John Matthews -  Hendricks Chapel Choir member 1979-1982

So at this point, you might be wondering WHY I put together an HCC alumni webpage.  The answer is threefold. 

First - There is a NEED.  In early 2008, just out of curiosity, I googled "Hendricks Chapel Choir", and it was almost like the group doesn't exist.  There was virtually nothing of interest on the internet.   The existing HCC webpage is from three years ago, when the choir went to China.  Since then, the HCC seems to have fallen off the map!  Perhaps if some of the choir's alums reconnect, it will possibly prompt the Chapel or the University to pay some more attention to its own history. 

Second - Hopefully it's not too late to preserve some of the music clips.  I was motivated to act a couple of months ago when I unearthed a 25-year-old cassette tape of the choir's 1981 LP record album.  The tape had disintigrated to mud, and my copy of the album is not in great shape, either.  I used to own a copy of the choir's 1982 concerts, but someone borrowed it and never returned it.   If any of the choir's concert tapes still exist out there, I'd like to get them recorded digitally and preserved for us all to enjoy and share.  This is the first step in trying to find those recordings. 

Third, in the words of Professor Harold Hill, "the idle brain is the devil's playground".  Earlier this year, after spending my entire career working at the same radio station in Washington, DC, my job was eliminated in a staff reduction.  I have since secured some freelance work opportunities, but suffice it to say that underemployment gives me the side "benefit" of having the time to work on a project like this.  The other side benefit for me is that my web skills are improving all the time!