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George Fox to Host Free Concert by Morehouse College Glee Club
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The distinguished members o f the Morehouse College Glee Club. They will be giving a free concert at George Fox University in
Newberg on Saturday, Oct. 20.
A m en’s choir recognized na
tionally for many decades o f mu
sical achievement will perform a
special free-admission concert on
George Fox University ’ s Newberg
campus Saturday, Oct. 20, as part
of its first W est Coast tour.
The M orehouse College Glee
Club from Atlanta, Ga., will per
form at 4 p.m. in Bauman Audito
rium. The two-hour concert by
the 45-member group is cospon
sored by George Fox's student
government association and by
the university’s Department of
Multicultural Services.
D ary l D ix o n , d ire c to r o f
multicultural services at George
Fox, graduated from Morehouse
in 1981 and was a tenor soloist for
four years in the glee club. Hear
ing that the group was to perform
this fall in the Seattle area, he
invited i‘ to extend their trip to
O regon for a perform ance at
George Fox.
A wide range of musical styles
will be presented including classi
cal pieces, spiritual and barber
shop quartet numbers.
“They are incredible, and they
have a great reputation wherever
they go,” said Dixon. “When I
was back in Atlanta and went to a
college reunion in May, I went to
one of their rehearsals. 1 cried
hearing them. It brought tears to
my eyes.”
Founded in 1867, Morehouse
In Print
College today has about 3,000
students. It is the nation's only
historically black, all-male, four-
year liberal arts institution. Its
prominent alumni include the late
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., film
maker Spike Lee, Academy Award
winning actor Samuel L. Jackson,
and U.S. Surgeon General David
uncier the direction o f Dr. David Morrow, the male chorus group
hgg successfuny toured nationwide and abroad io the Russian
Republic and Poland.
Satcher.
Directed by David Morrow,
who has been on the college’s
music faculty since 1981, the glee
club in recent years has toured in
Russia and Poland and partici
pated in the opening and closing
ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic
Games in Atlanta.
Dixon says the visit by the
group from one of the nation’s
most respected African-American
institutions will be a "positive
cultural experience" for the George
Fox community and *or the gen
eral public.
For more information, call Daryl
Dixon at 503-554-6117.
Morehouse C.ollege Glee Club
IN CONCERT
Saturday October 20, 2001
4:00 PM Bauman Auditorium
SEBASTIAN
JUNGER
» H ib ? o f T /te
Sexual Abuse, a
Family Tragedy
S tttrn t
Jeopardizing Their
Lives at Work
S ebastian J unger ;
by O dette L arson ;
by
V erson ; 2001
In her autobiography, Odette
Larson weaves her shockingly
true story o f her life from age 9 to
age 12 (1957 to 1960) in “Flying
Sparks." L arson’s story is a
vivid, gripping personal story,
rife with the details of her child
hood physical and sexual abuse.
Larson writes of what we would
all rather not think about, and for
that reason does us all a service
in reminding us, with great art
istry, of some of the very serious
hypocrisies and shortcomings
of the larger culture surround
ing the heroine.
W .W . N orton ; 2001
The American West has been
plagued by deadly forest fires this
summer. By mid-August, tens of
thousands o f acres had burned
and 4 firefighters had already died.
In the early 90s, Junger trav
eled to Boise, Idaho to observe
the complex teamwork of the gov
ernment smoke jumpers, the dan
gers inherent in their work and the
terrifying power of a raging wild
fire up close. His reporting on that
story and another on the now
infamous Storm King Mountain
Fire in Colorado that claimed the
lives of 12 men, appear in “Fire."
Black Sisterhood
in College
by T ajuana “TJ” B utler ;
V illard B ooks ; 2001
In “Sorority Sisters,” meet
the five women who make up the
phenomenal Five pledge line:
Cajen, a naive freshman who falls
for the campus Romeo with
lifechanging repercussions: Ti
ara, the oldest of five children
raised by a single mother in the
p ro je c ts o f G ary, Indiana;
Chancey, a shy and brilliant
young woman with a photo
graphic memory that has allowed
her to breeze through school;
Stephanie, the spoiled only child
of a wealthy family; and Malena,
ambitious, talented and smart.
Reality Films on Human Rights Abuses
For those whose definition of
“reality programming” does not
mean escapist television fare, this
selection of films by activist film
makers dedicated to the struggle
for human rights and social, politi
cal and economic justice, provides
compelling viewing. The Human
(
Rights Watch International Film
Festival was created in 1988 to
advance public education on hu
man rights and human wrongs by
recognizing and showcasing out
standing new films incorporating
these themes.
The eight films from around the
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world can be previewed until
Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Guild
Theatre, located at S.W. 9,h and
Taylor and the Whitsell Audito
rium. located at 1219 S.W. Park
Ave. For more information, call
503-221-1156, or go online to
www nwfilm.org
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George Fox University
414 N. Meridian
Newberg, OR
FREE ADMISSION
Sponsored by the
Student Government Association
& Department of Multicultural Services of George
Fox University
For information call
503 554-EVNT (3868)
Morehouse College is the largest liberal arts college for men. It confers bachelor
degrees on more African-American men than any other institution in the nation.
During its 89 year history the glee club has sung for presidents, heads o f state and
has been heard on television and in major motion pictures.
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