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Ford CenterGertrude C.
for the Performing Arts
Thurs., Nov. 9, 2017 • 7:30 p.m.
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About Gertrude Castellow Ford
With an ever-inquisitive mind, Gertrude Castellow Ford fully embraced the arts. As a patron, an observer and a
practitioner, Mrs. Ford engaged in a lifelong exploration of all things of beauty and inspiration. Exceedingly well-read in po-etry and classic literature, Mrs. Ford was often at the center of spirited discussions about the merits of all manner of literary works. Always at the very foundation of her spirit was a great and sincere love of the arts and letters.
In keeping with a generations-old family tradition of philanthropy, Mrs. Ford established the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi, with a very generous gift in 1991 to sup-port the arts in Mississippi. In addition to the donation for the construction of the Ford Center, the Foundation supports the USA International Ballet Competition, the Mississippi Opera, Mis-sissippi Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi Orchestra and many others.
Mrs. Ford died in September of 1996. She and her husband, Aaron Lane Ford, who was an Ackerman attorney and U.S. congressman representing what was Mississippi’s 4th District, are buried in Cuthbert, a small town in southwest Georgia.
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BODYTRAFFICPROGRAM
Beyond the Edge of the Frame
CHOREOGRAPHY: Sidra BellMUSIC: Perc’s My Head is Slowly Exploding and Wicker & SteelCOSTUME DESIGN: Raquel BarretoLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke WilmoreDANCERS: Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Lindsey Matheis,
Guzmán Rosado, Jamal WhitePREMIERE: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012
Synthesizing the worlds of design, fashion, and spectatorship, this work ignites the imagination and explores the complexities of the human condition.
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A Trick of the Light
CHOREOGRAPHY: Joshua L. PeughMUSIC: J. Dréjac/H. Giraud, P. Lee / D. Barbour, Bobby Troup,
PF Webster/ L. Pollack, Marcos Valle, Nelson Riddle.COSTUME DESIGN: Leon WiebersLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke WilmoreDANCERS: Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Lindsey Matheis,
Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White PREMIERE: Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver, BC, 2015
Inspired by the rare “green flash” that occurs just before the sun disappears from view at sunset.
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Fragile Dwellings (excerpt)
CHOREOGRAPHY: Stijn CelisMUSIC: Arvo Part - Da Pacem, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis; Boulez: Sur Incises;
Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2 performed by Hae-Sun KangCOSTUME DESIGN: Stijn Celis and BODYTRAFFICSET and LIGHTING DESIGN: Erwin RedlPERFORMERS: Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Lindsey Matheis, Guzmán RosadoPREMIERE: Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California, 2011
I wanted to make a work based on a dialogue with silence and emptiness. Fragile Dwellings is dedicated to the homeless Los Angelinos. – Stijn Celis
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o2Joy
CHOREOGRAPHY: Richard SiegalCOMPOSERS: Oscar Peterson’s Mumbles, Billie Holiday’s On the Sunny Side
of the Street, Ella Fitzgerald’s All of Me, Glenn Miller’s Taps Miller, Oscar Peterson’s My One and Only
MUSIC EDITING: David KaraganisCOSTUME DESIGN: Rita DiLorenzo and Richard SiegalLIGHTING DESIGN: Burke Wilmore based on an original design by Kindred GottliebPERFORMERS: Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Lindsey Matheis,
Guzmán Rosado, Jamal WhitePREMIERE: The Joyce Theater, New York, New York, 2012
An exuberant homage to American jazz standards, o2Joy is, as its title suggests, an expression of sheer joy through music and movement.
