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6 p.m. parade today one of largest small-town parades in NW Ohio

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 9:33am

A combined Bluffton High School and Bluffton University homecoming parade set for 6 p.m. tonight creates perhaps the largest small town parade of its type in northwestern Ohio.

Both Bluffton University and Bluffton High School will celebrate its 2010 homecoming on Friday and Saturday. Bluffton University's king and queen will be announced on Saturday afternoon.

Members of the homecoming court have been selected by BHS students. The 2010 king and queen will be announced in a pre-game ceremony Friday on Harmon Field. Members of the court follow:

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Events
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Memorial service Oct. 23 at Richland Manor

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 9:17am

Richland Manor will host a candlelight memorial service at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23. The service will be held by Pastor Mark Neddeau of Shepherd's Flock Apostolic Church, who is presently Chaplain at the Manor.

This service will memorialize those residents who died away in 2009-2010, while offering families a moment to reflect on their lives and also take the opportunity to heal, re-unite and deal with the many complex emotions death can leave behind.

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Worship
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Icon now features photos of babies born at Bluffton Hospital

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 9:09am

The Bluffton Icon and Bluffton Hospital have teamed together to share with Icon viewers photos of babies born at Bluffton Hospital. To view babies photos simply click here.

This link connects you to the Bluffton BabyNet page. Photos are available by baby name and date of birth.

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People
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Pilgrim Marpeck coming to life at Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 9:00am

Dale Schrag, director of marketing and church relations at Bethel (Kan.) College, will present a conversational Bluffton University Forum on 16th-century Anabaptist leader Pilgrim Marpeck on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Free and open to the public, the forum will begin at 11 a.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.

Schrag's presentation, which entails some impersonation, will provide a "first-person" view of Marpeck's life. He will also draw observations that might be relevant to Christians today in what promises to be much more than a lecture.

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Bluffton University
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Percussion Group Cincinnati next in Bluffton Artist Series

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 8:59am

Tickets are still available for the next performance in the 2010-11 Bluffton University Artist Series, by Percussion Group Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The three-member group has awakened concert audiences to a wider world of music since 1979, using everything from amplified cactus needles, newspapers and garbage cans to the traditional sounds of drums, cymbals and bells from around the world.

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Bluffton University
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Suderman to present colloquium on choral tone

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 8, 2010 - 8:58am

Dr. Mark Suderman, professor of music at Bluffton University, will discuss how to develop better choral tone during a Bluffton Colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Suderman's presentation will center on research he conducted during his spring 2010 sabbatical, when he studied material on choral tone production and warm-up exercises, then consulted with and observed multiple choral conductors.

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Bluffton University
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