Wayne State University students will hold the annual "Funeral for Ol' Man Winter" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6. This is an annual rite of spring on campus.
Dwayne X. Riley; Matt Michaels, jazz program director; and his Dixieland band musicians will accompany the casket of a lifeless Ol' Man Winter in a New Orleans style funeral procession. Riley is the "happy curmudgeon" on "Something to Think About" on CKWW 580 AM Memories in Windsor and former host of "Riley's World" on WDIV TV 4.
Following an irreverent burial ceremony, jazz musicians will entertain in the Circa 1890 Restaurant. Proprietor Steve Xantheas will donate the day's proceeds to the university.
For more information call the music department at (313) 577-1795.
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