Documenting Tim Nugent’s legacy Tim Nugent’s creativity and tenacity enabled thousands of disabled people to graduate from college at the University of Illinois, providing a model that transformed the way colleges around the nation treated disabled students.
s Tim Nugent at the ceremony to re-name a portion of Stadium Drive “Honorary Tim Nugent Way.”
Breaking Down Disability Barriers: The Legacy of Tim Nugent, a new radio documentary by Urbana University High School students, airs at 2:06 pm Dec. 24, on WILL-AM 580. “He saw the potential all these people had. He believed they could do great things that other people never saw,” said Uni student Sheela Gogula, who produced the program along with Katherine Floess. Uni High teacher Janet Morford and Illinois Public Media’s Dave Dickey directed the project. Students from the classes of 2011 and 2014 conducted the interviews.
Winterfest brings new music specials Your front-row seat to great concerts is available through an outstanding selection of music programs all year long on WILL, and your pledge of support during our Winterfest fund drive helps keep it that way! Don’t miss the following specials, as well as additional music shows, detailed on pages 12-18. First, at 7:30 pm Friday, Dec. 3, experience the only known recording—from a live 1983 Canadian music TV series—of legendary blues guitarist Albert King and his protégé, Stevie Ray Vaughn, performing in concert.
Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, along with country musician Mary Chapin Carpenter and singer/guitarist Keb Mo, this concert will inspire the whole family with joyous sing-alongs. Some of Peter, Paul & Mary’s best-loved songs, such as “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” are included. The following Friday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 pm, it’s time for a rare live concert special, Moody Blues Live from the Greek Theater. Recorded in Los Angeles during the band’s 2005 World Tour, the program showcases the unique sound and 40-year career of the Moody Blues.
Following Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn—In Session at 9 pm is Les Paul: Live in New York City, an intimate 2005 performance at the Iridium Jazz Club by music legend Les Paul, featuring his trio, as well as duets with Steve Miller, Keith Richards, Jose Feliciano, Dave Grisman, Sonya Hensley and others. Then at 7 pm Saturday, Dec. 4, The Peter Yarrow Sing-Along Special is a celebration of favorite folk songs performed by some of America’s most beloved folk singers. Starring Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul s Stevie Ray Vaughn with Albert King 2 PATTERNS • DECEMBER 2010