Spring Fling - 2006 and Singing President, Cecil Groves - News Release

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Last updated 4/21/06

SCC News Release - April 2006

Singing President

Singing President, Cecil Groves and the Commonfolk Band - Spring Fling He may not make American Idol, but Southwestern Community College President Cecil Groves, third from left, was the crowd's Penny War Idol at SCC's Spring Fling Thursday, April 20, on the Jackson campus. Faculty, staff and students contributed pennies for their choice to sing with the band Commonfolk and Groves came out on top over contenders Peter Buck, Gary Dillard, Barrie Rogers and Ellen Heim. Groves surprised the crowd with his rendition of Rocky Top as he was accompanied by, from left, band members Bradley Adams, Jeff Redman, Aaron Plantenberg, Isaac Deal and Jimmy Leatherwood. "I didn't realize we had such a singing president," said Karen Reed, coordinator of the Penny War Idol contest which raised $236 for the Southwestern Sizzlers team's participation in the Jackson County Relay For Life.

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Spring Fling - April 20, 2006
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