More than 150 Lawrence University students from around the globe will perform during the 36th annual Lawrence International Cabaret, a musical celebration of world culture.
Under the theme “A Light to the World,” this year’s cabaret will be staged in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. A buffet dinner featuring international dishes will be served in the Warch Campus Center following the performance.
Tickets, at $10 for the performance only and $20 for the show and dinner, are available at the Warch Campus Center information desk, 920-832-7000. Tickets for children ages 5-12 are $5 for performance only and $12 for performance and dinner. Children four and under are free.
The event is sponsored by Lawrence International, a student organization for international students with members representing 50 countries.
Cabaret features a wide variety of entertainment from Afghanistan, China, Ethiopia, Peru, Poland and Sudan, among others.
Among the nearly 20 scheduled acts are:
• a fashion show displaying traditional dress from represented countries
• a Balinese gamelan performance
• a Bollywood dance routine to a medley of songs from popular Indian musical films
• an Afro-Caribbean fusion dance
• traditional Middle Eastern belly dancing
• a musical number from central Sudan featuring household objects as instruments
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