Bill Duna, music
educator and former presidential appointee
To speak on
“The History of Romani (Gypsies) and Their Music"
Saturday, April 13,
2013
The
Shoreview Einhausen Sister City Association (SESCA) is pleased to announce the
11th annual German dinner featuring a presentation by Bill Duna,
renowned musician, jazz educator and former presidential appointee to the USA Holocaust Museum Council in Washington DC. The event will be held at the Gasthaus
Bavarian Hunter restaurant in Stillwater, MN.
Bill Duna
is of Romani decent (Gypsy) and comes from a family of musicians that have been
playing music for centuries. His family
came to America in the 1890’s from what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Bill indicates his family was well known for
their improvisational skills and revered for their harmonic and melodic musical
structures. This knowledge of his Romani
ancestors has been passed down through his family, thus making him proud to say
he is a direct descendant of the people who helped shape and create the folk
music of Eastern Europe.
He received two five year president appointed
terms (under Reagan and Bush Sr.) on the USA Holocaust Museum Council in
Washington DC. His appointment was to
ensure that the Gypsy music movement was accurately represented. He is passionate that "gypsy" is
not to be confused with the stereotypic carnival gypsy. Mr. Duna will speak on the persecution of the
Romani, their music and their contributions to society.
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013
Place: Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter located at 8390 Lofton Ave N.,
Stillwater, MN
Time: 5:00 pm Social time – cash bar
6:00
pm German-style buffet dinner
7:30
pm Presentation “The History of Romani (Gypsies) and Their Music”
Directions
to the Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter: From
Interstate Hwy 94 go north on Hwy 694 to Hwy 36. Go East on Hwy 36. At Manning Ave go left and then go left at
McKusick Ave. Drive approximately 1/4
miles and take the first left. The
Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter is the third driveway on the right.
Event Registration Form: - Saturday, April 13, 2013
Cost for
this event is $30.00 per person for
adults and $20.00 for high school
students and those under the age of 18.
The dinner and program is open to all. However,
advance registration is required.
Seating is limited so early registration is encouraged.
For more
information contact Roger Hintze at 651-483-4080.
Email
inquiries may be made to sistercity@sesca.org
Deadline for mailing registrations
is April 4, 2013. Please mail a check
payable to “SESCA”.
To: Roger Hintze, Treasurer
Shoreview
Einhausen Sister City Assn.
755
Cottage Place
Shoreview, MN
55126-3817
Please PRINT Name(s)
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$30 / Adult
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$ 20 / Student
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