{"id":28871,"date":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/ultra-clubs-big-band-dance-set-feb-2-at-tarleton-ballrooms\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T02:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:01:39","slug":"ultra-clubs-big-band-dance-set-feb-2-at-tarleton-ballrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/ultra-clubs-big-band-dance-set-feb-2-at-tarleton-ballrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"ULTRA Club&#8217;s Big Band Dance set Feb. 2 at Tarleton ballrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>Thursday, January 11, 2018<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas&mdash;Make plans to get your tickets for the annual ULTRA Club Big Band Scholarship Dance on the campus of Tarleton State University.<\/p>\n<p>Themed &ldquo;Rhapsody in Blue,&rdquo; the 2018 dance is set for 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in the Barry B. Thompson Student Center ballrooms. Volunteer musicians and Tarleton&nbsp;students will play traditional jazz and swing music, including arrangements from big band greats such as Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to music and dancing, there will be snacks and door prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available in Room 105E of the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center beginning Jan. 22, and at the door, beginning at 7:30 p.m. the night of the dance. Admission is $15 for adults and $8 for students. For more information or tickets, call 254-968-9291.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the ULTRA Club Big Band Dance support scholarships for Tarleton&rsquo;s fine arts students. To learn more about the ULTRA Club, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/ultra\">www.tarleton.edu\/ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow&rsquo;s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n<p>#<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Lori LaRue, Fine Arts Center Operations Manager<br \/>254-968-9639<br \/><a href=\"mailto:larue@tarleton.edu\">larue@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make plans to get your tickets for the annual ULTRA Club Big Band Scholarship Dance on the campus of Tarleton State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,424,425],"tags":[432,440,442,453],"class_list":["post-28871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-alumni","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-community-events","tag-performing-fine-arts"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1445-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alumni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Liberal &amp; Fine Arts<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Community Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Performing &amp; Fine Arts<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alumni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Liberal &amp; Fine Arts<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Community Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Performing &amp; Fine Arts<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 11, 2018","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 11, 2018 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021 2:01 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Modern sculpture in front of a red brick building with green hedges.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}