HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
NEWS RELEASE
April 18, 2017
For more information, contact:
Su Ofe
(334) 833-4515; news@hawks.huntingdon.edu
Huntingdon bands perform outdoor concert
Montgomery, Ala.—Huntingdon College’s Huntingdon Winds concert band and Huntingdon Jazz will present an outdoor concert Friday, April 21, at 5:15 p.m. on The Green at the center of campus. The public is invited to bring outdoor chairs, blankets, picnics, and even Frisbees as the College marks the end of the last day of classes for the spring term. The concert is themed “Marches, Movies and Musicals,” and will begin with big band jazz music and transition to patriotic and pop favorites that include tunes from Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins, as well as marches by Sousa, Bagley, and Duble. There is no charge for admission.
The Huntingdon College band program is directed by Eddy Williams, with Adam Murphy as assistant director.
Huntingdon College, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1854, Huntingdon is a coeducational liberal arts college recognized among “The Fastest Growing Colleges in America” by The Chronicle of Higher Education; among the top 10 regional colleges and top 10 best regional values by U.S. News and World Report; among the top tier of regional colleges by the Princeton Review; among “Colleges that Contribute to the Public Good,” by Washington Monthly; and on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Huntingdon campus, a Tree Campus USA, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Suellen (Su) Ofe
Associate Vice President
for Marketing and Communications
Huntingdon College
1500 E. Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106
(334) 833-4515; Cell (334) 324-6591
