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DECK THE HALLS AT THE 82nd ANNUALSPELMAN-MOREHOUSE CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT
ATLANTA (Nov. 18, 2008)
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Christmas Carol Concert
It’s a holiday tradition you don’t want to miss! The annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol concert will, again, kick-off the Christmas season for metro-Atlanta residents. Mark your calendars and join the Spelman College and Morehouse College Glee Clubs for some Christmas cheer. Each show begins at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public!
Schedule:
Kick-off Performance
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
Morehouse College Campus
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008
Sisters Chapel
Spelman College Campus
Final Performance
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
Morehouse College Campus
The combined choirs of about 100 singers will perform a mixture of new selections and traditional favorites. One of the holiday favorites featured each year is “We Are Christmas” performed by the Spelman College Glee Club and written by Kevin Johnson, chair, department of music at Spelman and Sarah Stephens, C’2007. Other favorites that will be performed are: “Gloria” by Mark Hayes, “Carols and Lullabies” by Conrad Susa featuring marimbist Donna Thompson, C’2010, “Behold the Star,” “Rockin’ for the World,” and “See the Little Baby” by Morehouse alumnus Donald Swift ’74.
Each year more than 6,500 supporters attend the free concerts. The choral performance has been rebroadcast on local and national television for the past several years airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and WXIA, Atlanta’s NBC affiliate. The concert is recognized around the country as one of the foremost Christmas performances.
Morehouse College
Recognized as one of the top feeder schools to the 15 most prominent graduate and professional programs in the nation by The Wall Street Journal, called ³One of the best Southeastern colleges² by The Princeton Review and ranked ³America¹s Hottest College for Men² by Kaplan-Newsweek, Morehouse College is the nation¹s largest, private liberal arts college for men. The College offers 26 majors in three academic divisions: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Mathematics, and Business Administration and Economics. Morehouse offers a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum through the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Morehouse Research Institute, Andrew Young Center for International Affairs and the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.
In 2007, Morehouse launched a new Journalism and Sports concentration, which will one day grow into a major course of study.
Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil and human rights non-violent leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine; Shelton ³Spike² Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award-nominated actor; Maynard H. Jackson, founder of Jackson Securities and the first African American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African American Rhodes Scholar from a HBCU.
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Spelman College:
Founded in 1881, Spelman College is the only historically Black college in
the nation to be included on the U.S. News and World Report's list of top
75 "Best Liberal Arts Colleges — Undergraduate," 2005. Located in Atlanta,
Ga., this private, historically Black women's college boasts outstanding
alumnae, including Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman;
U.S. Foreign Service Director General Ruth Davis; authors Tina McElroy Ansa and
Pearl Cleage and actress LaTanya Richardson. More than 83 percent of the
full-time faculty members have Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees and the
student-faculty ratio is 12:1. Annually, nearly one-third of Spelman
students receive degrees in the sciences. The students number more than
2,186 and represent 43 states and 34 foreign countries. For more
information regarding Spelman College, visit: www.spelman.edu.
