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The Westminster College Celebrity Series announced today that Grammy Award Winner Crystal Gayle will replace Louise Mandrell in concert Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"Due to an unanticipated forced cancellation, the Celebrity Series is fortunate to bring in super star Crystal Gayle to replace Louise Mandrell this Saturday," said Gene DeCaprio, director of the Westminster College Celebrity Series.
Gayle, who is the younger sister of Loretta Lynn, is best known for her platinum hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, which was recognized in 1999 by The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) as being one of the ten most performed songs of the 20th century.
Her earliest roots in country music led to what at the time in the industry was an unusual turn of events: Gayle hosted her own prime time special on CBS television and took country music to mainstream audiences. With her fourth album, "We Must Believe in Magic," she became the first female artist in country music history to achieve platinum album sales.
She has been CMA's "Female Vocalist of the Year" for two consecutive years; winner of a Grammy Award for the "Best Female Vocal Performance," and the Academy of Country Music Awards "Top Female Vocalist" three times.
A limited number of seats are still available. For tickets, contact Connie McGinnis, assistant director of Celebrity Series, at (724) 946-7354 or e-mail mcginncl@westminster.edu.
The Westminster College Concert Choir will perform six concerts in seven days at various Eastern churches in January.
Under the direction of Robin Lind, the Concert Choir will perform "Rejoice Exultantly," "Pilgrims' Hymn," "Now Thank We All Our God," "Tonight Eternity Alone," "Epiphany Alleluias," "The Three Kings," "The Shepherds' Chorus," "Peace Like a River, "Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name," and "What a Wonderful World." "Tonight Eternity Alone" will feature a soprano duet by Marie Gott and Bridget Steller. "Now Thank We All Our God" will be accompanied by Devin Householder on the trumpet; Cyndi Mancini on the trumpet; Eric Walker, on the tuba; Craig Dressler on the organ; and baritone Jacob Moon as the soloist.
The Chamber Singers, 16 singers selected by audition from the Concert Choir, will sing "The Gipsy's Wedding Day," "Come, My Celia," "O Maria Maris Stella," "Sure on this Shining Night," accompanied by Rachel Hammond on the piano, and "Brooms," a Russian folk song. Dressler will accompany several numbers on the organ.
The tour schedule is as follows: Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m., Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg; Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m., Wallingford Presbyterian Church, Wallingford; Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan 8 at 9:15 a.m., St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, N.J.; Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m., Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, Del.; and Jan 11 at 7 p.m., The First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md.
Each January the Westminster College Concert Choir travels to different areas of the country, and every fourth year travels to Europe. In 2005, the choir performed six concerts in churches of Georgia and Florida, and in 2004, the choir traveled to the southern East coast, performing in Charlotte, N.C., Beaufort and Hilton Head, S.C., Roswell, Ga., and Manassas, Va. In 2003, the Choir spent two weeks in Italy performing in such venues as Basilica di San Marco in Venice, St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 2002, the choir traveled to Southern California, where they performed in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Contact Lind at (724) 946-7278 or e-mail lindra@westminster.edu for more information.
Four Westminster College students attended the Fourth Annual Fall Conference of the Northeast Ohio Philosophy Consortium (NEOPC) held at John Carroll University.
Westminster College will host Christoph Bartscher, the 2001 Robert M. Woods Lecturer and aerospace engineer from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in Hoyt Science Resources Center room 116.
Dr. David Keck, visiting professor of history at Duke University in North Carolina, will speak at Westminster College Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. in Patterson Hall room 131.
Westminster College will host the Pennsylvania Music Educators National Adjudication Festival Wednesday, March 12.
The performances are open to the public, but no one may enter after an ensemble has started playing. Performances begin at 9 a.m. and run every half hour until 1 p.m.
The Westminster College Chamber Orchestra will make its debut concert Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Paula Kubik, organist and carilloneur at St. John's Episcopal Church in Sharon, will present a carillon concert at Westminster College Sunday, Oct. 21, at 6:15 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Dr. Beverly Cushman, Westminster College assistant professor of religion and Christian education, was selected from a national pool to attend one of 17 summer study opportunities supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the Israeli film Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
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