The Singing Men of Texas celebrated their 50th anniversary on August 15 by playing a concert at Riverbend Centre in Austin. The concert featured 360 singers and orchestra members, with representatives from all six regional chapters, and welcomed 1,840 attendees.
Musical selections ranged from “I’ll Fly Away,” arranged by Michael Lee, to “How Great Thou Art” arranged by Dan Forrest. The Texas Country Boys provided pre-concert music, performing songs such as “God Bless Texas,” “Boondocks,” “Wichita Lineman.”
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The Texas Country Boys originally formed in 2015 for an evangelistic concert tour which traveled all across Ukraine. The group returned to tour along the eastern border of Ukraine in 2017. The group plays at events across the Dallas/Fort Worth area, performing a multitude of musical genres: old school country, new country, jazz, blues, top 40, gospel or praise and worship.
SMOT was established in 1975 by Sam Prestidge, who served Texas Baptists as state music director from 1960-1994. Five chapters across the state were formed: East Texas, North Central Texas, Southeast Texas, South Texas and West Texas. In 1994, the Panhandle chapter was formed, completing the six chapters represented at the concert.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Jessica King and originally published by the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
