This year, the UNL School of Music’s Double Reed Day events will host guest oboist Peter Cooper, Principal oboist, Colorado Symphony Orchestra and guest bassoonist Bob Barris, Professor of Bassoon (retired) from Northwestern University. There will be a recital Friday evening at 7:30 (FREE and open to the public) in Westbrook Recital Hall, Room 119, Westbrook Music Building with Peter Cooper, Bob Barris, Dr. William McMullen and Dr. Jeffrey McCray. Saturday morning will start with masterclasses and continue with two sessions for oboe and bassoon on audition preparation and instrument maintenance. A boxed lunch will be provided for everyone who pre-registers by Friday, February 8. After lunch, the afternoon activities will begin with a masterclass and, after a short session looking at new instruments, tools, and reed making supplies, will conclude with a recital featuring the UNL college students that ends with a reading of double reed ensemble music in which audiences members are encouraged to participate! All Double Reed Day events will take place in Westbrook Music Building on the city campus of UNL. Pre-registration fee is $10 for Saturday’s activities and includes a boxed lunch. The events are open to all students, teachers and parents.

UNL Extension is offering a workshop to assist landowners, tenants and other agri-business professionals with issues related to farmland ownership, management, and leasing arrangements.

The workshop will be held on Febr. 8 at Mohr Auditorium in Scribner and on Febr. 15 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead, Nebraska. The session will be held at the August N. Christenson Research and Education Building at the ARDC.

The workshops are sponsored by UNL Extension, a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Speakers include University specialists and educators, as well as area agricultural lenders and attorneys.

Participants will have the opportunity to raise issues and questions during the opening session which will help guide discussion throughout the workshop.

Topics include: The Status of Land Values; Developing a Fair Lease Arrangement; Determining and Sharing Irrigation Costs; Legalities of Lease Arrangements; and The Impact of Management on Farm Lease Arrangements.
The closing session will include all speakers in an open panel discussion to address remaining questions.

There is no fee for this workshop, but advance registration is requested the Wednesday prior to each workshop. Lunch will be served courtesy of area financial institutions. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. with workshop from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Download the flyer at http://ardc.unl.edu/2008FarmlandLeaseAgreements.pdf.

For more information or to register, contact University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Register for the Scribner session at (402)727-2775, (800)830-4855 or e-mail dvarner1@unl.edu. For the ARDC workshop, call (402)624-8030, (800)529-8030 or e-mail kglewen1@unl.edu .

Alton Dooley, Virginia Museum of Natural History

Enjoy a night of fun rec activities with pizza and a juice box. All activities held at the UNL Campus Rec Center. $16 per child for members. $24 per child for general public and guests.

In 1966, trumperter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis chose New York's Village Vanguard as the site for a Monday night gathering of jazz musicians. More than 40 years later, with its founders long gone, the band now known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra continues to be one of the most innovative big bands in jazz history and a creative outlet for the nation's foremost performers, composers, and arrangers.