{"id":114932,"date":"2021-10-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=114932"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T17:12:56","slug":"a-veterans-day-concert-salute-university-of-mississippi-choir-and-orchestra-and-oxford-civic-chorus-join-forces-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/a-veterans-day-concert-salute-university-of-mississippi-choir-and-orchestra-and-oxford-civic-chorus-join-forces-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"A Veterans Day Concert Salute: University of Mississippi Choir and Orchestra and Oxford Civic Chorus Join Forces to Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The musical forces of the<strong> University of Mississippi Chorus<\/strong> and the <strong>LOU Symphony Orchestra<\/strong> will join with the <strong>Oxford Civic Chorus<\/strong> for a musical salute to all veterans of the <strong>United States<\/strong> military Nov. 9 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 7:30 pm concert is free and open to the public. This community event will feature many patriotic musical favorites, including &#8220;America, the Beautiful,&#8221; &#8220;Salute to the Armed Forces,&#8221; &#8220;My Country Tis of Thee,&#8221; &#8220;This is My Country&#8221; and &#8220;God Bless America.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=thelocalvoice-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&#038;placement=B0082AKJGK&#038;asins=B0082AKJGK&#038;linkId=35cb5212a10685e906e4b7f841f3c55f&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\">\n    <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the musical offerings, a special tribute will honor <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> student veterans and residents of the <strong>Veterans Home of Mississippi<\/strong> in <strong>Oxford<\/strong>, <strong>Mississippi<\/strong>, and a video tribute will honor veterans who are relatives, loved ones or friends of UM students and Oxford and <strong>Lafayette County<\/strong> residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens or students who would like to have their loved one or friend honored in the video tribute should send a photo with name, rank and branch of service to <strong>Don Trott<\/strong> at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:dtrott@olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\">dtrott@olemiss.edu<\/a>. The deadline for submitting veteran photos is November 1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am hoping to honor many, many of our veterans in this way,&#8221; Trott said. &#8220;We are proud to offer our tribute with this community concert and hope many will want to come and be part of the celebration as we honor America and our veterans.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?resize=640%2C456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?resize=1024%2C730&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?resize=768%2C547&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?resize=1536%2C1094&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?w=1990&amp;ssl=1 1990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Veterans-Concert.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The University of Mississippi Chorus, LOU Symphony Orchestra and Oxford Civic Chorus are combining for a free concert saluting U.S. military veterans Nov. 9 in the Gertrude C. 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