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Music Endowment Concert brings in close to $700
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Members of Barton Community Colleges Hilltop Singers group perform a song-and-dance number for the audience at the Endowment Music Concert on May 3 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
A sizable crowd turned out to support music students at the annual Barton Endowment Music Concert on the evening of Thursday, May 3 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Enough people made the trek onto the Barton Community College campus to raise about $700 to go toward the Vocal and Instrumental Music Endowment Fund, which helps fund future scholarships to students interested in pursuing music as a career or to those students who want to continue to participate in music as a lifelong activity.The department hands out 11 scholarships every year at about $1,000 each.“I want to thank everyone for their support by attending the concert,” instrumental instructor Steve Lueth said. “We had a good crowd last night.