----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nancy B. & John F. Hultquist 
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:16 PM
Subject: Perhaps something more for anyone coming in on Friday ?

I don't know that it warrants putting on the web page but then again  . 
. . perhaps..  washingtongeographers.org

I do know those who are coming for the 1:00 / 2:00 Wind Farm Tour and I 
can send this to them ! The 1:00 is for
our GTU ceremony and sandwiches.  I invited all who were coming to the 
Wind Farm Tour to join us at 1:00,  if possible.

We were also thinking (Chip and I and Gina) of having an 
after-the-Wind-Farm-Tour Social and inviting some of our REM (graduate) 
students to The TAV-- not sure when we will start this, but perhaps at 
5:00 or 5:30 p.m.   Friday night their specialty
is prime rib.   Bob Kuhlken is planning to come on the Wind Farm trip, 
as is my hubby John, but Gina cannot make it 
because of a class.  

THEN .. this announcement just came in.. and might be of interest for a 
few folks.  Even if someone is going to the
Wine Odyssey (and I'm not aware anyone is), then there would still be 
time for this, even if you do the wine odyssey.  
The price is not bad.  A visit to the new music building to enjoy the 
acoustics of the Concert hall is worth it.

Nancy King and Steve Christofferson combine with CWU Jazz Groups

The extraordinary jazz vocalist Nancy King and her equally talented 
pianist, Steve Christofferson, will appear with the CWU Vocal Jazz I and 
Jazz Band I on May 16th, 8pm, at the CWU Music Building. A singer that 
The Oregonian says has “ the instincts of a true jazz improviser”; Nancy 
King is considered by many to be one of the few great jazz singers still 
alive. Karrin Allyson, who recently headlined at the Seasons Performance 
Hall in Yakima, calls her “one of the best singers that ever walked the 
planet.” The great bassist Ray Brown featured her on his 1998 CD “Some 
of My Best Friends Are Singers” followed by a European tour in ’99.

Nancy has worked steadily with pianist Steve Christofferson since 1978, 
appearing in venues as diverse as festivals in Bulgaria, France, Canada 
and throughout the United States. The Canadian Broadcast Corporation 
(CBC) commissioned a number of recordings of the duo which were compiled 
in a 2000 release on Stellar Records titled “Dream Lands” which has 
received extensive airplay, including a feature on the Jazz Riffs 
Sampler played on NPR stations throughout the US. The sequel to this 
successful album was released in 2002 followed by a multi-date tour to 
Israel, which included performances with a 45-piece orchestra. This year 
Steve and Nancy have continued their busy schedule with performances in 
Australia, New York and California.

The CWU Jazz Studies Area is proud to present these fine performers on a 
concert which will showcase the duo, followed by combinations of Steve 
and Nancy with the Vocal Jazz I, directed by Vijay Singh, and the Jazz 
Band I, directed by Chris Bruya. “We have been trying for a number of 
years to get these guys up here for an event. Finally our schedules 
lined up and we are ecstatic about the opportunities to perform with and 
present these musicians to the community,” says Bruya. In addition, King 
and Christofferson will present clinics at Ellensburg High School (7am, 
May 15) and Central Washington University (1pm, May 16), which are open 
to all. Support by the Jazz In The Valley Education Fund and the CWU 
Jazz Fund makes the duo’s visit possible.

Tickets for the concert will be sold at the door, $5 general admission, 
$3 students and seniors. The concert will start at 8pm in order to 
accommodate other events in the Music Department on May 16th.

For more information contact Chris Bruya, CWU Director of Jazz Studies, 
509-963-1426 or bruyac@cwu.edu

Nancy King’s website www.nancykingjazz.com/

Chris Bruya
Director of Jazz Studies
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-1426

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Nancy Hultquist
Geography 
CWU