Elizabeth Carver made a donation to the UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium Project in Augusta, naming a chair in honor of the Rockland Center staff. From left to right: Renee Heal, Deborah Meehan, Chip Curry, Elizabeth Carver, Paula Schuessler and Althea Simeone.

Elizabeth Carver is a student at the UMA Rockland Center enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Sciences. She is currently a junior and has been enrolled with some gaps for life events, since the summer of 1992.

This week Carver honored her relationship with the staff of the UMA Rockland Center by purchasing a chair in their honor during the renovation project on the UMA campus for the Jewett Hall Auditorium. Carver dedicated that chair to the Rockland Center staff.

“I knew returning to college to complete my bachelor’s degree, after a 30-year working career, would require commitment – mentally, emotionally and financially. From the beginning, it was clear I was in the right place by attending classes at the Rockland Center,” she said.

“As overwhelming as my full-time class load can feel at times, I have never felt alone,” she added. “The academic and administrative support has been vital to my success so far, as unexpected personal life challenges needed my attention.”

Carver went on to add that the UMA Rockland Center staff have gifted her with understanding, unwavering support, and assistance in setting priorities and establishing peer relationships to guide her through the college experience.

Carver says, “It is my honor to recognize staff at the UMA Rockland Center in a way that also benefits UMA and the Jewett Hall Auditorium. “

UMA’s Jewett Auditorium Renovation project in Augusta has been underway since mid-December and is nearing completion. Donors have been able to name chairs as a part of the project.

Every member of this band has a passion to play and preserve Traditional New Orleans Jazz. By capturing the original “Preservation Hall Jazz Band” era of music, John Page, founder and band leader, has brought his love of traditional New Orleans Jazz to the forefront of the music scene since 1987. He has spent most of his musical pursuit studying, playing and working with the most influential New Orleans musicians of his generation.

State Street Traditional Jazz Band

The State Street Traditional Jazz Band pays homage to music born over 100 years past, to its authentic origins at the turn of the 20th century.  These enchanting sounds were heard then in New Orleans and throughout the Louisiana Delta region.  However, following WWI, jazz moved north out of New Orleans, and in the course of the move, it began to change. Yet, many musical greats kept it alive, such as the Original Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, “Kid” Thomas Valentine, Sweet Emma Barrette, and the Humphrey Brothers, among others.

Sadly, today those music legends have passed, but the State Street Traditional Jazz Band is dedicated to playing, preserving and keeping this music alive.

The members of the band are John Page on Trumpet, Peter Dunphy, Banjo, Bill Thurston on Drums, Barry Daniels, Clarinet, Doug Protsik on Piano, Tom Wilbur, Tuba, and Parker Kenyon, Trombone.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. , at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop, or at the door. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.org for more information.

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