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World Premier of expanded "Words of Lincoln" in Columbia, KY

Dr. Gerald Chaffin of Lindsey Wilson College, has announced the world premier of an expanded version of Earlene Rentz' "Words of Lincoln," which will be performed at the Columbia Baptist Church by the combined Lindsey Wilson combined ensembles, which includes both the LWC Singers and the LWC Choir, on November 3, 2008, at 7:00pmCT.

Included in the texts are excerpts from Lincoln's speech at the Springfield Train Station when he was leaving Illinois for Washington, DC, his Second Inaugural Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation.

The new version being performed at the Columbia Baptist Church will It will be performed for international audiences on Lincoln's Birthday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Dr. Chaffin said.

The November 3, 2008 concert at Columbia Baptist continues a tradition of the Lindsey Wilson College Department of Music. "Every presidential election year we hold a patriotic choral event on the eve of the election," he said.

He is hoping that the Kentucky Bicentennial Lincoln Commission will arrange for have the Lindsey Wilson College combined ensembles to present the work at Lincoln's Birthplace in Hodgenville at the same time it is being performed in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial. Dr. Chaffin said he plans to present the idea to the Commission.




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