GARDENS, CENTER ARE FOCUS OF PUBLIC 
       CELEBRATIONS SEPT. 16-17


by Anne Dolan 

The Iowa State community is invited to celebrate the 
completion of two major projects, a $9 million renovation of 
the Iowa State Center and the $2 million Reiman Gardens. The 
gardens will be dedicated Saturday, Sept. 16, and the center 
will be showcased during a Sept. 17 concert in C.Y. Stephens 
by violinist Itzhak Perlman.


GARDEN DEDICATION

The garden dedication program begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 16 in 
the Reiman Gardens, south of the football stadium. Scheduled 
speakers include President Martin Jischke; College of 
Agriculture Dean David Topel; horticulture department chair 
Michael Chaplin; Patty Jischke, president of CoHorts, a 
garden volunteer group; and Roy and Bobbi Reiman, whose $1.3 
million gift launched the project two years ago . 

Last week, a campanile structure with an electronic bell and 
keyboard system was installed in the garden. Tin-Shi Tam, 
ISU's carilloneur, will conclude the program with a 
performance.

CoHorts volunteers and ISU Horticulture Club members will 
lead garden tours after the program. Refreshments will be 
served on the patio of the Mahlstede building.

Ames residents attending the garden dedication are encouraged 
to carpool and park on the neighborhood streets west of the 
garden and Cyclone stadium to leave more stadium parking for 
out-of-town guests and donors. The Iowa State-Iowa football 
game begins at noon and stadium lots will fill quickly.


CENTER RENOVATION

The 3 p.m. concert by Perlman and pianist Samuel Sanders on 
Sunday, Sept. 17, will mark the first use of the renovated 
Stephens Auditorium. All buildings in the center complex 
received a facelift to coincide with its 25th anniversary in 
1994. The renovation included cleaned and painted exterior 
soffits on Stephens, Scheman and the Fisher Theater; repaired 
and reupholstered seats, new lobby furnishings and new carpet 
in Stephens; new carpet and lobby furnishings in Scheman; the 
basketball offices addition to Hilton Coliseum; and new 
lighting and sound systems, renovated dressing rooms and new 
carpet in Fisher. Most of the previous interiors and 
furnishings were original to the buildings.

Perlman first played for the American public 27 years ago as 
a 13-year-old on The Ed Sullivan Show. He performs more than 
80 concerts annually and has sold 2.5 million CDs. EMI 
Classics recently honored him as "Artist of the Year."

Perlman said one of his proudest achievements was his 
collaboration on the score for the film Schindler's List, on 
which he performed the violin solos.

Tickets to the concert are $25 to $38 and available through 
TicketMaster and the Iowa State Center Box Office. 

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contact:  Anne Dolan, Internal Communications, (515) 294-7065
updated:  9-1-95