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Texas Music Festival

June 28, 2005 – 11:53 am

Texas Music Festival opens tonight at UPC campground - The public is invited tonight to the first performance for Texas Music Festival 2005 at the United Pentecostal Church District Campground in Lufkin, featuring a Louisiana recording artist known for his wide-ranging talent.

Timothy Spell will begin the concert program at 7 tonight with his mix of Christian music, including contemporary, traditional, black gospel and R&B.

Gospel singer Karen Harding, winner of the 2003 National Christian Talent Search, also will be appearing, according to Diane Green, with Texas Ladies Ministries, which is sponsoring the concert.

Other artists include violinist Tak Kwan, with Canada’s Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Howi Tillar, presenting Christian-themed dramatic performances set to music, Green said.

CDs and benefit concert recordings from various artists will be available for sale in the lobby at the event.

The festival will continue the first three days of the 59th Annual Family Campmeeting, which runs with various seminar and conference events through Friday.

Some of the artists will stay Tuesday and Wednesday, teaching music seminars covering jazz piano, black gospel organ, new repertoire review, vocal performance, directing 101 and more, according to a festival press release.

The Texas District Campmeeting begins Tuesday, with services at noon and 7 p.m. Morning services begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, with a special Family Forum at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The concert is from 7 to 9 tonight. Tickets are $10 at the door of the tabernacle on U.S. Highway 59, south of Lufkin. All proceeds benefit the Texas Bible College.

For more information on conference events, contact the district office at: 632-7718 or check the district’s Web site at: www.txdist-upci.org.

Ashley Cook’s e-mail address is acook@coxnews.com
By ASHLEY COOK, The Lufkin Daily News

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