CHAMPAIGN STORIES
Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150, a WILL/Illinois Public Media Production
A 13-part television series will tell the stories of innovative and pioneering people and events that have shaped the City of Champaign over the past 150 years and laid the groundwork for the future. A new segment of “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150 will air monthly during the celebration year. Upcoming episodes will air on the following dates at 7:30p, WILL-TV: July 22, August 26, September 23. Click on the links below to view past episodes.
Youth Media Workshop:
“And the Beat Goes On: The Spirit in the Legacy of the Douglass Center Drum Corps“
In the 1970’s, when William Patterson was a boy, he spent many hours at Douglass Park and the Douglass Community Center in Champaign, Illinois, playing ball, watching movies, attending festivals and absorbing the beats and rhythms of the once award-winning Douglass Center Drums Corps. The park was the social hub of the African-American community and William felt safe, cared for and loved in the space. The Douglass Center Drum Corps was a vital component of William’s childhood, particularly, when he became a “stick boy” along with Hymie Hogue.
Thirty years later, Dr. William Patterson (a.k.a. Dr. P), founder and co-director of the Youth Media Workshop, would connect a new generation of youth to the park by guiding them through the process of making a mini-documentary on the Douglass Center Drums Corps during its heyday in the mid-1960s when it won a national drum corps competition in New York city.
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Uni News Podcasts: Champaign 150th Anniversary History Project
CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OF UNI HIGH’S 150TH DISPLAY
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