Festival of Song Take a bow! The conductor of the Southwestern Christian College's A Cappella chorus stands aside to give the praise to her group of singers. The Twenty-first Annual Christian College Choral Festival has been held at Harding four times since its beginning. - photo by the Public Relations Office. I n the hit mpsical, The Sound of Music Julie Andrews sang of how "The Hills are Alive With the Sound of Music;' could she have been referring to the hill the Benson Auditorium sat on? Something tells me the hills Andrews alludes to are just a little bigger than the hill the Benson sits atop but it definitely was alive with the sounds of music in early January as choruses from a number of other Christian colleges and universities assembled on campus for the twenty-first annual Christian College Festival . This year's festival attracted participants from thirteen different schools ranging from as far north as Michigan to as far south as Texas. Harding was well represented providing two of fifteen choruses participating in the event, both the Chorale conducted by Clifton L. Ganus III and the A Cappella Chorus conducted by Kenneth Davis Jr. gave performances. Each of Lynda Gay Foster . Ft. Smith, AR . Office systems . Ko Jo Kai ; Sub-T 16 queen; Dean's List; Resident Assistant; SAM. Kimberly Ann Fox · Hubertus, WI. ursing. Phi Delta; Alpha Chi; Campaigns · Australia; Dean's List; HSNA,: ~r~asu rer; Intramurals, All-Star; Sigma Theta Tau. Molly Colette Frank - McCrory, AR . Elementary" .education. Phi Delta, Secretary, Vice-president, ICC representative; Campa igns · Engl3nd; Campus Ministry; May Fete attnedant. Todd Lynn Frazier . Beaver Dam, WI. Management. Kappa Tau; Campaigns · Mexican; OEGE beau ; Intramurals. Kevin Douglas Getter - Douglas, AZ . Computer info rmation systems . Data Processing Management Association. Timothy J. Gibbs · Carrol ton, TX . Bible. Barbara elda Gibson · Hurst , TX. General home economics. AHEA; Dean's List; Student Impact. Edward Scott Gibson· Mountain Home, AR . Computer science. Beta Phi Kappa, Secretary, Historian; Chi Lambda Chi beau; Data Processing Management Association; Dean's List. Kelly Frances Gibson · Bald Knob, AR. Special education-learning disabilities. John Jeffery Gilreath · Rochester, M . Computer science. Chi Sigma Alpha; Bison reporter; Chorale; Kappa Delta Kappa beau; Data Processing Management Association; KHCA staff; Spring Sing, house band; Homecoming musical - Music Man. Michael Dean Gist · Racine, WI. Accounting. Kappa Tau Omega , President, Vice-president; Chi Alpha Rho beau; Conquerors; lntramurals, All -Star; Pi Gamma Psi; Res ident Assistant; SA president, dorm life chairman; VISA; Regina Spririt Award. Rita Marie Glenn · Strafford, MO. Fashion merchandising. Kesia Renee Glisson · Rantoul , IL. Elementary education . Savona Paige Golden · Greeneville, TN. Marketing. Richard Brian Goldman · Searcy, AR. Marketing. TNT; Campaigns - Australia; Zeta Rho beau; Campus Ministry; SAM, vice-president of publicity offices; Student Impact energy group leader. 96 Shades of Senio~ the thirteen choruses performed two arrangements giving audiences a chance to hear a variety of music from such composers J. S. Bach to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The highlight of the evening's exhibitions had to be the finale in which all the choruses combined and performed five selections under the direction of the guest conductor Dr. Douglas R. Mcewen. Dr. McEwen has conducted more than 50 all-state and festival choruses from coast to coast; also included in his long list of achievements were appearances as the guest conductor for the Minnesota Symphony and Phoenix Symphony. This festival allowed the music and non-music major alike to enjoy some classical compositions along with some more modern ones. Through attending festivals such as this one gained a better appreciation of modern music and the fore fathers of it .• - Michael Hupp
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