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Alumni In Action Several TBCC alumni are currently assisting the Chorus in many ways: Molly Padgett has created a candle-selling fundraiser for TBCC touring singers. If you would like to help support this effort, please email Dr. Summer at asummer@tampabay.rr.com. Kari Hamada has served as our first Choral Scholar this past season. She has assisted at rehersals as a conductor, singer, and rehersal assistant. She will also accompany the Chorus on tour this summer. Kari graduated from USF in May with a B.S. in Music Education. Ryan Seay works as a studio manager at Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa, and has let TBCC tour and record in his facilities. He is also mentoring a TBCC singer to help her learn more about the recording industry. Jessica Vaughn has served as a volunteer TBCC tour manager this season. She graduated from Florida Southern College with a degree in Arts Management. David Hicks has returned from military service with the USMC in Iraq and lives in Tampa. He was a soloist in the 2007 TBCC Spring Concert. Missy Sawdey is a junior at the University of Florida majoring in Health Sciences where she sings with a female a capella group called the "The Sedoctaves." After graduation, she will attend Physicians Assistant school. *Several alumni are volunteering to help the Chorus at the 2007 Dayspring retreat in August. If interested, email tbccsings@aol.com. *The 2007-2008 season tour will take TBCC back to New York City to participate in another choral festival at Carnegie Hall. Alumni are welcome to join the Chorus as non-singers. If interested, please email tbccsings@aol.com. ALUMNI PLEASE SEND US YOUR NEWS! WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
Have some Alumni News to Share? EMAIL US Justin Kahan has graduated from Florida State University with a degree in dance. He has just been accepted as a new member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company: Taylor 2. He will be traveling with the company to many national and international venues. The website of the company is www.ptdc.org. I want to thank TBCC for its influence on my life during the 4 years (1993-1996) that I was part of the touring choir. Dr. Summer has a passion that is unmatched and I truly enjoyed my years in the Chorus making friends and of course making music. My love for languages developed out of the experiences on our European tour in the summer of 1996. We rehearsed and performed numerous pieces that summer in various languages, and that is where the combination of my love for music and lyric joined my passion to study foreign language. I recently graduated (May 2006) from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics, which is the study of human language. For many years I have been grateful to TBCC and Dr. Summer for enriching my life with unforgettable experiences and igniting a passion to pursue my loves for music, language, travel, and culture.I continue to write, record, and perform music and am currently looking for a career in youth literacy/ English as a Second Language near Philadelphia, PA. Thanks for providing a way for alumni to stay in touch with such a great organization. Props for the nice website, too! - Anna Linder |