THE COMPANY
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett
PERFORMERS
Joseph Davis, Natalie Leibert, Jessica Liu, Lindsey Matheis, Guzmán Rosado, Jamal White
COMPANY MANAGER
Dora Quintanilla
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Burke Wilmore
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sandra Carroll, Dee Dee Dorskind, Paul Lester,Janis Nelson, Bradley Tabach-Bank
ADVISORY BOARD
Glenn Edgerton, Jane Jelekno, Glorya Kaufman, Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch, E. Randol Schoenberg, Chad Smith, Renae Williams Niles
REPRESENTATION
Margaret SelbyPresident, Selby/Artists Mgmt
212-663-3144 | [email protected]
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About BODYTRAFFIC
BODYTRAFFIC is helping establish Los Angeles as a major center for contemporary dance. Founded in 2007 by Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, BODYTRAFFIC has surged to the forefront of the concert dance world, recruiting great talent from around the globe to create world-class contemporary dance by distinctive choreographic voices. Named “the company of the future” by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, and “Best of Culture” by The Los Angeles Times, the company is internationally recognized for their high quality of work. The Los Angeles Times says BODYTRAFFIC is “one of the most talked-about companies - not just in LA, but nationwide.”
Repertory includes works by MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, Sidra Bell, Stijn Celis, Sarah Elgart, Alex Ketley, Anton Lachky, Loni Landon, Barak Marshall, Andrea Miller, Laura Gorenstein Miller, Joshua L. Peugh, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Zoe Scofield, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal, and Guy Weizman & Roni Haver.
BODYTRAFFIC has performed for sold-out audiences at prestigious theaters and festivals around the world, including The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Israeli Opera/Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver, Laguna Dance Festival, The Broad Stage, Santa Monica, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at UPenn, World Music/CRASHarts in Boston, the Winspear Opera House, and the American Dance Festival. In 2012, BODYTRAFFIC performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its opening night gala conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. In 2014, the company collaborated with sculptor Gustavo Godoy for a site-specific piece at The Music Center. In 2016, BODYTRAFFIC made its Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
This year, for BODYTRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary season the company will tour internationally to over 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg for the CONTEXT. Diana Vishneva Festival, and The Hague, Netherlands for The Holland Dance Festival. The season will culminate with performances of new repertory at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, May 31- June 2, 2018.
In addition to performing, BODYTRAFFIC has an extensive outreach and education program that provides training opportunities for pre-professionals, and customized dance experiences for inner-city schools in Los Angeles, as well as for underserved populations around the globe.
In 2015, BODYTRAFFIC was selected by the Obama Administration to be cultural ambassadors for the United States via DanceMotion USA℠, a dynamic
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cultural diplomacy program that supports United States foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange, and performance. Produced by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), DanceMotion USA℠ is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. BODYTRAFFIC has also served as cultural ambassadors for the United States in South Korea (2016) and Algeria (2017).
BODYTRAFFIC has received generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Princess Grace Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Sydney D. Holland Foundation, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Jewish University, and the dance department at Loyola Marymount University.
BIOGRAPHIES
Artistic Directors
LILLIAN ROSE BARBEITO has a BFA from The Juilliard School where she studied on a 4 year, full-tuition scholarship awarded by Tomorrow’s Leaders of America. As a dancer, Lillian has had an extensive performance career that took her to Europe, New York, and then finally to Los Angeles, where she founded BODYTRAFFIC with Tina Berkett. She has taught internationally for organizations such as CALARTS, Idyllwild Arts Academy, L’Artere in Quebec City, Loyola Marymount University, Lyon Opera Ballet, Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Southland Ballet Academy, The Wooden Floor, UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and Westside Academy of Dance. Lillian is one of 28 teachers in the world who is certified to teach Anouk van Dijk’s groundbreaking Countertechnique. She has choreographed over 50 works for high schools, universities, competitions, and regional ballet companies and professional modern dance companies throughout the US and Canada. Lillian is deeply grateful to her family, especially Grant, Oliver, and Forest, for their love and support.
TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT (Artistic Director / Performer) grew up in New York City. Under the tutelage of Michele Cuccaro Cain, she trained and learned to love dance. Tina attended Barnard College, Columbia University and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in math and economics. Upon graduation she joined Aszure Barton & Artists and performed with the company throughout the United States, including at Jacob’s Pillow and Spoleto festivals. Tina became Aszure Barton’s assistant and taught alongside Barton both in the US and abroad. She had the incredible honor of being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance, where she also served as the company’s
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dancer liaison. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles and founded BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Tina often says BODYTRAFFIC is the dream come true, that she never knew she had. She is so thankful for the past 10 years and feels so in debt to all who played a part in this incredible journey. In particular, Tina must thank her family, Bryan, and Jack for being her greatest inspirations and supports.
