*The Czech Girls' Choir Jitro

will perform at Spivey Hall Saturday, Feb. 20, at

7 p.m. The choir was founded in the city of Hradec Kralove in 1973 and won its first

major prize, Czechoslovakia's Golden Palm, in

1979. Since then, Jitro, which translates as

"daybreak," has won numerous

competitions including first prize at the International

Competition Lunentus Mundi Cantat in June 1998. Tickets for this concert are $10,

available through the Spivey Hall ticket office at

770-961-3683.

* At 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, the Pan African

Orchestra brings 30 of the top musicians in Ghana to Spivey Hall for

a special performance.

The Pan African orchestra plays traditional instruments, such as kora, flute,

balaphone, African violin and fontonfrom drums to present a repertoire that draws on the

vast African musical culture to create a new classical music.

Tickets are $25 and are available from the Spivey Hall ticket office, 770-961-3683.

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