UAlbany Students Teach Community Martial Arts, Salsa Dancing and more

The Earth Tones are one of the student groups who will perform and instruct the community at UAlbany Community Day.

ALBANY, N.Y. (October 7, 2009) -- Talented University at Albany student singers, dancers, and martial artists will both perform for and instruct the general public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the Campus Center at UAlbany Community Day on October 10.

Student demonstrations are free and open to the public. They include:
� Earth Tones and Serendipity � UAlbany�s male and female a cappella singers
� Knemesis
� UAlbany Mixed Martial Arts Club
� Salsa Dancing
� Belly Dancing

Student demonstrations are just one of the many activities at UAlbany Community Day, designed to showcase the University�s academic and cultural strengths.  The Day � which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. � will boast faculty presentations on topics ranging from the historical significance of the Battle of Saratoga to nanotechnology; interactive student step dancing and belly dancing demonstrations; a farmer�s market; bomb-sniffing dog and sheepherding exhibitions; and a faculty meet and greet.

UAlbany Community Day is part of the University�s Homecoming/Family and Reunion Weekend, which features an alumni luncheon honoring activist Harvey Milk, �51, a speech by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and a lecture by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.

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