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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Lanetta Paul and Friends give winter concert
By Sabrina Thompson
EO Media Group
The melodious sounds of music
will fi ll the La Grande United
Methodist Church as Lanetta Paul
and Friends put on their annual
winter concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 15.
The show will feature select art-
ists performing a variety of songs
and genres including EOU As-
sociate Dean of Arts and Sciences
Peter Wordelman, Jason Lineback,
scholarship winner Daniel Durrell
and a surprise guest.
“I wanted to bring music that
audience members would like,” con-
cert organizer Lanetta Paul said.
The concert has been held for
more than 20 years, and at the
suggestion of Wordelman, it offers
a select EOU performer a scholar-
ship. Endowed scholarships have
ranged from $10,000 to $40,000,
with this year’s recipient receiving
$15,000.
“It means quite a lot to me,”
Durrell said. “I didn’t have to take
out loans this year.”
Durrell has been playing piano
for 16 years, ever since his parents
required him to take up an instru-
ment. When he had the option to
stop in high school, he chose to con-
tinue and then to pursue a degree
in music at EOU.
“Music allows you to express
yourself,” Durrell said. “The easiest
way for me to express myself is
through piano. I love the way it
sounds, the tones you produce.”
Durrell said he loves to perform
because it is a celebration and it
gives him an opportunity to be vul-
nerable. He enjoys showing people
what he has to offer, especially
when not everyone may be familiar
with the particular song or type of
music.
Another EOU student perform-
ing in the concert will lend his
tenor voice to a number of songs.
Although Lineback has been sing-
ing since only 2014, he has strong
control of his voice.
“I like to do it because it’s the
one thing I’m good at,” Lineback
Jason Lineback, a student at EOU, sings tenor.
said. “Singing is such an excellent
form of storytelling and conveying
emotion.”
Before his senior year of high
school, Lineback said, he had little
idea of what he wanted to do in life.
When he joined the choir, he found
his passion in performing. He has
been in several EOU productions
and welcomes the chance to get on
stage and have his voice heard.
“There is something so uplifting
in making someone’s day better
by performing,” Lineback said.
“And seeing your hard work come
together is great too.”
Admission is free. Donations will
go to the Lanetta Paul Foundation,
which funds the scholarship and
the annual concert.
Lanetta Paul Foundation Scholarship recipient Daniel Durrell will
perform during the Dec. 15 concert at the Methodist Church.
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