Beginning rehearsals before many students began to pack to come back to Harding following the summer break, members of the A Cappella Chorus gathered at Camp Tahkodah in August for a ten day music camp. Under the direction of Dr. Ken Davis, the singers spent the camp session sharpening their minds and increasing their voca l skills to prepare for the year ahead. Once school was underway, the chorus was never faced with a dull moment as program after program involved the group. With short trips to places such as Greers Ferry Lake in Heber Springs and Fort Worth, Texas, newer choir members were ab le to understand a bit of what was yet to come. The long fall tour in November took the busload of musicians through portions of Arkansas, Louis iana, Texas and Oklahoma. . [n the spring the flurry of activities increased steadily. Joining the other campus choral groups, the chorus sang with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra during its performance in the Benson Auditorium. Following the annual spring concert in February, the A Cappella spent its daily rehearsal time in preparation for the 12-day spring tour. The East was the focus of this tour during which the choir journeyed through Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.~ Music camp began the busy year for members of Chorale as lOB/Music groups Vocalists Serve as Goodwill Ambassadors they gathered to warm up their voices for the programs ahead. Busying themselves with weekend trips, rehearsal time for the group's two major tours was precious. Choral's first major tour, always scheduled in early January, took the musicians through several states including Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. The tour brought them back to Henderson, Tenn., to close out by singing in the Christian College Choral Festival at FreedHardeman Col lege. - Chris topher Thompson
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