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Embry-Riddle Plans Campus Talent Show

Daytona Beach, Feb. 3, 2010 -- From a standup comedian to a Chinese red-ribbon dancer, a talent show at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus will showcase the skills of students, faculty, and staff.

“Riddle’s Got Talent!” is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Embry-Riddle’s Willie Miller Instructional Center, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. An offering of the Spring 2010 Arts & Letters Series, this evening of entertainment is free and open to the public.

The talent show’s 15 acts include a jazz quartet, a rock band, a singer/guitarist, a theatrical singer, a break dancer, and a magician. Student organizations that will participate are the AcaFellas and AcaBellas singing groups and the Riddle Players Drama Club. Dr. Libbie Searcy will perform a monologue about a character who is a breast cancer survivor. She and Dr. Linda Straubel, humanities professors, are the organizers of the event.

For more information, contact Dr. Searcy at libbie.searcy@erau.edu or (386) 226-6627.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 150 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.