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We were treated to beautiful voices of the Enterprise-Ozark Community College Wiregrass Honor Choir. Students from area high schools auditioned to sing with the college group. They were directed by Dr. Thomas Smith, retired from Auburn Univ.
The choir opened with the Star Spangled Banner. Then we settled down to Bugler's Holiday. The band left and then the choir took over and sang mostly acappella. Or with faint strains of piano accompanient. The harmony of the voices was beautiful. Three of the selections were in Latin.
They sang a very moving and haunting selection at the end that has become a symbol of the terrible tornado three years ago when lives were lost; "May the Music Never End". Many of the choir as well as the audience were wiping their eyes as they remembered their family and friends who lost their lives.
Afterwards there was a reception in the new fellowship hall where we met up with friends and had an opportunity to congratulate the students for their moving performance.
Tonight was "home grown" talent. Future programs will be artists who were selected to appear during the year. We are looking to hearing "Three Red Neck Tenors" from Paris, TX in February.
The music was different from the last concert we attended in the NC mountains a few weeks ago. We enjoyed both types of music but tonight was more our kind of music. We loved it!
