 The sweet sounds of angelic voices echo inside the walls of Bemidji's evangelical covenant church. I think if you find the beauty in the music, you find the beauty in the people making the music and listening to the music and that knows no age. The special reunion concert marks Bemidji State University's 80th anniversary of its choral music program. The show brought out BSU's top notch choir performers and the community. I think it's been a pleasure to see that still now how the community opens its arms very wide for us as a university and then as an ensemble. The director of the Bemidji alumni choir, Mark Carlson says many people have jobs during the day but still made time to practice to be a part of the occasion. Carlson says the show represents the power of music. The music is what feeds our soul. And what this 80th reunion means is to see this legacy building and continuing that gave people like older people like me such pleasure in life throughout all of life. Claire Bayer is a 1973 BSU graduate and remembers the funds she had as a member of the choir. Practice I think was at noon every day of the week. I remember practice rooms. She says having so many people come for the show says a lot about BSU. I think it says about the program that it is vital. It is alive and well and ongoing. The performance also bridges a generation gap between former BSU choir alumni and the current members. A total of 130 alumni and current college students participated. I've been meeting some of the alumni members and it's just amazing to see that no matter what age you are that music is the same and what it does for people. The highlight of the show was when Dr. Paul Brandovic took the stage to conduct a piece during the concert. You can call him a legend because he spent 31 years as BSU's choir director. I see these singers who are really the last of the true believers. They really believe in what they're doing and what the texts say. They're moved by the words and the messages of the music. It's just great. The BSU choir will now move audiences on an international level. They will tour the Baltic states in the spring for this week's in focus in Bemidji, Haiti, Cloutier Lakeland News.