November Event Coverage

On Saturday, December 1^st, a wonderful event took place.  The UVUGD gospel choir of Frostburg University, along with the Silent Praisers and Heavens Angels dance ministry proved to be an inspiration to many individuals after singing at their annual Fall concert in the armor at the Lane Center.  The armor was lit warmly, with a beautiful banner on the stage, with numerous musicians warming up to play for the event.  Soon, a nearly packed house gathered to hear the harmonies of a very united and joyous organization.  There were two MC’s that were in charge of telling the audience the order of the program, Aaron Webb and Kavon Pearce.  They offered light hearted jokes and comments to comfort the audience before introducing all the acts.  First the UVUGD praise team took the stage to perform a few selections to get the audience pumped and on their feet.  After they warmed up the audience, The Heavens Angels dance ministry moved the audience with their beautiful dance selection.  After they left, it was time for the UVUGD gospel choir to take the stage!

The first three selections the choir sung were He Reigns by J.J.  Hairston & Youthful Praise, Testimony by Patrick Riddick and D’vyne Worship and After This, by J.J. Hairston and Youthful Praise.  The choir was full of energy and made the crowd stand to their feet and rejoice.  Smiles were spread across the audience as the choir danced and sang about God.  The next two songs, Hallelujah is the Highest Praise and Be Still and Know were slower and more somber. One of the slower songs were joined by the Heavens Angels dance ministry.  Some members of the audience were crying and felt the lyrics being sung by the choir.  It was a beautiful experience.

After the choir’s selections, it was time for special presentations for the seniors of the choir. Gifts were given out to Dana Harrison, Shannah Bateman, Jimmese Hill and O’Dellshae Wiles.  This was one of the most beautiful moments of the program.

After the presentations, the Silent Praise ministry took the stage and did a mime selection.  Everyone was inspired by the brilliance of the performance.

The program closed out with a joyous special selection entitled Jesus Will by Anita Wilson.  The soloist of this selection was Robert Brown, who also happens to be the director of the choir. He encouraged the audience to sing along with him, and soon, the audience and the whole choir were singing together! This was an excellent closing to the wonderful and moving concert.

After the concert, Tony Williams, a sophomore at Frostburg University enthused about how he enjoyed the concert.  “When the praise team got up to sing, and the soloist blessed with her voice, it was very inspiring.  

It was one of the most inspiring moments of the concert”.  Tony also talked about his favorite part of the concert.  “My favorite part of the concert was when the seniors were acknowledged for what they did for the choir.”  He boasted.  “Also, having prayer within the concert was very cool.  Not a lot of concerts have that.  It was kind of like a church service for me!”