Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

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CI-IRISTMA C NCERT THE MASSED CHOIRS The traditional Christmas Concert was built around the theme A Boy Was Born In Bethlehem . Beginning several years ago as a concert held one night, it has grown into an event presented four evenings and one for which people in the entire Northwest anticipate. The greatest part of the program is presented by the Concordia Concert Choir, Chapel Choir, and Women's Choir. The core of the program is presented by the Concert Choir, and the program is brought to a close by the massed choirs. The backdrop, depicting a village scene, was designed by Prof. C. M. Running. Mr. Arthur Sanden is attributed with providing the varied lighting effects. Wayne Wagstrom completes the roster of those who have a major part in preparing for the concert. His work was to distribute the 6,700 tickets and to answer late inquiries for several hundred more. '47

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Director Leif Christianson, is giving the mem- bers of the concert band a workout prior to their 1951 tour of Minnesota and North Dakota. ,.,.. , ,,,,, ,. , 5 11,1 ff ur I- I ,. -- i ,,,. i:nJ l H B , . 5 5 5 E 3 Bl. ':,l,-LT E1 -l J.-i-'T 1 ggi? 1-ff' - ' :...g.:..,,. ,.,, x- i mimfllil' fnllltlulllfhffh utmcnnnln H emitter BAND CUNDEHT WEDNESDAY '33U AND wc ,r4..,- 90 if... The 1950 band tour extended through- out western North Dakota. The poor roads, snow, and storms made it necessary to cut out several concerts. ll, L .., , ,if LQQT MI -. 'hi' ' -'tilt 'i Q WC A fl: N K7 l Waiting for the buses nt Valley City Teachers College Snowbountl in Minot 46

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CONCERT CHOIR Back row: Fuglestad, Wilson, Oas, Roland, Sandager, Lindem, Tolo, Heth, Norlin, Ketterling, Eichenberger, Pottinger, Anderson Green Zimmerman. , Third row: Frank, Grovom, Lindquist, Lunde, Neibuhr, Folin, Wold, Teie, Thoreson, Solem, Geclde, F. Larsen, Tingelstirl Second row: Brakke, Borg, Rude, Hansel, McNeal, Upstad, Langemo, Buckneberg, H. Peterson, Beckstrom, Dauner, Magnusson Grefthen J. Hanson, P. johnson, Brodin. First row: E. Olson, Moe, Sandness, Marquart, Brown, B. Nelson, Hovland, Reinertsen, Halgrimson, Prof. Paul 1. Christiansen Sylvester Overvold, Gilmore, G. johnson, M. Erickson, Mathsen, Billehus, Houkom. The Concordia Concert Choir, which has at- tained national and international fame is composed of sixty-two hard working Cobbers. The choir is an active organization which practices every day and performs at school functions as well as concerts during the winter and spring. This year their tour took them through North Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Oregon. The repertoire of the choir is chosen by Prof. Christiansen from church music and includes works from Bach as well as some contemporary composers. The Everett Daily Herald had this to say about the concert there: If a better choral group has appeared in Everett in the last years, it would take a lot of convincing for the large audience that heard the Concordia Choir on Sunday afternoon. Singing with an unbelievable clarity of tone, they reveled in the beauty of works by the old masters down through the contemporary composers. 48 THE CONCERT CHOIR AT WORK