Nicole
Finkbeiner (269)
966-4088 phone (269)
209-4705 cell Gerald
Blanchard (269)
965-3931 x 2566 blanchar=
dg@kellogg.edu
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KCC’S BRANCH COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS PRESENTS “SOUNDS OF THE SEASON 2007” BENEFIT CONCERT
=
Battle Cree=
k,
Mich., Nov. 19 – Kellogg Community College’s Branch County Community Chorus
will be performing their 7th annual Smith Memorial Benefit Concert to benef=
it
the Community Health Center of Branch County Hospice on Saturday, December =
15
at 7:15 pm at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church located at 27 E. Chicago Street in
Coldwater.
The concert=
will
begin with a traditional carol sing-a-long and then move to the concert portion with guest artists including vo=
calist
Elinor Marsh, the Kellogg Signers of Kellogg Community College, the Concent=
us
Vocal Ensemble, and Steve Johnskos=
ki and
Kolin Redman on trombone. The chor=
us
will perform works by Dufay, Praetorious, Vivaldi, Handel, Mendelssohn and
others. Admission is a free will offering and there will be a reception
immediately following the concert.
“Hospice pr=
ovides
end of life care in a home setting and provide the patient with medications=
to
eliminate pain, and ease breathing and restlessness. They also provide equipment such as hos=
pital
beds, oxygen and wheelchairs and they assist families with grief support af=
ter
the passing of their loved ones. F=
or
these reasons, the members of the Branch County Community Chorus wanted to
contribute by holding this fundraiser,” said Gerald Blanchard, director of
vocal music instruction at Kellogg Community College.
For more
information, please visit www=
.kellogg.edu/performart
or www.b=
cvarts.org/BCCC.
Kellogg Com=
munity
College was founded in 1956 by the Battle Creek Board of Education, which
operated it until 1970 when voters created an area wide college district. T=
he
college, situated on sites in Battle Creek, Albion (Eastern Academic Center=
),
Coldwater (Grahl Center), Hastings (Fehsenfeld Center), and Fort Custer
Industrial Park (Regional Manufacturing Technology Center), offers nearly 1=
00
pre-professional college/university transfer curricula, approximately 40
occupational associate degree programs aimed toward job preparation, and
related training for apprenticeships.
Kellogg Com=
munity
College provides customized tr=
aining
services designed and delivered to area businesses and institutions and a w=
ide
range of lifelong learning programs or personal enrichment. Over the past
several years, hundreds of small businesses have received specialized train=
ing
for thousands of employees and dozens of small businesses and individuals
through the college’s customized training programs.
The college=
was
fully reaccredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of=
the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools during the spring semeste=
r of
2002.
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