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Bethany Nazarene College A Cappella Choir Annual Tour 1962-1963

Fred Floyd Archives - Southern Nazarene University

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Description / Abstract

This is a direct-to-disc recording of the Bethany Nazarene College A Cappella Choir Annual Tour from 1962-1963 year. Accompanying the record is a program which details information about the selections on the program, and information about the choir.

Side A:

O Worship the King - J. Michael Haydn/arr. by Wayne Howorth
The Lord Reigneth (Psalm 93) - Gooper-Angell
Lift Up Your Heads - Volkmar Leisring, edited by Dr. Landquist
In Praise and Adoration - Leora Dretke
He Knows - Arr. by Raymond Rhea
In De Lord - Arr. by Wayne Howorth
O Mary! O Martha! - Arr. by John Work
Now Let Me Fly - Arr. by Wayne Howorth

Side B:

Jesus Set the World to Singing - A.H. Ackle/arr. Dunn; Lester Dunn, soloist
Why Do I Sing About Jesus - A.B. Ketchum/arr. Dunn; Lester Dunn, soloist
A New Love In My Heart - E. Wright/arr. Dunn; Lester Dunn, soloist
The Old Ship of Zion - D.B. Towner/arr. Dunn; Lester Dunn, soloist
Jesus the Very Thought of Thee -John B. Dykes/arr. W.B. Olds; Accompanist: Margaret Dunn
Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me - John E. Gould/arr. W.B. Olds; Accompanist: Margaret Dunn
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken - Wolfgang Mozart/arr. W.B. Olds; Accompanist: Margaret Dunn

From the program:

A Cappella Choir Bethany Nazarene College... Singing a Cappella and by Memory

Curtis Smith - Assistant to the President; Lester Dunn - Director

Back of the program:

The A Cappella Choir of Bethany Nazarene College was first organized in 1938. They make over fifty appearances each year, including the 14 services of the annual spring tour of 2,500 miles, Choir personne l are chosen by tryouts each fall. The choir is not limited to students from the Fine Arts Division, but is open to any student enrolled in the college who can meet the requirements. The choir is distinctly Christian in its beliefs and practices.

PERSONNEL:

(SOPRANO): Donna Blankenship-Lake Jackson, Texas; Doris Chandler-Dalhart, Texas; Loretta Farmer-Bethany, Oklahoma; Sandy Fitzgerald- Bethany, Oklahoma; Karen Hurless- Canton, Ohio; Mary Smith-St. Louis, Missouri; Laquita Voigt-Beaumont, Texas; Rena Mae Walker- DeRidder, Louisiana; Anita Winter-Hooker, Oklahoma

(ALTO): Barbara Burnett- Odessa, Texas; Dian Chandler- Bethany, Oklahoma; Sue Crooks-Woodward, Oklahoma; Peggy Graham- Wichita, Kansas; Janelle Suttle- San Antonio, Texas; Kathy Taylor- St. Joseph, Missouri; Frances Tucker- N. Little Rock, Arkansas; Karen Yarbrough-Medford, Oklahoma

(TENOR): DeLos Beck- Carlsbad, New Mexico; Robert Danskin- Davenport, Nebraska; Charles Isbell- Crowley, Louisiana; Terry Jones- Ponca City, Oklahoma; Earl Millen- San Juan, Texas; Larry Phelps- Olmitz, Kansas; Robert Sutton- Pontiac, Michigan; Hardy Weathers-Cushing, Oklahoma

(BASS): Robert Brunson-Lynwood, California; Larry Hightower, Little Rock, Arkansas; Gerald Lane- Kirksville, Missouri; LeDon McAnally- Ada, Oklahoma; Ed Nicholson- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Steve Ronnekamp- Billings, Montana; Mark Townsend- Norman, Oklahoma; Royce Wright- Houston, Texas

Bethany Nazarene College is a fully accredited four-year con-educational college, including fifteen districts in Oklahoma, TExas, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana, and western Missouri.

The college offers courses in five divisions: Fine Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Religion and Philosophy.

A record number of 1,145 students from 38 states enrolled at Bethany Nazarene College for the fall semester,1962.

These albums are recorded on direct-to-disc on aluminum-base records. This type of recording medium is considered very fragile and unstable. These recordings have been carefully transferred using special phonograph styli. The sound quality is only as good as the recordings themselves, please consider that these recordings are many decades old.