Choreographers
SIDRA BELL is currently a Master Lecturer at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), was Adjunct Professor at Barnard College (Columbia University), and has a degree in history from Yale University and an MFA in Choreography from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. Her critically acclaimed company and choreography has been seen throughout the United States and internationally in Denmark, France, Austria, Turkey, Germany, China, Canada, Aruba, Korea, Brazil, and Greece. Bell is a sought after master teacher and her alternative approach was featured in Dance Teacher Magazine (2012) and Dance Studio Life Magazine (2013). She has taught her unique creative practice of movement, improvisation, and technique entitled Contemporary Systems - An Interior & Material Approach at major institutions for dance and theater throughout the world.
STIJN CELIS started his dance education at the Koninklijke Balletschool in Antwerp. He studied at the Graham school in Florence, danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Zurich Ballet, Contemporary Dance Zurich, and Le Ballet du Grand Theatre de Genève. In Genève, Mr. Celis started choreographing and was invited to choreograph for the opening performance of the Holland Festival. He later danced and choreographed for the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm. In 1998, Mr. Celis stopped performing and moved back to Antwerp to study stage design at the Hogeschool voor Dramatische Kunsten and later worked at the Het Zuidelijk Toneel. He resumed choreographing creating ballets for Ballet Gulbenkian, Les Grands ballets Canadiens, Ballet Nurnberg, Bern Ballet, Cedar Lake, IT danca, Ballet Mainz, Diversions, Icelandic Dance Company, Sujet a Vif, Nederlands Dans Theater II, and Ballet Wiesbaden. He collaborated in opera productions at La Monnaie, Nederlandse Reisopera, and Les Rencontres d’Opera Baroque. From 2004 until 2007 Mr. Celis was the artistic director of the Ballett des Stadttheater in Bern. Recently, Mr. Celis choreographed Henze’s Ondine for Aalto ballet in Essen and has been a short-term scholar at the Juilliard School. His future commissions include Gothenburg Ballet, Ballet of the Semperoper Dresden, Introdans Holland and Jacob’s Pillow. Mr. Celis currently resides in Montreux, Switzerland.
JOSHUA L. PEUGH is the Founder and Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and an Adjunct Lecturer of Dance at Southern Methodist
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University. In 2006, Joshua moved to South Korea to join Universal Ballet Company where he performed soloist and featured roles in the works of Ohad Naharin, Christopher Wheeldon and others. After two-and-a-half years with the company, Joshua left UBC and co-founded his own company, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, in Seoul. Since then, he has created work for festivals all over Asia and North America winning awards for his choreography in Korea, Japan, and Canada. Joshua has been commissioned to create new dance works for BODYTRAFFIC, BalletX, Company E, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, Southern Methodist University, and Booker T. Washington HSPVA. He has been chosen as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2015, and was recently named an “important discovery” by New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay for Slump. He has also served as a juror for the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, as Associate Choreographer for Bruce Wood Dance Project, and as a member of the adjudication panel for the Cecchetti International Classical Ballet Competition.
RICHARD SIEGAL is the founder and artistic director of The Bakery Paris–Berlin (2005). Recognized by a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award, The German National Theater Faust Award, S.A.C.D. Prize, a Beaumarchais, and The Mouson Award, Richard Siegal has generated international attention for a body of work that includes performances, new media projects, workshops and publications. Richard Siegal has been Artist/Choreographer-in-Residence at ZKM/Karlsruhe, Bennington College and The Baryshnikov Arts Center. As a faculty member of the American Dance Festival, he curated the annual Forsythe Festival. Siegal is a MacDowell fellow and honorary member of The Bolshoi Ballet’s Benoit de la Danse.
