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:
- The Redeemer (A Choral Cycle) – Sateren
- Promise
- Birth
- Death
- Resurrection
- Ascension
- Return
- Lamb of Degradashun – MacGimsey
- Satan's Kingdom's Fallen Down – Forsblad
- Wade in de Water - Arr. Tolmage
- Brother Noah – Cronham
Side B:
- His Love - Robbins/arr. Lester L. Dunn
- How Can I Help But Love Him? - Roth/arr. Lester L. Dunn
- Oh, Love of God - Mercer/arr. Lester L. Dunn
- The Love of God - Lehman/arr. Lester L. Dunn
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Mason/arr. W.B. Olds; Margaret Dunn, pianist
- O Zion, Haste - Walch/arr. W.B. Olds; Margaret Dunn, pianist
- All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name - Holden/arr. P.A. Barnard; Margaret Dunn, pianist
From the program:
A Cappella Choir Bethany Nazarene College... Singing a Cappella and by Memory
A Concert of Sacred Music, Annual Tour 1962: Curtis Smith - Assistant to the President; Lester Dunn - Director
Back of the program:
THE CHOIR
The Bethany Nazarene College A Capella Choir was first organized in 1938. Since that time it has made an annual tour of around 2,500 miles. Choir personnel 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. The sole purpose of the choir is to present a program of sacred music with distinction, backed by vital Christian experience.
PERSONNEL:
SOPRANO: Brediger, Rosalie; Seattle, Wash. : Chandler, Doris; Dalhart, Texas : Frazier, Mary; Wichita, Kansas : Galbraith, Laura; Austin, Texas : Hurless, Karen; Canton, Ohio : Smith, Mary; St. Louis, Missouri : Thompson, Dian; Muskogee, Okla. : Voight, Laquita; Pine Bluff, Ark. : Winter, Anita; Hooker, Oklahoma
ALTO: Burnett, Barbara; Odessa, Texas : Gassett, Sherryl; Bethany, Okla. : Hester, Carolyn; San Antonio, Tex. : Johnson, Judy; Ottawa, Kansas : Johnson, Karen, Okla. City, Okla. : Nobles, Karen; Corpus Christi, Tex. : Rushing, Edna; Fairmont, West Va. : Tompkins, Deletta; Bethany, Okla.
TENOR: Beck, Delos; Carlsbad, New Mexico : Eskew, Jerry; Springfield, Colorado : Hancock, Gary; Burr Oak, Kansas : Henry, Walter; Hutchinson, Kansas : Moyer, Brance; Guthrie, Oklahoma : Morgan, Dick; Ponca City, Okla. : Phelps, Larry; Olmitz, Kansa : Stahly, Dick; Petersburg, Texas : Vaughn, Wayne; Fort Worth, Texas
BASS: Irwin, Bill; Orlando, Florida : Knight, Don; Lakeland, Florida : Lane, Gerald; Kirksville, Missouri : McAnally, LeDon; Ada, Oklahoma : Rice, Justin; Lawrence, Kansas : Rice, Wayne; Tulsa, Oklahoma : Rushing, Tracy; Nampa, Idaho : Wright, Royce; Bay City, Texas
Bethany Nazarene College is an accredited four-year college located at Bethany, Oklahoma. It is the official college for the West Central Zone of the Church of the Nazarene. This zone includes western Missouri and the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. The college maintains five divisions: Division of Fine Arts, Division of Humanities, Division of Natural Sciences, Division of Social Sciences, and Division of Religion and Philosophy.
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.