CENTER STAGE Singers headline 80th Pearl Harbor Commemoration
by BOYCE DURR
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ach year, on December 7, the people of the United States take time to remember the 2,403 American civilians and service members who lost their lives in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This past year marked the 80th commemoration of what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called “a date which will live in infamy” in his stirring address to Congress the day after the attack. December 7, 2021, will be
photography submitted by TERRY CRULL
remembered by 26 Fort Hays State University students as the experience of a lifetime. The Fort Hays Singers, the university’s premier choral student ensemble, were invited to perform a 30-minute concert at the opening of this year’s memorial events at Pearl Harbor. The group was given the singular honor of singing the StarSpangled Banner at the event. Dr. Terry Crull, associate professor of music and director of choral ROAR
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activities at FHSU, is responsible for planning and coordinating choral group activities. He said the Fort Hays Singers group was chosen for this opportunity by the tour company Music Celebrations International, which had worked with him on a tour of Austria in 2018. Usually consisting of 16 to 24 members drawn from the larger Concert Choir, this select group goes on tour trips about once a year and performs at various regional events,
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