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A message from Choir Director Carder Manning
in 2009
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Today in 2016, Carder Manning, former Southwest choir director, is retired and lives in Belton, Missouri. He wrote the following message in 2009 to the class of 1969: "I retired in 1995 after teaching thirty-nine years, full time, in the music classrooms of the greater Kansas City high schools: William Chrisman (1956-1958), Southeast (1958-1960), Southwest (1960-1969) and Penn Valley Community College (1969-1995). After retirement I taught ten more years as an adjunct faculty member at PVCC through 2005. I have organized and directed several community choirs, and I recently retired from church music after fifty-eight years as a choir director. I married a charming lady, Marty, in 1989, and we will celebrate our twentieth anniversary this December. I loved my musical career and Southwest High School stands out as a crowning achievement. My sincere regards to each of you!" |