Performers
JOSEPH DAVIS was born and raised in the beautiful hills of upstate New York, and can be easily identified from a distance by his cacophonous laughter. He began his studies at The Draper Center for Dance Education in Rochester, New York and continued his training at The Juilliard School on tuition scholarship from New York City Dance Alliance, where he received his BFA under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Joseph has had the opportunity to perform works of Jiri Kylian, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot, Kyle Abraham, Shannon Gillen, Twyla Tharp, Martha Graham, José Limon, Camille A. Brown, Joeri Dubbe and Sylvain Emard. He has also performed alongside Brian Brooks Moving Company at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival, and in Kate Weare’s residency at BAM Fisher Hall. Joe joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.
NATALIE LEIBERT began training at various dance schools in the Los Angeles area including company work with Westside Dance Project in Redondo Beach, and Pacific Festival Ballet in Agoura Hills. She continued training at the Miami City Ballet School and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program. Leibert has
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attended workshops and programs at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, the Joffrey Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Juilliard School, in addition to Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company. Natalie joined Hubbard Street 2 as an apprentice in August 2014 and was promoted to full company member in August 2015 through 2016. She joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2016.
JESSICA LIU holds a BFA in Ballet as well as a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Utah. She received additional training from Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and the Washington Ballet. Past projects include LED, SALT Contemporary Dance, and Oakland Ballet Company, performing the work of Lauren Edson, Gabrielle Lamb, Brendan Duggan, and Garrett Smith, among others. Jessica has presented choreography at Mudson, a Salt Lake City-based works-in-progress series, and choreographed for Municipal Ballet, Boise Dance Co-Op, and summer intensives for the University of Utah’s Ballet Department, Ballet West, and Boise State University. Additionally, she served as the assistant director of SALT II, the second company of SALT Contemporary Dance. Jessica joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017.
LINDSEY MATHEIS is from North Carolina and trained at UNC School of the Arts, LINES Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Hubbard Street, and Batsheva. Upon completion of the LINES Ballet training program in 2009, she joined Northwest Dance Project. She has performed original roles in works by Danielle Agami, Patrick Delcroix, Gregory Dolbashian, Loni Landon, Andrea Miller, Jirí Pokorný, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Ihsan Rustem, Kate Wallich, Wen Wei Wang, Yin Yue, Edgar Zendejas, and others. In addition, she has produced/directed several dance festivals in Portland, OR to critical acclaim. Lindsey is extremely excited to be joining BODYTRAFFIC.Guzmán ROSADO started dancing at the International School of Dance of Carmen Roche Scaena in Madrid on a scholarship sponsored by the Ministerio de Cultura de Madrid. Guzmán danced with Ballet Joven de Carmen Roche until 1999, when he was offered a scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet (SAB). After his time at SAB, Edward Villella invited him to dance with Miami City Ballet. From 2002 to 2007, Guzmán danced with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo. In 2007, with André Mesquita and Teresa Alves da Silva, Guzmán co-founded a cultural platform, Tok’Art. He has performed extensively as a guest artist throughout Europe. He teaches ballet, yoga, and movement workshops. Guzman is currently BODYTRAFFIC’s resident filmmaker and has won awards for his film work. Guzman joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2012.
JAMAL WHITE was raised in Atlanta, GA and began his training at Dance Makers of Atlanta under the direction of Denise and Lynise Heard. He studied as a scholarship student at Virginia School of the Arts and trained in intensive programs at Kirov Academy of Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and London Contemporary
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Dance School. In 2011, Mr. White received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, where he performed works by Arthur Mitchell, George Balanchine, Pascal Rioult, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, and Martha Graham. He has also performed in Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theater, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Alvin Ailey II, and Collage Dance Collective. Jamal joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2017. Production Team
DORA QUINTANILLA (Company Manager) is originally from Monterrey, México. Her studies and career as a dancer informed her understanding on how to handle the production and managing of dance companies. She has collaborated as a performer, stage manager, production/tour manager and assistant to Artistic Directors with different national and international artists in multidisciplinary projects. She served as Artist & Event Services Manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for five years, focusing on arranging all artistic and administrative logistics, and the many other facets of this 10-week Internationally renowned dance festival. She is happy to have joined the BODYTRAFFIC family in 2013.
