News Release
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December 12, 2005
Boise State Presents the Princely Players
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Boise State will present The Princely Players at 8 p.m. Jan. 21 in the
Morrison Center Stage Two. Tickets are $10 general, $5 for Boise State
students, faculty, alumni, seniors and children under 17 through
Select-a-Seat, 426-1494.
The Princely Players are part of the Global Expressions Series, and this
year’s Martin Luther King Jr./Human Rights Celebration festivities. The
theme of this year’s celebration is “kNOw Hate,” and a full listing of
events can be found online at
http://mlk.boisestate.edu.
An eight-member ensemble in the tradition of the Jubilee Singers and the
Fairfield Four, The Princely Players celebrate liberty and the human spirit
with a stunning blend of African-American spirituals, work songs, hymns and
songs of freedom dating from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. The
group has astounded audiences in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Yale
University, Ryman Auditorium and the Smithsonian Institute.
The Tennessean hails The Princely Players for delivering “. . . an
evocative and educational tour of the black experience from its African
roots to today.”
The Princely Players have recorded with such hit artists as Randy Travis,
Danny O’Keefe, Kathy Mattea and have been featured on National Public Radio,
the BBC and the Smithsonian Institute’s Wade in the Water series.
Members of the ensemble are sought after for workshops in American history,
African-American studies, sociology and choral studies.
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Contact: Catherine Allen, Student Activities, (208) 426-1223,
callen@boisestate.edu.
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Relations, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu.
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, February 01, 2006