<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">A friend across the street in University Park sent this along. All are welcome.</div><div class="gmail_attr">Saturday, June 8, 5 PM, Church of the Brethren, 4413 Tuckerman Street, UP MD 20782 </div><br><br><u></u>
<div><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Friends,</p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Katie Monroe, daughter of Reverend Kim McDowell and Don Monroe, will present on ethnic music/and poetry and its interplay with the contemporary music scene in China's Yunnan Province. Yunnan, in the far southwest, is the most ethnically diverse of China's provinces. </p><p style=""><font color="#333333" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">As a senior at Middlebury College Katie received a </span><span style="font-size:18.6667px">Kellogg</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> grant to do this research last summer for her final senior project. The year before Katie spent 8 months in China in Kunming the main city in Yunnan. She graduated in February this year from Middlebury with a BA in Chinese Language and Literature. Guided by her experience and the contacts made in the previous year, Katie traveled around Yunnan interviewing and recording. She has created a video to accompany her talk.</span></font><br></p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Katie will begin her presentation at 5 pm this Saturday at the University Park Church of the Brethren at 4413 Tuckerman Street, University Park MD 20782. There is ample parking. For more information contact Katie at 301-832-8030.</p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Spread the word about this event. Thanks.</p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="font-size:14pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dave 240-888-1225</p></div>
</div></div>