,Italic","sans-serif";color:black'>Billy
Joe Green Band </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>will be held in the BU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dining Room, beginning at 9:00
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Admission to all events at the
Festival will be free, except the Social<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and Gala Reading on Saturday
evening. Admission to this event will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>be $10. Tickets will be available
at the BU Campus Bookstore, the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Marquis Project, Ten Thousand
Villages and Pennywise Books, or at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>With a third of the student
population being Aboriginal, Brandon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>University has strong Aboriginal
programs in Native Studies, Visual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Arts, Education, Counselling, and
teacher training. BU is proud to be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>the home of Canada’s
premiere national Aboriginal Literary Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Those who wish to volunteer at
the Festival, are asked to contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Roberta McKinnon at: </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>bluestarr_8@hotmail.com</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information on the
OGAMAS Aboriginal Literary Festival,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>please visit: </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.ogamas.ca</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-30-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information, or to
arrange interviews, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Brandon University Faculty of
Arts Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>P: (204) 727-9790<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="mailto:mahoney@brandonu.ca">mahoney@brandonu.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>_______________________________________________________________</span><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>OGAMAS Brandon Aboriginal Literary
Festival:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>What We Gather For Each Other </span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>October
15-17, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Brandon University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>OGAMAS Festival Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>All events including refreshment
breaks and receptions are free for everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>attending the Festival, except the
Saturday evening Gala Reading and Blues Social,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>which has an admission fee of $10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Thursday Evening Opening Night 7:30
pm LORNE WATSON HALL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dignitaries, Opening Ceremonies:
Elders and Drummers, Local Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Readings and Dialogue: <i>Native
Erotica<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott, Drew
Hayden Taylor, Sharron Proulx-Turner, Richard Van Camp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Reception and Opening of Colleen
Cutschall Photo Exhibition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>in Tommy McLeod Gallery in the BU
Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>FridayMorning 9-10:20 EVANS THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Dialogue: <i>Writing for Children and
Young Adults<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Jordan Wheeler (chair), Beatrice
Culleton Mosionier, Michael Kusugak, Jennifer Storm,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Drew Hayden Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Refreshments Break 10:20-10:40 pm
Hall in front of Evans Theatre (Free)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Friday Morning 10:40-12:00 pm EVANS
THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Literary Readings: <i>Poetically
Speaking<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott,
Maeengan Linklater, Rosanna Deerchild, Duncan Mercredi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>LUNCH BREAK (on your own) 12:00-1:30
pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Friday Afternoon 1:30-2:50 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Dialogue: <i>What is Aboriginal
Literature?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Paul DePasquale (chair), Louise Halfe,
Emma LaRocque, Robert Arthur Alexie, Maeengan Linklater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Refreshments Break 2:50-3:10 pm Hall
in front of Evans Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Friday Afternoon 3:10-4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Literary Readings: <i>Imagining Other
Worlds<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Jordan Wheeler, Jennifer Storm,
Michael Kusugak, Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, Warren Cariou<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Friday afternoon 4:45-5:45 GATHERING
SPACE, BU LIBRARY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Reception and Launch of <i>Canadian
Journal of Native Studies: What We Do, What We Are: Responsible,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Ethical , and Indigenous-Centred
Literary Criticism of Indigenous Literatures, </span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>guest ed.
Niigonwedom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>James Sinclair and Renate Eigenbrod,
with tribute to Sam Corrigan and his BU legacy; and <i>KeTayeyak:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Ochapowace First Nation Elders’
Stories, </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:blue'>ed. Erroll Kinistino et al<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Friday evening 7:30 pm LORNE WATSON
HALL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dignitaries and Local Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Literary Readings: Marilyn Dumont,
Joseph Boyden, Louise Halfe, Basil Johnston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Reception in front of the Lorne
Watson Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Saturday Morning 9:00-10:20 pm EVANS
THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Dialogue: <i>The Past in the Present<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Warren Cariou (chair), Basil
Johnston, Neal McLeod, Marilyn Dumont, Joseph Boyden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Refreshments Break 10:20-10:40 pm
Hall in front of the Evans Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Saturday Morning 10:40-12:00 pm
EVANS THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Literary Readings: <i>From East and
South and West and North<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Paul DePasquale (chair), Emma
Beltran, Neal McLeod, Robert Arthur Alexie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>LUNCH BREAK (on your own) 12:00-1:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Saturday Afternoon 1:30- 2:50 pm
EVANS THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Dialogue: <i>The Dream of Poetry<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Connie Fife (chair), Duncan Mercredi,
Rosanna Deerchild, Emma Beltran, Randy Lundy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Taqralik Partridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Refreshments Break 2:50-3:10 pm Hall
in front of the Evans Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Saturday Afternoon 3:10-4:30 pm
EVANS THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Literary Readings: <i>Across Genres<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Emma LaRocque, Randy Lundy, Sharron
Proulx-Turner, Richard Van Camp, Connie Fife<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Closing Ceremonies: OGAMAS
Committee, Elder and Drummers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>DINNER and after dinner performance
6:00-8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>for the guest authors and performers
and Festival volunteers (by invitation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Salvadorean dancers; </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Taqralik
Partridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>SOCIAL and GALA READING 9:00 pm –
1:00 am BU DINING ROOM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>This is the only ticketed event:
$10. per person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Each writer will read 2-3 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Music by the Billy Joe Green Band,
opening with Percy Tuesday, with dancing, a bar,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>and midnight buffet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>***********************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The Lorne Watson Hall is located in
the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The Evans Theatre is located in the
Richardson Building, next to the BU Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The BU Dining Room is located just
south of the Richardson Building, in the McMaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Hall Complex.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Meals available in the BU Cafeteria
(Dining Room) or in nearby restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>All events including refreshment
breaks and receptions are free, except the Saturday evening<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Social and Gala Reading: admission
fee of $10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Tickets for the Social are available
in advance from the BU Campus Bookstore, Pennywise Books,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Ten Thousand Villages, The Marquis
Project, or at the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:black'>For more information, please call Lorraine Mayer (204) 727-9713</span><span
lang=EN-CA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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