{"id":3922,"date":"2016-11-04T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:48:27","slug":"umes-concert-choir-salutes-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-concert-choir-salutes-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES Concert Choir salutes veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, November 4, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/concert-choir-copy-1m.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3923\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 4, 2016)<\/strong>&#8211; The University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#8217;s Concert Choir salutes active U.S. servicemen and women and veterans at its Nov. 13 performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 4 p.m. concert in honor of Veterans&#8217; Day takes place in the Ella Fitzgerald Center on UMES&#8217; campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 35-member ensemble welcomes guest soprano Patricia Saunders Nixon of Norfolk (Va.) State University and the 20-member DuVal High School Concert Chorus from Lanham, Md. under the direction of UMES alumnus Kevin Allen. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nixon, accompanied by the UMES Concert Choir, will perform a long-standing favorite-an arrangement of Neil Enloe&#8217;s \u201cStatue of Liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concert also includes \u201cSights and Sounds of Barbados, West Indies,\u201d highlights from the choir&#8217;s performance tour last spring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe take pride in honoring our veterans.&nbsp; It is often said \u201cfreedom is not free.\u201d&nbsp; It&#8217;s our veterans who have paid the tab for us &#8211; some with their lives,\u201d said Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston, director.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concert is free and open to the public.&nbsp; Call 410-651-6571 for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\">Gail, Stephens<\/a><\/strong><em>, assistant director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, November 4, 2016 PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (Nov. 4, 2016)&#8211; The University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#8217;s Concert Choir salutes active U.S. servicemen and women and veterans at its Nov. 13 performance. The 4 p.m. concert in honor of Veterans&#8217; Day takes place in the Ella Fitzgerald Center on UMES&#8217; campus. 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