Special Events

Olympic Speed Skating Champion Bonnie Blair's “Champaign on Ice" Home Coming Party 
- Bonnie Blair & Barbara Hedlund  Glen Harriger photo              

Political Event performances: President Ronald Reagan, US Supreme Court
Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Governor Edgar, Governor Thompson's Inaugural Concert, Douglas County Republican Central Committee, Rich Williamson, Senators Michael Frerichs & Tim Johnson          

Receptions for UI Presidents Ikenberry, Stukel, White, Hogan, Easter, Killeen

Receptions for UI Chancellors: Aiken, Hermann, & Wise

UI Foundation Annual Events

Carle Foundation Annual Events 

Grand opening of the new Willard Airport Terminal       

Ebert Film Festival 

Garrison Keillor Concert with the CU Symphony 

Song & Slogan PBS Performance Documentary 

Classics in the Classroom Educational programs 

ICO String Symposium Archival Facebook Page

Love Games (a new musical)

Mills Breast Cancer Institute Weekly Music Series

Opera Illinois/Peoria Civic Opera Memories

CelloFest Cello Ensemble Festivals

Graduation Ceremonies for the UI College of Media, Math Department, LAS Honors Convocation, Philosophy, History, Library Science, UI Board of Trustees Graduation Dinner & Breakfast, Social Work, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Architecture Law, Business, others              

 UI College of Agriculture Information & New Alumni Center                               

ACES Celebration Dinner and Funk Gala                                                                    

Receptions for UI Departments: UI Cooperative Extension Service, the UI Dept. of Accountancy, UI Dept. of Conferences & Institutes, Alumni Association, Labor & Industrial Relations, & more

UI Memorial Union Food Service "Groaning Board Dinner" [instrumentalists & vocalists in costumes with music during & between dinner courses)

Dedication of the new UI bookstore Reception

Krannert Art Museum Hungarian Night reception

WILL- FM Radio "Second Sunday" Live Broadcasts monthly
(1988-2005) music producer, advisor, & performer

Memorial Services for families & UI Colleges/Departments

UI Football Team Hancock Bowl Team Departure Dinner 

UI Athletics Division Hall of Fame  Awards Galas  at the Field Museum in Chicago

Champaign County Blood Bank:  Donors annual thank you banquets

Benefit Programs: the Champaign Urbana Symphony & Guild,  Danville Symphony, Heartland Festival Orchestra, Prairie Ensemble, Opera Illinois, the Conservatory of Central Illinois, The James Madison Museum at historic Montpelier, VA 

State Retirement System of Illinois Board of Director Dinners

Adult Living Centers -  Windsor of Savoy, Clark Lindsey Village, The Holmstad (Batavia, IL), Bickford Cottage Care Center (Champaign), North Logan Health Care Center (Danville), the former Urbana Nursing Home, The Veterans Administration Hospitals in Danville & Peoria, IL, Riverview Adult Center(E Peoria)

Market Place & Lincoln Square Malls  (Bridal Shows, Thanksgiving, Santa's Arrival, Christmas, Mall Reopening)

Brunch Music & Special Events: University Inn Restaurant (1985-91) Silvercreek Restaurant, Ye Old Tea Shoppe, Jumers/Lincoln Hotel, Moonstruck Chocolate Bar, Sleepycreek Vineyards

Area churches: The First Presbyterian Churches of Champaign & Urbana, St. John's Catholic Chapel, Holy Cross Catholic Chapel, Emmanuel Episcopal, First Methodist Church of Champaign, St. Matthews, Grace United Methodist, Sidney United Church, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Universalist Unitarian Church, First United Methodist Churches in Champaign & Urbana, Philo Presbyterian Church, St. Mary’s Westville, and more

Receptions for banks, hospitals, the Salvation Army, Civic Clubs, service companies, Tourism Council, Pages for All Ages Book Store,  bagel companies, financial advisers, and more, Anniversary parties, & Memorial Services