Robertson Scholars makes second visit to Delta State

CLEVELAND - The Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University, is again hosting Robertson Scholars from Duke and the University of North Carolina this summer. The Scholars will live in the Delta for two months and work with various Delta charities and non-profits.  They also participated in heritage tours of the Delta. They visited the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale led by Lee Aylward of the Delta Center.

Photo Identification: Robertson Scholars, from left to right, Erika Ferguson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bolivar County Community Action Agency; Jakob Blomqvist, Duke University, Greenville Renaissance Scholars; Katherine Zhang, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Deo Fagnisse, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Sam Halle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Greenville Renaissance Scholars; Blake O'Connor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sunflower County Freedom Project; John Guzek, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Delta Center for Culture and Learning; Daniel Strunk, Duke University, St. Gabriel Mercy Center; Margaret Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sunflower County Freedom Project and Jacob Robinson, Duke University, Sunflower County Freedom Project.

 

Indianola Blues Society Welcomes TFA TEACHERS!

Welcome Back!  Cleveland – Delta State volunteer Elsie Lynn Ervin (right) provides directions for Teach For America corps members arriving Sunday to the Delta State campus.  Over 100 Delta State and Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce volunteers braved the heat to welcome participants as they arrived.  About 550 new corps members arrived Sunday, bringing the total of Teach For America students and staff at Delta State to over 1,000, an increase of over 200 participants over last year. The Teach For America corps members and staff will be at Delta State and the Delta until mid-July.  Around 300 Teach For America students will remain in the Delta region for the next two years to teach in public schools.

Great info from Scott Barretta!

Indianola Welcomes B.B. King Home 

http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=3482

 

LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY!

The B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center announces LIVE music every Saturday from 12 noon – 3 pm.  This event is free to the public and will feature Mississippi blues musicians.

308 Blues Club - Indianola

TONIGHT!  (Friday, June 03, 2011) The Back Porch Blues Society of Norway Musicians’ Jam Featuring Indianola’s Casey Roberts are performing at 9 pm      No Cover   More info:  http://mstrong3.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/back-porch-blues-society/

 

Faculty and staff from Florida school explore sites in the Delta

CLEVELAND - Students and faculty from the St. Stephen's Episcopal School of Bradenton, Florida, visited the Delta all of last week. They explored the roots of the Blues at Dockery Farms, participated in the unveiling of the Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom Trail marker, toured the Emmett Till Memorial Trail, enjoyed lots of Delta catfish and barbecue, and spent the week talking with Delta people and visiting museums and historic sites. Their leader, William Southerland, was a participant in a workshop presented by the Delta State Delta Center for Culture and Learning two summers ago.  Seniors at St. Stevens can choose among trips to Paris, London, and the Mississippi Delta.

 

 

Elvis Presley Country Music Trail Marker * Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM * Tupelo, MS