Blues Foundation Marker Ceremony * Friday, May 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM * Memphis, Tennessee

 

German National Radio Visits Delta Center

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University was recently visited by Stephen Lina, senior editor for Bayerisher Rundfunck (Bavarian Broadcasting), a member of the German National TV and Radio network. Lina is based in Munich, Germany.  He is producing a radio show about the American South, and came to the Delta after recording the re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh.  He interviewed Dr. Luther Brown, Director of the Delta Center, about the Mississippi Blues Trail and the work of the Blues Commission.  Lina also recorded at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale and at Po' Monkey's Lounge in Merigold.  PHOTO:  From left, Stephen Lina and Dr. Luther Brown.

 

 

Hayes Cooper Students Visit Dockery Farms

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University recently  provided an introduction to Dockery Farms to second graders from Hayes-Cooper School.  Lee Aylward, of the Delta Center, provided the tour, and Allyson Hardy led the class.  According to Hardy, "Hayes Cooper Center's 2nd annual Art and Soul 2012, A celebration of the visual and performing arts" has the theme "Rollin on the River,  Reflections of Faces and Places of the Delta.”  Second graders are creating an ABC book of the Delta, and have been learning about all things Delta, including the History of the Blues."

 

 

 

Vicksburg Blues Society

 

Tyrone Davis Blues Trail Marker Unveiling - Leland

 

Oregon School Visits the Delta State University

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University recently introduced a  group of Oregon high school sophomores and juniors to the Delta’s cultural heritage.  The students from Oregon Episcopal School were accompanied by the school’s safety director T’na Meyerhoff,  the head of their English department Rick Rees, and Ron Silver, Assistant United States Attorney, Oregon District.  Silver participated in the 50^th anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Rides where he met members of the Delta Center.  The Center’s Lee Aylward led the tour.  The class is pictured in front of the collection of Blues life-masks, on display in Ewing Hall.