The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 11, 1977 Page: 3 of 4
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March 11 1977
The H-SU BRAND
NEWS BRIEFS
Concert Choir trip slated
Members of the Hardin -Simmons
Concert Choir will begin spring break
early as they will leave Wednesday to
perform at the Music Educators National
Convention in Kansas City. The choir
under the direction of Dr. Loyd
Hawthoren will present a program en-
titled "The Modern Worship Service".
In route to Kansas City the choir will
present programs at various churches in
Oklahoma and Missouri. The H-SU group
will also perform at Oklahoma Baptist
University.
Opera underway
The Hardin-Simmons University School
of Music and the H-SU Opera Workshop
will present Mozart's comic opera "The
Impresario" at 8 p.m. tonight in Van Ellis
Theater.
The opera a one-act German singspiel
will be performed-in English.
Carl Best of the H-SU music faculty is
the director.
Sweetheart Favorites to be
selected
Dr. Ross Johnson Vice-President of
Student Affairs has announced that this
Wednesday Mar. 16 elections will be held
at H-SU for rodeo sweetheart and class
favorites. Students will be allowed to cast
their ballots in both elections at a voting
booth that will be set up in Mooy Center.
Petitions are available in the Office of
Student Affairs for any person or group
that wishes to nominate a candlate. Dr.
Johnson emphasized the important of
these petitions in the rodeo sweetheart
election pointing out that only the four
girls with the most signatures on their
petitions will be listed on the election
ballot.
In order to be eleigible for election as
rodeo sweetheart a coed must have
completed 30 hours. Each nominee should
also be able to ride a horse as the
sweetheart must appear in rodeo activities
on horseback.
Business students to meet
The monthly meeting of the Association
of Business Students will be held on
Wednesday Mar. 16. The meeting will be
held in room 104 of Abilene Hall at 8:30
p.m.
The topic of discussion will be Careers in
Accounting and Related Fields. There will
be a panel of accountants to lead the
discussion. The panel will consist of
Charles Spicer Bob Wright and Gene
Brock. Spicer is a partner in Condley and
Co. a CPA firm. Wright is also a CPA as
well as being the Comptroller for Western
Marketing a well known firm. Brock is the
County Auditor for Taylor County.
The meeting is open to all interested
students and there are no dues required.
Price gives recital
The senior voice recital of Jim Price Jr.
baritone from Houston was presented by
the Hardin-Simmons University School of
Music Monday. Mar. 7 in Woodard-Dellis
Recital Hall.
The recital was presented in partial
fulfillment of the bachelor of music degree
with a major in theory and composition.
Price is from the studio of Tom Pack H-
SU music professor. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Price Sr. of Houston. He is
a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
men's music fraternity and the Concert
Choir.
James Steel senior from Rising Star
accompanied Price on the piano.
Price was also assisted by Randy Marr
senior from Abilene tenor; Lynn Baker
graduate student from Culpeper Va.
piano; Mark Smith senior from San
Diego. Calif. oboe; and Tim Owens
sophomore from Abilene bassoon.
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'Up With People' cast
to perform in Abilene
"Up With People" a nationally-known
musical group with a cast of 70 from
across America and three foreign coun-
tries will be in Abilene Mar. 18 and 19 to
present programs in the Civic Center. The
group which is being sponsored in Abilene
by the Abilene Reporter News will stage
performances at 7:30 both Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Tom Flores a representative of "Up
With People" stated the group's purpose
as being "to establish through outreach a
creative framework for communication
between people of every race creed and
nationality". Flores stated that the show
will feature some 45 songs written
especially for "Up With People". He
stated that the music will appeal to a wide
range of musical tastes and is completely
choreographed. Flores commented that
"Up With People" will present a grogram
that is "high voltage and definitely rated
'G for the whole family".
Advance tickets for the performances
are available for $2 3 and 4. Tickets
bought at the door the nights of the per-
formances will cost $3 4 and 5.
"Up With People" will also be con-
ducting interviews following each per-
formance with persons interested in
joining the group. Flores stated that
anyone interested in an interview should
come to one of the performances and stay
following the show for the interview
session which will follow immediately.
Composers concert conducted
The- first spring program of the Students
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rourieen compositions were pertormea
at the concert. The selections come from
senior and graduate student entries.
The program included "Two Trumpets"
by Allan Meador of Hobbs N.M. "im-
promptu" by Randy Marr of Abilene
"Serenade'1 by John Ratledge of Roanoke
Va. and "Petite Suite for Three Trum-
pets" by Lynn Baker of Culpeper Va.
"A Birthday" by Paula Herring of
Hobbs N.M.. "Albumlcaf" (Election Day
1976) by Laurene Peterson of Houston "In
the Baroque Style" by Stacy Blair of
Eastland and "The Way" by Jim Price of
Houston.
"Silence" by Allan Sandlin of Brown-
wood. "Ellas: Growth of a People" by Ann
Davis of Houston "Life" by Mark Smith of
San Diego. Calif. "Stopping by the Woods
on a Snowy Evening" by Ratledge "Two
Poems by Shelly" by Joe Strickland of San
Diego. Calif. and "Three Pieces for
Winds" by Richard Harwood of San An-
tonio. Phones help Financial Aid
The new telephone system will make it
more convenient for students to directly
contact the person in the Financial Aid
Office who can help you.
If students need information regarding
scholarships or the student work
program they contact Frances Evans
(ext. is 333). Questions or problems
relating to most other areas can be han-
dled by Eva Templeton (ext. is 332).
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Due to class recess for Spring
Break the next edition of the
BRAND will not appear until
April 1.
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Dr. Martin director of Singers Ho! said
the members will be paying their own
way.
They are scheduled to leave Abilene on
May 9 and perform at Disney World on
May 12. Enrouteto and from Disney World
they will have some tentative per-
formances scheduled. They include Fort
Walton Beach May 10; Pensacola May
13; and South Main Baptist Church in
Pasadena May 15.
The group will arrive back in Abilene on
May 16.
They will be performing in connection
with the Walt Disney World Band Festival
Program.
Singers Ho! has performed on campus
for civic and military groups and for
churches. They have been selected
through audition by the USO and the
National Music Council for three overseas
trips.
The first was in 1970 to U.S military
bases in Labrador Greenland and
Iceland. The second was in 1972 to Europe
including performances in Germany
Italy Belgium and Holland. The third was
an eight-week trip in the winter of 1974-75
to military bases in the Far Pacific with
special concerts in Taiwan Korea and the
Philippines.
A Texas tour is scheduled for April of
this year.
Choreography has been planned by
Mrs. Marj Baucum of Abilene for the past
six years.
Students for Singers Ho! are chosen on
the basis of their musical ability stage
presentation grade point average and
showmanship.
The purpose of Singers Ho! is tor people
to see music as entertainment.
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