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Four of the boys sang and by the time I finished high school, we were singing for a lot of church, community and county fair functions. Our Lindquist Brothers group was inactive from 1974 to 1986. My parents and family were selected as Kansas 4-H Family of the Year. Brothers Jack and Dan joined me in putting together a 35 minute medley of parts of 55 songs to perform for recognition at the state fair. That led to over 100 performances over the next 10 years as we performed for conventions and functions across Kansas. A highlight for the Lindquist Brothers, with brother Gary re-joining to make us a "quartet", was when we sang the National Anthem for a capacity crowd at a Kansas City Royals game in 1987. Of course I sang in various groups in High School and took voice lessons from Mrs. Geraldine Hnizda, who pushed me to do a lot of solo work at church and school events. That served me well as I sang solos for many, many weddings through my college years and beyond. Highlights of high school were being selected for state choir and representing Kansas in the National FFA chorus at the FFA convention in Kansas City. I saw the K-State Singers perform when I was attending a local coop function in the 7th grade, and decided right there that I was going to go to K-State and sing in that group. My dream was fulfilled, performing with the Singers from 1971-1973 all over the country for alumni and other groups. The highlight of my college years was a three month USO tour the K-State Singers took of eight Asian countries singing at US military bases. After graduating from college in 1974, I became the county extension agent for Riley County and was recruited by Bill Hanson and Gene Klingler in the late 70's to join the local barbershop chorus. I was soon singing with the Classic Impressions quartet with Bill, Don Thomson and after our first bass graduated from K-State, Leonard Purvis joined the quartet. When Bill left town for a few years, the Manhattan Music Machine formed with Myron Calhoun singing tenor, Bob Swenson, lead and Pete Cooper, bass. Myron left for an overseas experience and Don Thomson joined the group. I have been enjoying the company and musical talents of Don, Bob and Pete as well as the rest of the Little Apple Chorus ever since. I am married to my college sweetheart Mary, daughter Molly just graduated from KSU and Matt has finished his first year at K-State. Jim Lindquist, Baritone |
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Meet Member Jim Lindquist |
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Reverend Jim Reed, the Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church, downtown Manhattan, with membership of about 1,800. He is married to Sherry and they have two grown children. He has served on the Board of Southwestern College in Winfield, was a Chaplain with the National Guard when first coming to Manhattan, retiring in 1998 at the rank of Colonel after 22 years of service. He has helped in the establishment and organization of the Flint Hills Community Clinic and is past president of the Ministerial Alliance of |
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Award of Harmony |
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The Reverend Jim Reed |
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I grew up on a farm south of Waterville, the oldest of 7 children. My mother was a self-taught musician, playing the piano, organ, accordion and she loved to listen to music on the radio or on records and sing along. She was much to busy being a farm wife and with 7 kids to get involved musically outside the home, but she spent a lot of time working with my brothers to put together special numbers for church and later 4-H, where she did direct our 4-H Club chorus. With a bunch of ornery boys in the back seat of the family wagon, she preferred singing to our hollering, so she would get us to sing songs. Once the melody was going, she would add harmony. I liked the sound and soon became a harmony singer, actually preferring the music that I could make against the melody line, more than I enjoyed the melody itself. (I don't think it strange at all to enjoy a baritone "solo") |
