Ballad of Black Jack

<body bgcolor="#FFF1D2"> <div align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td width="25%" height="55"><div align="center"> </div></td> <td width="50%"><div align="center"><strong><em><font color="#663300" size="6" face="Bookman Old Style">The Ballad of Black Jack</font></em></strong> </div> <p></p></td> <td width="25%"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" align="center">  <tr> <td width="1169" height="113" valign="top"><div align="left"> <p align="justify"><em><font color="#663300"><strong><font size="2">About the BALLAD...</font></strong></font></em><font size="2"><br> <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">Based on historical fact, "<em><strong>The Ballad of Black Jack</strong></em>" deals with pro-and anti-slavery issues that nearly ripped the state apart, putting "Bleeding Kansas" on the front pages of national newspapers. This big stage musical production was written by Baldwin City playwright and composer Don Mueller in 1970, and was performed annually during the <a href="http://www.mapleleaffestival.com/"><font color="#663300"><strong><em>Baldwin Maple Leaf Festival</em></strong></font></a> on the third full weekend in October until 1983. Other than a one-year production in Lawrence in 1986, the show was dormant until it was brought back to Baker University's Rice Auditorium in Baldwin City in 2001.This year will be the 19th production of the show.<br> <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">The play tells the true story of Northeast Kansas settlers in 1855 and 1856 who were fighting for Kansas to enter the Union as a free state, and the opposition they faced from pro-slavery Missourians. The show features historical characters such as free-state Gov. Charles Robinson, free-state militia leader Capt. James Abbott, pro-slavery sheriff Sam Jones, Ft. Leavenworth's Col. Edwin Sumner and the fiery abolitionist John Brown. Lively songs and dances and a love story are melded together with the historical events surrounding two Quaker settlers in the area, Jacob Branson and Charles Dow. </font></p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td height="21"><div align="center"> <p><strong><font color="#FF0000" size="2">All shows are held at Rice Auditorium on the Baker University Campus at 8th and Dearborn in Baldwin City, KS. </font></strong><br> <font size="2">( PDF file. Requires <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?c=us">Adobe Acrobat)</a></font> <pbr> <br> <font size="2"><strong><font color="#FF0000" size="2"><a href="/Graphics/PDF/Map.pdf"><em>See Maps</em></a></font></strong></font></div></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" height="40%" border="2" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#990000"> <tr bordercolor="#FFF1D2"> <td height="27" colspan="2" align="left"><div align="left"><strong><font color="#000000" size="5"><em>2005 Show Times</em></font></strong></div></td> <td width="33%" rowspan="2"><div align="right"> <p align="center"><img src="file:///D|/A%20Data%20Files/F%20Personal/Ballad%20of%20Black%20Jack/Graphics/John%20B%20Don.gif" width="243" height="286" align="top"><br> <em><font color="#FF0000" size="2"><strong><em>No children under 3 permitted due to battle scene noise.</em></strong></font></em></p> </div></td> <td width="33%" colspan="2"><div align="center"> <p align="right"><font color="#000000" size="5"><strong><em>2005 Ticket Prices</em></strong></font></p> </div></td> </tr> <tr bordercolor="#CCCCCC"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bordercolor="#FFF1D2"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Friday, <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">Oct. 14th <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"> 7:00 p.m. </strong></font></p> <p><strong><font size="4">Saturday, Oct. 15th<img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">7:00 p.m.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="4">Sunday, <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">Oct. 16th<img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"><img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">1:30 p.m. </font></strong></td> <td colspan="2" valign="top" bordercolor="#FFF1D2"><div align="right"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><font size="4">Adults<img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"> <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">$12.00</font></strong></p> </div> <p align="right"><font size="4"><strong>Children and Students with ID <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">$<img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10">6.00</strong></font></p> <p align="right"><font size="4"><strong>Family Rate <img src="/Graphics/spacerb.gif" width="10" height="10"> $25.00</strong></font></p> <div align="center"><font color="#FF0000" size="2"><strong></strong></font></div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="right"> </div> <table width="100%" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td width="29%" height="194" valign="top"><div align="center"> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#663300" size="4">For More Information:</font></strong><br align="left"> <strong><font color="#663300" size="4">(the people)</font></strong></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842101.html">Gov. Charles Robinson</a><br> <a href="http://www.kshs.org/cool2/coolhow.htm">Capt. James Abbott</a><br> <a href="http://library.morrisville.edu/local_history/sites/gar_post/sumner2.html">Col. Edwin Sumner</a><br> <a href="http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/03-3/03-3a.htm">John Brown</a> <br> <a href="http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/biob/bransoj.html">Jacob Branson and Charles Dow</a></div></td> <td width="43%" valign="top"><div align="center"> <p><font size="4">For a PDF flyer:<em><strong> <a href="/Graphics/PDF/Flyer.pdf">Ballad of Black Jack</a></strong></em></font><br align="center"> <font size="2">( PDF file. Requires <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?c=us">Adobe Acrobat<font color="#000000">)</font></a></font><br> <br align="center"> <font size="2"><em>For more information, please contact:</em></font> <br> <font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><strong>The Ballad of Black Jack,</strong><br> <strong>506 High St.,</strong><br> <strong>Baldwin City, KS 66006</strong></font> <br> <font size="2">Ballad information: <a href="mailto:info@balladofblackjack.org,sabsher@fsgctopeka.com"><strong>info@balladofblackjack.org</strong></a></font> <br align="center"> <font size="2">Site information:<a href="mailto:webmaster@balladofblackjack.org">webmaster@balladofblackjack.org</a> </font> </p> </div></td> <td width="28%" valign="top"> <div align="right"><strong><font color="#663300" size="4">For More Information:</font></strong><br align="right"> <strong><font color="#663300" size="4">(the events)</font></strong> </div> <p align="right"><font color="#663300"><a href="http://www.battleofblackjack1856.org/battle.htm">Battle of Black Jack 1856</a></font><br> <font color="#663300"><a href="http://www.hahmgs.org/com2003a.html">The Kansas - Nebraska Bill (act)</a></font> <br> <font color="#663300"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html">Bleeding Kansas</a></font><br> <a href="http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-BleedingKansas.html">Kansas/Missouri Border War</a> <br> <a href="http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/blackjac.html">Roadside Historical Marker</a></p></td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"></div> <div id="PLVFODiv" style="position:absolute;left:5px;top:150px;width:10px"><table id="PLVFOMenu" width="10px" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#f7d7ac" style="border-color:#000000;border-width:1px;border-style:solid"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#f7d7ac"><tr><td><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px"><table id="PLVFOLink" border="0" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" 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