Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

Darlin’ sounds

Those Darlins is a three-piece from Murfreesboro who play traditional country music with a rock 'n' roll attitude. Members include Southern Girls Rock & Roll Camp founder Kelley Anderson on bass, camp volunteer Nikki Kvarnes on ukelele, and Jessi Wariner, a veteran camper who has attended four summers of SGRRC and will be returning this year as a volunteer, on guitar. Their live show features all three girls on vocals, clogging as a percussive element, and tons of energy. Influences include The Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams, Sr. Those Darlins is slated to lend its collective musical wisdom to the Southern Girls Rock & Roll Camp July 16-21 at MTSU. Girls ages 10-17 will benefit from the tutelage of experienced musicians and have fun exploring their own creativity.

Contact the camp office at 615-849-8140.
sgrrc05@gmail.com

Grissom and Willows, call your office.

For the first time, MTSU is introducing the CSI experience on campus. “CSI: MTSU” is a three-day program designed for eighth-grade students in Rutherford County and its surrounding area. The goals of “CSI: MTSU” are to allow students to explore the many unique career possibilities in forensic science, to provide a “real life reason to tackle higher level math and science courses, and to develop skills in team work, seeing and understanding details, critical thinking, and presentations. The camp is co-sponsored by the Forensic Institute for Research and Education (FIRE) and MTSU’s College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning. Due to space considerations, we are limited to 30 student investigators. Meals are included.

To register or for more information, contact Eve Shockley at 615-898-2462.
eshockle@mtsu.edu

Freedom under contract

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area (TCWNHA) and the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County have been named as recipients of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History’s Leadership in its History Awards program category. Representatives from the Tennessee-based organizations partnered to create the award-winning publication “Freedom and Work in the Reconstruction Era: The Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts of Williamson County, Tennessee.” Antoinette G. van Zelm, historian for the TCWNHA, says, “’Freedom and Work in the Reconstruction Era’ is an invaluable collection of the very first labor contracts signed by former slaves as they made the transition to becoming free workers after the Civil War. The contracts bring to life the experiences of African Americans in the days following a war of unimaginable bloodshed and unparalleled social upheaval.”

For more information, contact Laura Holder at 615-898-2947.
lholder@mtsu.edu

TR EXTRA

THE GRIDIRON GIRLS, WHOSE THEME SONG IS “THANK YOU FOR BEING AN END”--MTSU Head Football Coach Rick Stockstill and the MTSU football staff invite you to join them for the 2007 Ladies Football Clinic on Saturday, July 14 in Murphy Center. The clinic, which will feature seminars on strategy, equipment, training and rules, will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with registration slated to start at 8 a.m. Ladies will be encouraged to take part in coaches’ drills and demonstrations. The goal is to provide a fun learning experience. Participants will receive commemorative T-shirts and lunch will be provided. The cost of the clinic is $25 dollars. For more information, contact Danny Lewis at 615-898-2311.

ROCK, ROLL, AND RECORD—It’s that time again! Registration runs through July 13 for the latest recording workshop for children ages 12-17 at MTSU. The workshop will be conducted by MTSU student Ryan York in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building July 19-Aug. 12. For a fee of $125 per student, York will introduce the youngsters to cassette-four-track recording, digital eight-track, computer recording and electronic music. The workshop is sponsored by the Youth Culture and Arts Center, a project of Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities, a nonprofit organization. For more information, or to enroll, contact York at bororecording@gmail.com.

CREATIVE KIDS--Generation for Creation (GFC), a nonprofit visual and performing arts program founded in 2001, is based in Murfreesboro and housed in the local Boys and Girls Club facility. GFC’s founder, Monica Johnson, is a 1996 MTSU graduate with a B.S. in psychology and minors in speech and theatre and biology. Johnson says she created GFC to help talented children reach their artistic dreams with encouragement and positive motivation. GFC’s annual Children’s Benefit Talent Show, featuring children in the categories of art, dance, drama, music and modeling, will get underway at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at MTSU’s Tucker Theatre. Miss USA 2000, Columbia native Lynette Cole, will host the event. Tickets are $10 each with discounts available for groups. For more information, call GFC at 615-890-7116. To request interviews with Johnson or with child participants, contact Lisa L. Rollins in the Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-2919.