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February 2012
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LECTURE: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran 

7:30 pm
Clyde Hoch, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam Tank Commander and Section Leader, and author will present his experiences from enlistment through his service as a member of Co. C, 1ST Tank Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, in Vietnam and his return home.
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Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Chamber Ensemble 

7:30 pm
Adult $48 | University Park Student $20 | 18 and Younger $38
The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, led by Wang Fujian, became China’s first large-scale modern ensemble of traditional instruments when it was formed in 1952. The orchestra, which has performed throughout its homeland and in more than thirty countries, brings its twenty-piece chamber ensemble to Penn State. Luo Xiaoci, zheng (long zither); Qian Jun, dizi (transverse flute); Duan Aiai, erhu (bowed two-string fiddle); and the Seven Fairies Ensemble, erhu, dizi, yangqin (hammered dulcimer), guzheng (plucked zither), zhongruan (four-stringed, round sound box plucked instrument), and pipa (four-stringed, pear-shaped plucked instrument) are the featured soloists in a program of music from the orchestra’s Elegant Music Series. The concert includes the works Relic, Drum Fantasia, In the Still of the Night, Moon’s Reflection on Er-Quan, Sword Dance, Like a Dream, The Rainbow Skirt and the Feathered Coat, Jijiruling, and Moonlight on the Spring River.
Complimentary round-trip shuttle service is provided between the Eisenhower Parking Deck and Schwab Auditorium.
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Cabin Fever Film Series: Go Tell The Spartans 

2:00 pm
Based on the 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa by Daniel Ford, this 1978 HBO production stars Burt Lancaster as a career army officer serving as an advisor within the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (114 minutes R rating for strong language) Donation requested.
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