BURKE WILMORE (Production Manager & Lighting Designer) is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and an honors graduate of Wesleyan University. He has designed or adapted seven works for BODYTRAFFIC and has also lit the work of Camille A. Brown (Black Girl: Linguistic Play, Mr. Tol E. Rance, City of Rain). He was the resident designer for Battleworks (2001–2010) and to date has lit five of Robert Battle’s works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For American Repertory Ballet, he lit Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. He frequently collaborates with Broadway star André de Shields, for whom he lit the Louis Armstrong musical Ambassador Satch, and designed scenery and lighting for de Shields’ production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Mr. Wilmore designed scenery and lighting for Apollo Club Harlem, and Ellington at Christmas, both at the Apollo Theater.
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Holiday VillageOpens Dec. 1
Enjoy the magic! This year, in addition to our traditional Gingerbread Village, we will be adding a Miniature Christmas Village display and a corner celebrating holiday traditions from around the world. The Village will open daily and have special story times for preschoolers and elementary-aged children and a visit from Santa.
Amahl and the Night Visitorsand Händel’s MessiahFriday, Dec. 1, 2017 ........................................................................7:30 p.m.
The Sound of Music NATIONAL TOUR
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 ........................................................7:30 p.m.
Malpaso Dance Com panySaturday, Jan. 27, 2018 ...............................................................7:30 p.m.
The Birdland All-Stars: The Art of JazzMonday, Feb. 5, 2018 ....................................................................7:30 p.m.
Jane Austen Sense and SensibilityTuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 ................................................................7:30 p.m.
Considering Matthew ShepardTuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 .................................................................7:30 p.m.
Celebrating Gershwin: A Stroll Down Tin Pan Alley
Thursday, March 1, 2018 ............................................................7:30 p.m.
Revolutionaries: Ginastera and Beethoven Sunday, March 25, 2018 ............................................................3:00 p.m.
MacbethFriday & Saturday, April 20 & 21, 2018 .........................7:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22, 2018 .....................2:00 p.m.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella NATIONAL TOUR
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 ...............................................................7:30 p.m.
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exce
llent
pro
gram
min
g as
tick
et re
venu
es a
lone
do
not c
over
the c
osts
.
To b
ridge
this
gap,
we r
ely o
n th
e gen
eros
ity o
f our
pat
rons
. Priv
ate c
ontr
ibut
ions
supp
ort p
rogr
ams s
uch
as B
road
way
tour
ing
prod
uctio
ns an
d sp
ecia
l opp
ortu
nitie
s for
stud
ents
, fac
ulty
and
the g
ener
al p
ublic
to in
tera
ct w
ith ac
com
plish
ed p
erfo
rmer
s. Pl
ease
hel
p us
cont
inue
to o
ffer t
hese
won
derf
ul c
ultu
ral e
vent
s by
cont
ribut
ing
to o
ur a
nnua
l Frie
nds C
ampa
ign.
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Frie
nds o
f the
For
d C
ente
r Mem
bers
hip
Form
I/W
e w
ould
like
to c
ontr
ibut
e to
the
Frie
nds p
rogr
am ri
ght n
ow.
Encl
osed
is m
y ta
x-de
duct
ible
cont
ribut
ion
of _
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leas
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int)
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o P
leas
e se
nd m
y fu
ture
gift
rece
ipts
via
e-m
ail.
Nam
e as
you
wish
it to
appe
ar in
“Frie
nds o
f the
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d C
ente
r” li
stin
gs
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rm.
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paya
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nive
rsity
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ississ
ippi
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ndat
ion.
o P
leas
e co
ntac
t me
abou
t pla
nned
and
def
erre
d gi
ving
.
Plea
se ch
arge
my
Frie
nds o
f the
For
d C
ente
r mem
bers
hip
o V
isa o
Mas
terC
ard
o A
mer
ican
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ress
(Tick
ets m
ay n
ot b
e cha
rged
to A
mer
ican
Expr
ess)
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ount
num
ber_
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pira
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date
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e as
it ap
pear
s on
card
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Mai
l to:
The
Uni
vers
ity o
f Mis
siss
ippi
Fou
ndat
ion
• 406
Uni
vers
ity A
venu
e • O
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d, M
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