June 11, 2011- doors open at 4:00p.m., concert at 7:30p.m.

Meadowlark Invades East Campus!

Activities and suprises all over East Campus!
Concert on the beautiful Green at the North Core.
38th and Fair Streets.

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Grammy Nominee Dave Eggar and Band ‘Deoro’
to Perform at Meadowlark Music Festival on East Campus

Meadowlark Music Festival is expanding its Saturday evening concert to an afternoon of music and family-friendly activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, capped by an evening concert by the Dave Eggar and Deoro on the green.
Afternoon Events and Dinner
From 4 – 6 p.m. the colleges will have their doors open to the public for free family-friendly events with musicians performing in nearly all venues, including the following:

  • INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDYCENTER & MUSEUM
    (N.W. corner of 33rd & Holdrege Streets)
    ♪ Explore the Nebraska Quilt and Quiltmakers exhibit and the
    American and British Mosaic Patchwork exhibit.
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    ♪ The gift shop will be open!
    HARDIN HALL
    (N.E. corner of 33rd & Holdrege Streets; south entrance of building)
    ♪ Come learn all kinds of new things at Hardin Hall where there
    will be activities and chances to explore live snakes, the
    weather, water, rocks, geography, maps and more!
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING
    (use east entrance; take stairs or elevator to 2nd floor)
    ♪ The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery – Beili Liu: Fiber
    Installations. Liu’s time‐ and process‐based installations look at
    transience, fragility and time lapses.
    ♪ Check out the historic costume and textiles collections of the
    department of textiles, clothing and design. This area is
    typically not open to the public!
    NEBRASKA TRACTOR TEST LAB
    (N.W. of 35th & Fair Streets)
    ♪ The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory is the
    official designated tractor testing station for the United States.
    ♪ View model tractors on the 0.4 miles test track.
    ♪ Touch and feel older model tractors and BIG trucks!
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    THE LESTER F. LARSEN TRACTOR TEST & POWER MUSEUM
    (35th & Fair Streets)
    ♪ The museum was recognized as a 2010 Hidden Treasure by
    Heritage Nebraska.
    ♪ Learn about engineering instruments, early American crafts,
    draft animal equipment and agricultural tractors.
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    KEIM HALL COURTYARD
    (enter through the south entrance of Keim Hall)
    ♪ A Department of Agronomy and Horticulture tour guide is
    ready to give you a tour and answer your questions.
    ♪ The courtyard is located in the center square of Keim Hall—a
    very unique location and a wonderful setting!
    EVASCO AND BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN
    (located east of Keim Hall)
    ♪ Personal tours! Staff of the department of agronomy and
    horticulture are waiting for you.
    ♪ The word on the street is that there will be goodie bags!
    COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    (enter through main east entrance)
    ♪ Ever wonder what's it's like to use a dentist's drill? Come find
    out at the Dental College where you'll have the chance to drill
    with real dentist tools.
    ♪ Goodie bags!
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    MAXWELL ARBORETUM
    (located southeast of C.Y. Thompson Library)
    ♪ Personal tours! Staff of the department of agronomy and
    horticulture are waiting for you.
    ♪ The word on the street is that there will be goodie bags!
    C.Y. THOMPSON LIBRARY
    ♪ Did you know that the UNL Libraries' Online Image and
    Multimedia Collection features photographs of Ruth Etting, the
    performances from the UNL School of Music, and photos of the
    opera scores from the Rokahr Family Archive? Check this out
    and more at our booth in C.Y. Thompson Library.
    ♪ Musical entertainment provided by the UNL School of Music
    Chamber Music Institute
    FILLEY HALL
    ♪ Get informed at the East Campus Visitors Center. The
    visitors center is located inside Filley Hall next to the Dairy
    Store.
    ♪ Chat with the Department of Food Science & Technology
    and learn about all the cool experiments and crazy food
    research they do right here on UNL’s east campus!
    DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
    (visit them at their booth on the green N.W. of Filley Hall)
    ♪ Meet Millie the Millipede!
    She is super fantastic and LOVES people.
    ♪ If you can handle it—stop by and hold a hissing cockroach.
    Oh, my!
    ♪ Be a scientist and inspect insect and butterfly wings under a
    microscope.
    ♪ Check out the Nebraska and tropical insect collections.

Families will be encouraged to pick up a passport and map at any of these locations and have their passport stamped as they visit each college. Free ice cream, a special Meadowlark-themed flavor, will be provided from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. near the concert site by the Dairy Store to those who received three or more stamps.
A grill-out near the concert site will be available from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. with grilled burgers and hot dogs. Dinner may be purchased in advance or on site.
Concert
At 7:30 p.m., Dave Eggar and his band Deoro will take the stage to display their incredible talents with a fun and family-friendly take on classical chamber music: Xtreme Classical Crossover. "This night will be an explosive musical adventure that catapults the listener through many classical and contemporary landscapes!" says 2010 Grammy nominee, Dave Eggar
The group will include Dave Eggar, Charlie Palmer, Gregor Huebner, Ariel dela Portilla, Dina Fanai and Klaus Mueller.