{"id":8225,"date":"2005-12-12T00:23:06","date_gmt":"2005-12-12T05:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8225"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:28:58","slug":"4636","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/12\/4636\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant Gospelaires Release CD Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPRING VALLY, CA (December 12, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; After singing together for 40 years and\u00a0 ministering to Covenanters across the country, the award-winning\u00a0 Covenant Gospelaires Quartet is catching up with the times. Due to\u00a0 popular request, all of the group&#8217;s albums are now available on CD.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1196.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[8225]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8226\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1196-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1196-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/1196.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The quartet celebrates June 17, 1952, as its birth date. Since then, the\u00a0 Gospelaires have sung at churches in many denominations, made numerous\u00a0 radio and television appearances and were featured during one Easter\u00a0 sunrise service at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. The quartet also says it was\u00a0 associated musically with evangelist Leighton Ford and the Billy Graham\u00a0 evangelistic team.<\/div>\n<div>The Gospelaires won the National Evangelical Film Foundation award for\u00a0 &#8220;Best Sacred Male Quartet Album&#8221; in 1965 for <em>Presenting . . . The\u00a0 Covenant Gospelaires.<\/em> They also won in 1968 for <em>Contemporary\u00a0 Gospel Sounds<\/em> and again in 1971 for <em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Day.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Members of the quartet are Dave Boldt (first tenor), Mel Anderson\u00a0 (second tenor), Evert Anderson (baritone), Bob Swanson (bass), and\u00a0 Charles Magnuson, accompanist and arranger. The Gospelaires still live\u00a0 in Southern California and three of the four members reside at Mt.\u00a0 Miquel Covenant Retirement Village in Spring Valley.<\/div>\n<div>To learn more about the group and available music, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covenantgospelaires.com\">Gospelaires.<\/a> The\u00a0 accompanying photo shows the group in the early 1960s. Members are (from\u00a0 left) Dave Boldt, Mel Anderson, Evert Anderson, Bob Swanson, and Charles\u00a0 Magnuson at the piano.<\/div>\n<div><strong>(Editor&#8217;s note: Since publication of this article, we have received\u00a0 several comments from Covenanters recalling their experiences with the\u00a0 Gospelaires. One comes from Betty Jo McPhee, especially well-known in\u00a0 Covenant musical circles for her own contributions to Covenant\u00a0 musicology over the years. Betty Jo writes from Kirkland, Washington: <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;There is so much more to the story of the Covenant Gospelaires. What\u00a0 stands out to me is their faithful loyalty to their home church. The\u00a0 Rolling Hills Covenant Church was started in the home of Ev Anderson.\u00a0 They all had great influence on the growth of that church. Both Ev and\u00a0 Mel Anderson were the first choir directors. Bob Swanson served for\u00a0 years on the Covenant Board of Benevolence.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;But for me their greatest contribution was to the Sanctuary Choir. They\u00a0 all four rarely missed a rehearsal and were there every Sunday morning,\u00a0 except when they traveled, and were simply the foundation on which we\u00a0 built the choir during the years I was Minister of Music at the church.\u00a0 They were willing to sing at our church on a once-a-month basis and gave\u00a0 an annual concert there. They also all gave me great encouragement when\u00a0 the Campus Chorale was formed along with other graded choirs.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;I shall always treasure my musical relationship with them &#8211; but most of\u00a0 all they continue to contribute to God&#8217;s community here &#8211; each in their\u00a0 own way.&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=8225&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPRING VALLY, CA (December 12, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; After singing together for 40 years and\u00a0 ministering to Covenanters across the country, the award-winning\u00a0 Covenant Gospelaires Quartet is catching up with the times. 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