Dear SILCers:
Happy New Year and Welcome back.
Hope you all had a wonderful holidays. It is good to see you all back at SILC today.
There are many exciting things in store for SILC in this year.
[1] Our first formal performance by our dance students (adult, youth and children) will be on March 27th in "Global Hotdish Variety Show" at Minnesota History Center.
I have provided an excerpt here, but please visit http://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/programs/globalhotdish/
for more details about the program. This is Minnesota History Museum's first invitation to SILC to participate in "Global Hotdish Variety Show"
Go to to your dance class and practice your dances to get ready for our show.
[2] Our Second SILC News Letter is going to be published in two weeks. If any of you want to share your experiences (first timers or repeaters) or if you have any suggestions on how we can improve the learning and fun experiences at SILC, please provide your contributions to SILC Newsletter Editorial Committee.
Warm Regards
Principal
Siva Jasthi
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Bring the kids! It's A multi-cultural mash-up of music and dance. "The variety of performances was excellent and the show was very family friendly. We would not hesitate to return."
Where can you see Mongolian foot jugglers, a national yo yo master, a Hmong comedian, Austrian alphorn players and wacky chickens? In a whimsical 90-minute, family-friendly variety show, of course! ~Linda K. (minnemom) of Travels with Children
The exciting three-part performance series returns for another captivating good time in 3M Auditorium with multi-cultural and multi-generational artists who are classic and quirky.
It’s a mash-up of music, song, games and dance representing Africa, France, India, Iran, Latin America, Northern Asia, the West Indies, and Minnesota nice thrown in for extra spice.
Come for the pre-show entertainment at 1:30 pm in the History Center rotunda. Be a part of the show as you clap, swing and dance along. Test your wits with the Geo Pop Quiz, and Great State Trivia TidBits, then join the sing-along finale! It’s all part of the Saturday matinee fun…..so let us entertain you!
For tickets call 651-259-3015 or purchase tickets on-line.
- Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
- Location: Minnesota History Center
- Tickets
- MHS Members - $10
- Non-MHS Members - $12
- Children age 6 to 17 - $5
Online Special! Buy tickets to all 3 shows on the same order and receive $1 off Adult and Member Adult tickets!
January 23, 2010
Show Host: T. Mychael Rambo
The House Band: Tres Mundos
Featuring:
- Yo yo tricks with Dazzling Dave
- Persian song poems with Maryam Yusefzadeh and Tim O' Keefe
- Appalachian flatfoot clogging with Bob Walser and family
- Fur trade fashions and a capella harmony with The Sons of the Voyaguer
- Pre-Teen vocal sensation Julius Andrews IV
February 27, 2010
Show Host: Pop Wagner
The House Band: Dan Newton and the Café Accordion Orchestra
Featuring:
- Mongolian foot juggling with Chimgee Haltarhuu and Anwar Hassouni
- Ojibwe flute music with Darren Moose
- Faux French Cooking with Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
- African American step dancing with DelaSouljah Steppers
March 27, 2010
Show Host: Tou Ger XiongThe House Band: Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs
Featuring:
- Wacky Chickens with Lloyd Brandt and Rosie Cole
- Exquisite choreography with the School of India for Languages and Culture
- Austrian Alphorn music with Steve Ecklund, Vicki Wheeler and Becky Jyrkas
- Hmong comedy with Tou Ger Xiong
- Fast taps and high kicks with The Satin Dolls
