>> Dennis: THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN
PLAYING, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU
FIGURE THEY GOT THE LOSS.
THANKS, COLLIN.
>>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
CELEBRATED THE 80th ANNIVERSARY
OF ITS CHORAL MUSIC PROGRAM
DURING HOMECOMING WEEK WITH A
MEMORABLE REUNION CONCERT.
FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, HAYDEE
CLOTTER SHOWS US HOW AFTER 80
YEARS, THE BSU CHORAL MUSIC
PROGRAM CAN STILL CARRY A TUNE.
>> Haydee: THE SWEET SOUNDS OF
ANGEL LICK VOICES ECHO INSIDE
THE WALLS OF BEMIDJI'S COVENANT
CHURCH.
>> IF YOU FIND THE BEAUTY IN THE
MUSIC, YOU FIND THE BEAUTY IN
THE PEOPLE MAKING THE MUSIC AND
LISTENING TO THE MUSIC, AND THAT
KNOWS NO AGE.
>> Haydee: THE SPECIAL REUNION
CONCERT MARKS BEMIDJI STATE
UNIVERSITY'S 80th ANNIVERSARY OF
ITS CHORAL MUSIC PROGRAM.
IT BROUGHT OUT BSU'S TOPNOTCH
PERFORMERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE THAT
STILL NOW HOW THE COMMUNITY
OPENS ITS ARMS VERY WIDE FOR US
AS A UNIVERSITY AND AS AN
ENSEMBLE.
>> Haydee: THE DIRECTOR OF THE
BEMIDJI ALUMNI CHOIR SAYS MANY
PEOPLE HAVE JOBS DURING THE DAY,
BUT STILL MAKE TIME TO PRACTICE
TO BE A PART OF THE OCCASION.
CARLSON SAYS THE SHOW REPRESENTS
THE POWER OF MUSIC.
>> THE MUSIC IS WHAT FEEDS OUR
SOUL, AND WHAT THIS 80th REUNION
MEANS IS TO SEE THIS LEGACY
BUILDING AND CONTINUING THAT
GAVE PEOPLE LIKE -- OLDER PEOPLE
LIKE ME SUCH PLEASURE IN LIFE
THROUGHOUT ALL OF LIFE.
>> Haydee: CLARE BAYER IS A 1973
BSU GRADUATE AND REMEMBERS THE
FUN SHE HAD AS A MEMBER OF THE
CHOIR.
>> PRACTICE I THINK WAS AT NOON
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, AND I
REMEMBER PRACTICE ROOMS.
>> Haydee: SHE SAYS HAVING SO
MANY PEOPLE COME FOR THE SHOW
SAYS A LOT ABOUT BSU.
>> I THINK IT SAYS ABOUT THE
PROGRAM THAT IT IS VITAL, IT IS
ALIVE AND WELL, AND I'M GOING.
>> Haydee: THE PERFORMANCE ALSO
BRIDGES THE JERNTIONZ GAP
BETWEEN -- GENERATION GAP
BETWEEN FORMER BSU CURRENT
ALUMNI AND FORMER MEMBERS.
A TOTAL OF 130 PARTICIPATED.
>> I'VE BEEN MEETING SO MANY OF
THE MEMBERS AND IT'S AMAZING TO
SEE THAT NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU
ARE, THAT MUSIC IS THE SAME AND
WHAT IT DOES TO PEOPLE.
>> Haydee: THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE
SHOW WAS WHEN DR. PAUL BRANDVIK
TOOK THE STAGE TO CONDUCT A
PIECE DURING THE CONCERT.
YOU CAN CALL HIM A LEGEND
BECAUSE HE SPENT 31 YEARS AS THE
CHOIR DIRECTOR.
>> REALLY THE LAST OF THE TRUE
BELIEVERS.
THEY REALLY BELIEVE IN WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE MOVED
BY THE WORDS AND THE MESSAGES OF
THE MUSIC, AND IT'S GREAT.
>> Haydee: THE BSU CHOIR WILL
NOW MOVE AUDIENCES ON AN
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
THEY'LL TOUR THE BALTIC STATES
IN THE SPRING.
FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS IN
BEMIDJI, HAYDEE CLOTTER,
LAKELAND NEWS.
>> Dennis: ANOTHER GREAT STORY
FROM HAYDEE CLOTTER.
YOU'VE SEEN MANY OF THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WILL BE THE
LAST ONE FOR US.
HADE DEIS MOVING ON TO A JOB IN
DULUTH.
WE MISS HER STORIES AND MISS
HAVING HER AROUND THE NEWSROOM.
JUST A REAL CLASS ACT AND A
GREAT PERSON TO HAVE AROUND THE
OFFICE AND WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING
TO MISS HER, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO
SEE HER GETTING A CHANCE TO MOVE
UP A LITTLE BIT IN A BIGGER
MARKET AND A DIFFERENT JOB.
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