Sounds ofLiberty have a secret

Yo u open your eyes after prayer at church and they are there, assembled on stage. You rollout of bed and stumble to chapel, they are there At home even, you turnon yourtelevision during break.They arethere.

They make it to all their classesand all 178 weeklyservices, still looking first-time fresh.

Who? The Sounds of Liberty

They not only frequent the on-camera platformat church, butthey alsoperform ina numberofbehind-the-scenesmusical activities as well After practicing intwo-hour sessions threetimesa week, theSounds present several local concerts a semester, travel once a month and record threeor four demonstration albums a year.

But that'sthesort of thingthe Sounds of Liberty do every year So what was unusual about 1985-86?

The new faces.

"Usually, we'll getonlyoneor two new singersa year,"says Leslie Painter,a senior on the team, "Last year,we lost seven singers at once to graduation."

Five of thosewere malesingers. Is thatthesecret?Is itjusta matter of "new-men-clature?" —

Joella knight