World Languages Day 2008 General Schedule and Locations
April 22, 2008
General Schedule
Schools Arrive
8:30am |
Main Entrance, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street |
Welcome Program
8:45am - 9:05am |
Great Hall, Fourth Floor of Memorial Union |
First Time Period
9:20am - 10:00am |
Memorial Union, Pyle Center |
Second Time Period
10:15am - 10:55am |
Memorial Union, Pyle Center |
LUNCH
11:00am - 11:30am |
Great Hall, Reception Room, Tripp Commons |
Third Time Period
11:40am - 12:20pm |
Memorial Union, Pyle Center |
Fourth Time Period
12:35pm - 1:15pm |
Memorial Union, Pyle Center |
Closing Concert
1:30pm - 2:00pm |
Southeast Asian Dance and Music:
Javanese Warriors Meet the Worlds of Gods and Ogres (Part 1)
Spoken Word and Dance: Expression Through the Kaen, the Hmong
Musical Instrument (Part 2)
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Schools Depart
2:00pm |
Main Entrance, Memorial Union |
Locations
The World Languages Day Information Desk will be located on the second floor of Memorial Union, across from the Main Lounge in the Annex. If you have questions or need assistance at anytime during World Languages Day, please stop by. Volunteers will be on hand throughout facilities for help.
Directions to the Wisconsin Memorial Union
Download Memorial Union Map (PDF)
The entire World Languages program occurs on Langdon Street at the following locations:
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Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street Map
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Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street Map
Closing Concert
We are pleased to announce our closing concert of Southeast Asian Dance and Music, featuring students of Peggy Choy and Yang Thai Vang. Ms. Choy's Javanese Dance Students will demonstrate the different Javanese dance styles of the warrior-prince, the ogre and the god in "Javanese Warriors Meet the Worlds of Gods and Ogres." Yang Thai Vang's Students will dance and play the most important Hmong musical instrument, the kaen, in "Spoken Word and Dance: Expression Through the Kaen, the Hmong Musical Instrument."
Peggy Choy (Dance program; Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UW-Madison) brings to life the characters one meets in Javanese dance-dramas such as the Ramayana epic. She lived and studied dance and music in Java for over five years, and has taught dance-theater to high school and college students for over 30 years.
Yang Thai Vang is the teacher and director of Hmoob Tawg Qeej, the performance group sponsored by KajSiab House in Madison. Yang Thai has been a shaman (Hmoob healer) since he was 2 years old, earning him the status as the "youngest shaman" in this country. He travels throughout the United States to help Hmong communities nationwide. He is currently a Junior majoring in Anthropology at the UW-Madison.
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