#97-04-14
For Release: 4-23-97
Contact: Peter Bailley

The Umoja Community Gospel Choir presents its spring concert, "Pressing On," at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 3, in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center of Fine Arts, at Knox College. The concert is free and open to the public.

The choir will sing traditional and contemporary gospel songs in a tribute to gospel music of the last four decades. The choir will perform a medley including works of James Cleveland, Shirley Caesar, Walter Hawkins, and the Thompson Community Singers.

Umoja Community Gospel Choir is directed by Jessie Dixon and includes Knox students, faculty and members of the Galesburg community. Members of Umoja who will participate in the concert are:

Becky Alyea

Amanda Lubbs

Jasmine Thorne

Amanda Morris

Chris Warfield

Tim Ballard

Mary Jean Marquardt

Vonnie Edwards

Shera Palmer

Teisha Campbell

Jackie Jutting

Nikki Chambers

Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.