Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Months before President Jimmy Carter announced his global goodwill mission. including a three day visit to India, the Clarke-Loras Singers from Dubuque, Iowa. were busily raising funds. rehearsing and readying themselves for a three week performing iourney to the Indian sub- continent as Friendship Ambassadors. By scheduling coincidence, their appearance in New Delhi took place simultaneously with President Carter's goodwill mission to India. Their first concert as Friendship Ambas- sadors. arranged by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and its head Mrs. S. Kochar. would take place on the day of arrival in Azad Bhavan Auditorium. Since hotel space was at a premium. newspaper- man Samar Pal arranged to have the group stay at the national headquarters of the Indian Youth Hostel Association. Unexpected delays made them decide on the necessity of rehearsing on the plane. since they would now be arriving only minutes before concert time: fortunately. passengers and flight crew encouraged the mid-air rehearsals with spontaneous applause. Air India stewardesses even offered a crash course in helping the singers perfect the Hindi-language Indian National Anthem which would open their first concert on Indian soil. As the curtain opened on John Lease and his Clarke-Loras Singers. the Indian audience raised from their seats in unison with thundering applause, and the concert was a rousing success! Later that same night. Ambassador Kochar and her family spread a maharaiah's feast for the singing Ambassadors and their new Indian friends. Ambassador Kochar eloquently praised the vitality and enthusiasm of her special guests and stressed the importance of their mission. That you sang so splendidly for all of us tonight. she said. seems almost a miracle. It would be difficult for President Carter to have had any finer representa- tives to pave his way. Carry your special talent and gifts of friendship and music wherever you go in India. and I trust that it will be reciprocated a thousand times over. It was past midnight when room assign- ments were made at the new International Youth Hostel: the hosts. Mr. Padki and Mr. and Mrs. Shanker. had waited up for hours to welcome and greet the lowans. 20 Clarke - Loras Singers are L 1 ,Nu A, A. as A f I' - 1 , - 1-' - - l . T gm..- N - Lv.. -L - , ., ,,,. , - ,. , .I- .,. . I