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Duncanville, TX, Youth Choir performs
for standing room only audience


"There are few church youth choirs remaining in the United States of their caliber."/i> -DR. GERALD CHAFIN

By Duane Bonifer
News from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - A standing-rooming only crowd was treated to a summer-evening concert on Tuesday night in the Lindsey Wilson College W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall.

More than 100 people packed the recital hall to hear a concert by the Duncanville (Texas) United Methodist Church Youth Choir. Under the direction of Steve Sobczak, the 37-member choir performed several modern spiritual selections as well as a medley of songs from recent Disney movies. The choir was accompanied on piano on all but one song by Susan Kheshtinejad.



Tuesday night was the second time the Duncanville UMC Youth Choir has performed in Columbia. The choir also performed in Columbia in 2004 while on its summer tour.

The performers at Lindsey Wilson College from Duncanville United Methodist Youth Choir were: Aaron AdamsonHalley Backus, Hanna Backusl, Brooke Ballengee, Connor Baxter, Nick Baxter, David Beard, Jordan Bowden, Brittany Childress, Hunter Childress, Blake Dial, Claire Dial, Jacob Hemphill, Blake Hulse, Patrick Hutcheson, Sean Hutcheson, Heather Hutson, Jade Jarvis, Candace Jaynes, Preston Jaynes, Garrett Kheshtinejad, Gracy Kheshtinejad, Brandon Lafuente, Marie Losey, Michelle Losey, Rebecca Newland, Nick Nickerson, Elizabeth Ogle, Abbie Palmgren, Allison Peregory, Brad Peregor, Laura Peregory, Kathleen Sobczak, Shannon Sturman, Melanie Threatt, Elise Villarreal, and Austin White.
The reciprocal relationship started when LWC Associate Professor of Music and Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald Chafin took the Lindsey Wilson Singers to Duncanville UMC on one of the Singers' spring tours. The Singers also performed at Duncanville UMC on last spring's tour.

"We welcome to our campus the Duncanville First United Methodist Church Youth Choir as part of the LWC Choral Concert Exchange Project through our collaborative initiative with Youth Cue," Chafin said. "The grand finale of our exchange is bringing this extraordinary ensemble to our campus. There are few church youth choirs remaining in the United States of their caliber."

This year's summer tour for the Duncanville UMC Youth Choir included stops in New York City, St. Louis, Wichita Falls, Texas, Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh and Roanoke, VA. After their Tuesday night performance in Columbia, the choir was scheduled perform in Little Rock, AR, before heading home to its Dallas suburb for a homecoming concert.


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Duncanville, Texas, choir in Columbia, KY



2010-06-16 - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. W.W. Slider Recital Hall, 155 Blue Raider DR, Columbia, KY
Members of the Duncanville (Texas) United Methodist Church Youth Choir pose with several members of the Lindsey Wilson Singers following Tuesday night's concert in W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall. At center is Duncanville UMC Youth Choir Director Steve Sobczak, and at right is LWC Professor of Music and Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald Chafin. The performers from Duncanville United Methodist Church Youth Choir, listed in alphabetical order, are: Aaron Adamson, Halley Backus, Hanna Backusl, Brooke Ballengee, Connor Baxter, Nick Baxter, David Beard, Jordan Bowden, Brittany Childress, Hunter Childress, Blake Dial, Claire Dial, Jacob Hemphill, Blake Hulse, Patrick Hutcheson, Sean Hutcheson, Heather Hutson, Jade Jarvis, Candace Jaynes, Preston Jaynes, Garrett Kheshtinejad, Gracy Kheshtinejad, Brandon Lafuente, Marie Losey, Michelle Losey, Rebecca Newland, Nick Nickerson, Elizabeth Ogle, Abbie Palmgren, Allison Peregory, Brad Peregor, Laura Peregory, Kathleen Sobczak, Shannon Sturman, Melanie Threatt, Elise Villarreal, and Austin White. Lindsey Wilson students performing with the group, in brown outfits, are, far left, from left, front Ashley Graves and Allison Chafin, both of Columbia, KY; behind them Alex Cogdell, Louisville, KY, and Katelin Frederick, Hustonville, KY; far right, front Jenny Burdin, Pine Knot, KY, (Dr. Chafin); back, far right, John Brown, Albany, KY, and Josh Bertram, Monticello, KY.

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Duncanville, Texas United Methodist
youth choir performs in Slider Hall




2010-06-16 - Photo by Duane Bonifer. Slider Recital Hall, 155 Blue Raider DR, Columbia, KY
Steve Sobczak, Minister of Worship and Arts, Duncanville, TX, United Methodist Church Youth Choir, leads the group in performance at the Slider Recital Hall on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College. The performers at Lindsey Wilson College from Duncanville United Methodist Youth Choir were: Aaron Adamson, Halley Backus, Hanna Backusl, Brooke Ballengee, Connor Baxter, Nick Baxter, David Beard, Jordan Bowden, Brittany Childress, Hunter Childress, Blake Dial, Claire Dial, Jacob Hemphill, Blake Hulse, Patrick Hutcheson, Sean Hutcheson, Heather Hutson, Jade Jarvis, Candace Jaynes, Preston Jaynes, Garrett Kheshtinejad, Gracy Kheshtinejad, Brandon Lafuente, Marie Losey, Michelle Losey, Rebecca Newland, Nick Nickerson, Elizabeth Ogle, Abbie Palmgren, Allison Peregory, Brad Peregor, Laura Peregory, Kathleen Sobczak, Shannon Sturman, Melanie Threatt, Elise Villarreal, and Austin White.

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