Ticket alert

Holiday dinner with the Vandaleers choir

Tickets are on sale for a holiday dinner featuring the Vandaleers choir Dec. 17 at the University of Idaho Student Union Building Ballroom in Moscow.

Tickets are $30 per person, or $20 for graduates of the last decade, and must be reserved by Dec. 12. Tables for 10 are available for $275. A social hour begins at 6 p.m. Dinner is at 7.

The event is sponsored by the University of Idaho Palouse Alumni Chapter and the Moscow Chamber of Commerce.

Reservations can be made by calling (208) 885-6154 or online at www.uirsvp.com.

Boxing championships

The 2014 USA Boxing National Championships will take place Jan. 20-25 at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino in Spokane.

The event will feature male and female boxers in the elite division (ages 19 to 40) battling for a highly coveted national championship. Both the men's and women's divisions will feature all 10 weight divisions, with top Olympic hopefuls competing for gold in the first elite event of 2014. Top boxers include 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields and three-time USA Boxing national champion and 2012 Olympic Trials gold medalist Cam F. Awesome.

Tickets range from $5 to $40 depending on the level of event. Bouts begin at 11 a.m. on weekdays and noon on Saturday. Tickets and details are available at www.northernquest.com.

Jazz festival

NEA Jazz Masters Benny Golson and Sheila Jordan, Ken Peplowski, Groove for Thought, Rene Marie and the Yellowjackets are a few of the headliners for the 2014 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow.

The 47th annual festival is Feb. 19-22 at the UI.

• 8 p.m. Feb. 19 - Student Union Building Ballroom:

NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson, Ken Peplowski, Grace Kelly with the All-Star Quartet featuring Josh Nelson, Shawn Conley, Bruce Forman and Kevin Kanner, and the Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Band 1.

• Feb 20 - Various times and locations:

Geoffrey Keezer - two sets, 7:30 and 9 p.m., Administration Auditorium.

NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan with the All-Star Trio - two sets, 8 and 9:30 p.m., Lionel Hampton School of Music Building, Haddock Performance Hall.

Ken Peplowski and Terrell Stafford Septet - two sets, 8:30 and 10 p.m., Student Union Building Ballroom.

• 8 p.m. Feb. 21, ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center:

Grove for Thought, Rene Marie, the Yellow Jackets

• 8:30 p.m. Feb. 22, ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center:

Lionel Hampton Jazz Youth Orchestra with special guests Jason Marsalis, NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson, NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Septet.

Tickets are on sale for all concerts, ranging from $25 to $50 per night with special discounts as low as $7 for youth and college students in the Quad Cities area. Tickets may be purchased at the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center Ticket Office by calling (208) 885-7212, toll free (888) 8-UIDAHO or online at www.uidaho.edu/ticketoffice. !