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KU to celebrate Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little at Lied Center Thursday with legendary musician
Booker T. Jones (pictured) will perform at the Lied Center Thursday, April 4 to celebrate Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. Gray-Little is stepping down as chancellor in the summer.
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▶ RACHEL GAYLOR @raegay218
The Lied Center is hosting a celebration of Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little on Thursday, May 4, as she prepares to step down from her position at the University over the summer. The event will feature world-renowned musician, composer and producer Booker T. Jones.
For students, faculty,
staff and their families there will be a barbecue and ice cream picnic on the lawn of the Lied Center starting at 5 p.m. followed by a concert at 7 p.m.
"The Chancellor didn't want any formal program in her honor as she steps down," Mary Burg, executive assistant to the Chancellor, said. "She wanted a fun event for the entire KU community."
Gray-Little also didn't
want a "staid concert" where listeners just sit in their seats, Burg said. The orchestra pit will be raised to floor level and transformed into a dance floor so audience members can dance.
The concert will feature music by Jones, who may be best known from his 1960s and '70s band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Jones has worked with a wide range of artists, from Otis Redding
to Willie Nelson, and The Roots.
"His incredible impact cannot be overstated," Derek Kwan, executive director of the Lied Center, said. "He's basically the go-to guy for any major musical event. All the things that he has done for music cannot be said enough."
Jones, who got his start in Memphis, Tennessee, was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
and received the the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. One of his most famous pieces is an instrumental piece called "Green Onions."
"Normally when we plan an event there's protocol, pomp and circumstance, etc.," Burg said. "This is the complete opposite. It's fun, it's open to families; it's just a way for us to come together and celebrate the Chancellor and for her to
celebrate with us."
Tickets are free and available at the Lied Center box office. Students, faculty, staff and the public can reserve up to four tickets at a time for the reserved seating event.
- Edited by Brenna Boat
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