Friday, November 12, 2010

Tickets available for Madrigal Feaste, USI's "oldest living tradition"

Photo Credit: USI Photo Services HI-RES | WEB RELATED VIDEO:  RELATED AUDIO:  Contact for more information: Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 email USI's "oldest living tradition," the 41st Annual Madrigal Feaste will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, December 2-4, and 1 p.m. Sunday, December 5. The University's most enduring musical tradition, the reenactment of a 15th-century royal feast showcases members of the USI Chamber Choir, who don period costumes and entertain with selections of old English and Irish Madrigals, folk songs, and holiday choral selections. Full of pageantry, feasting, song, dance, and mirth, the Madrigal Feaste is staged in Carter Hall in the University Center by members of the USI Chamber Choir. The menu includes salad, hot wassail (spiced cider), breast of chicken, vegetables, His Majesty's royal bread pudding with rum sauce, rolls, water, tea, and coffee. Tickets are $32 for adults and $28 for children, students, and senior citizens. For reservations and group rates, call 812/461-5237 or order online at http://www.usi.edu/libarts/madrigals/.

USI Home | Academics | Calendar | Athletics | Visitors | Events and News | Administration

8600 University Boulevard - Evansville, IN 47712-3596 - 812/464-8600

Copyright © 2013 University of Southern Indiana. All rights reserved.