Last Wednesday evening the residents of Kendal flocked to the new Amelia Gathering Room – and hasn't that venue been a grand addition to the Kendal at Granville community? – to hear a concert by "Ladies Night Out," an all-female singing group from nearby Denison University. From the moment the group walked onto the stage, attired all in black and with their short skirts showing lots of knees (lest I be misunderstood: I report that fact because I heard many residents commenting on it), they held the attention of the audience.
The program consisted of nine popular song arrangements of the sort that college singing groups often perform these days, and it afforded solo opportunities to many of the young women. I knew only two of the numbers – one of them, happily, was Roberta Flack's wonderful "Killing Me Softly With His Song" – but I found all of them enjoyable. I'm told that ensemble singing is popular on college campuses these days, and if "Ladies Night Out" is a typical example of what these groups can do, it is easy to see why. In a nice touch, the singers waited around in the lobby hallway after the concert to talk with residents.
When the young women introduced themselves, we learned that they came from all over the country, that they represented all four classes at Denison, and that they were choosing majors from across the spectrum of curricular offerings. Thinking about this event afterwards, I recalled that a week earlier the new president of the university had come to Kendal to talk about his plans and hopes for Denison. In a happy way the concert had now complemented the president's visit. For the members of "Ladies Night Out," gracious and mature, were reminders of the potential and enthusiasm of the Denison student body that the university and its new president serve. Vision, talent, and leadership – these are the essentials to a good college education. Denison seems to have them all.
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