'Feel Good Favorites': Vicksburg Chamber Choir to feature 70s, 80s tunes - The Vicksburg Post

‘Feel Good Favorites’: Vicksburg Chamber Choir to feature 70s, 80s tunes

Published 8:10 am Monday, May 12, 2025

: Members of the Vicksburg Chamber Choir rehearse for their upcoming performance, "Feel Good Favorites – A night of 70s & 80s hits,” Tuesday at the Southern Cultural Heritage Auditorium. (Terri Cowart Frazier/The Vicksburg Post)

Cassette and 8-track tapes may not be all the rage anymore, but the music that was popular during that era is still popular. On Tuesday, the Vicksburg Chamber Choir is set to perform some of these classic songs during their spring concert entitled “Feel Good Favorites – A night of 70s & 80s hits.”

Lynn Foley, one of the choir members and a product of those decades, said she is excited to be performing music that influenced her youth.

Foley said the concert will include tunes that are “nice quite mellow ballads,” like “Close to You” by the Carpenters, but added they will also be rocking out to “September” by the R&B group Earth, Wind and Fire.

“Which is one of my favorites,” Foley said.

Another of Foley’s favorites the choir well be singing, she said, is “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” by country music icon Dolly Parton.

“Dolly Parton is just one of my favorites because one, I love her, and, two, because she is such a phenomenal philanthropist. She gives so much back,” Foley said, adding the United Way of West Central Mississippi, in conjunction with Batesville Casket, sponsor Parton’s Imagination Library program.

The Chamber Choir is under the direction of Christie Beasley and the group will be accompanied by Austin Crabtree and The Goodins.

Additional artists selections for the evening include Carley Simon, Orleans, Simon and Garfunkel and Bill Withers. Foley said the choir will also be singing a medley of songs entitled “Yacht Rock.”

Tuesday’s performance is set to begin at 7 p.m. at the Southern Cultural Heritage Auditorium, 1302 Adams St. Prior to the performance, a reception will be held at 6 p.m. until the time of the performance. A cash bar will be available.

“We did this a couple of years ago, and we got tons of great feedback,” Foley said, referring to the reception.

The concert is free, but donations are welcome.

About Terri Cowart Frazier

Terri Frazier was born in Cleveland. Shortly afterward, the family moved to Vicksburg. She is a part-time reporter at The Vicksburg Post and is the editor of the Vicksburg Living Magazine, which has been awarded First Place by the Mississippi Press Association. She has also been the recipient of a First Place award in the MPA’s Better Newspaper Contest’s editorial division for the “Best Feature Story.”

Terri graduated from Warren Central High School and Mississippi State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations.

Prior to coming to work at The Post a little more than 10 years ago, she did some freelancing at the Jackson Free Press. But for most of her life, she enjoyed being a full-time stay at home mom.

Terri is a member of the Crawford Street United Methodist Church. She is a lifetime member of the Vicksburg Junior Auxiliary and is a past member of the Sampler Antique Club and Town and Country Garden Club. She is married to Dr. Walter Frazier.

“From staying informed with local governmental issues to hearing the stories of its people, a hometown newspaper is vital to a community. I have felt privileged to be part of a dedicated team at The Post throughout my tenure and hope that with theirs and with local support, I will be able to continue to grow and hone in on my skills as I help share the stories in Vicksburg. When asked what I like most about my job, my answer is always ‘the people.’

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