| Show Bestor Rained out has no plans to reschedule concert By Amanda Nielson Entertainment Editor Rain rain go away turned out to tobe tobe be the underlying theme of Kurt Bestor's performance Sept 25 Last year Bestor delivered an outstanding performance as key keynote keynote keynote note speaker at the convocation The Anniversary Committee invited him back and request he write a special song in honor of Anniversary tion Bestor opened the concert with a song called Sundance in hopes the sun would come out but the clouds only grew thicker He proceeded by playing Epitaph in Blues Bestor and the orchestra stuck out the dreary dreary dreary drea drea- ry weather Aft After r this song the instruments had to taken backstage out of the rain Since Since Bestor's back up musicians musicians musicians musi musi- could play no longer he decided to improvise on the piano He asked the audience for suggestions suggestions suggestions sug sug- of three different songs that had something to do with rain then created a song out of th them m. m At Convocation last year Bestor did a patriotic improvisational piece Not surprisingly this years rain piece was just as impressive Bestor then d decided cide to move up the premiering song Ard Ad the Dream Goes On sung by the 51 CC Chamber Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber Singers Since they were alre dy sitting in the rain they might a as vell veil be standing on stage singing he lie said id Continued on page 6 0 x J 7 i 1 j i d JO q i y t H- H I 1 j 0 A t O OV i V f 7 J r 1 N I. I f J l r f y Kurt Bestor performing at the concert on Friday Photo by Elroy Begay i. cont from page 1 Kurt Bestor Concert The song spoke of the power one person person person per per- son has and the changes that can take place The song features four famous people who have had a great effect on the world including Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr Chamber Singers sang their hearts out through the pouring rain and kept their audience captivated The audience audience audience audi audi- ence enjoyed the performance so much they seemed not to care about the weather After this song Bestor decided to call it quits but he stayed in the College Center and signed CDs This unique song written for Anniversary and only be found on the CD in the College Bookstore |
