Virtual Agora 2020
Welcome remarks
Jammy
Welcome and COVID – 19
A&S Dean Dr. Michael Smith
Agora Anthem: 1st and 2nd verses and Chorus
Dr. James Walters and Jammy
“Polka Dots”
Dwight Bryant, Class of 1987
“Right Now”
Dwight Bryant, Class of 1987
Poetry readings
WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman
“Ship of Valor,” an original composition
Chloe Osborne, Richlands High School
“In a Time”
Princeton Senior High School student Grace Campbell
“The Day That Blues Stringer Saved My Life”
BSC Alumna Stevie Lee Steers and Ph.D. student at UT Austin
“Rag Jog”
Former Fulbright Artist Raj Srinivasan of India
“That Train That Carried My Girl from Town ” by Frank Hutchison
performed by Kelton Boblits
Frederic Chopin’s “Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64, No. 2”
BSC Alumnus Kyle Wolford
“De Sol a Sol”
Former Fulbright Artist from Brazil Felipe Karam
“Poem to My Mother”
Spanish poet Margarita Merino
“Aleluya”
BSC Alumnus Noah Mitchell
“My Joy Is Jesus”
BSC Alumna Angela Sinyard
“Draw Me”
BSC Alumna Angela Sinyard
“Take me as I am as I have me”
Jammy
“Errance”
Former Fulbright Artist Agibour Sanou, Burkina Faso
“Odometer Reset”
Lyrics by BSC Alumnus Jerry Perdue and music composed by BSC Math professor Vincent Mateescu
“Ain’t no sunshine”
Leuna Thompson of Bluefield
“Albert Ammons’ “Boogie Woogie Stomp””
Kelton Boblits
“Sina Djavan”
Former Fulbright Artist from Brazil Felipe Karam
“Tambourin” and “Study in B Minor”
BSC Alumna from Canada Jesse Rehwald
“Our Mother”
Jammy
“Wind beneath my wings” and “The Rose”
BSC Alumna Angela Sinyard & BSC Alumnus Kyle Wolford
“’Til Death do us Part”
Haley Brown, Tazewell High School
”Being with You”
Dwight Bryant
“Looking for Love”
Dwight Bryant
“Hai duniya usiki zamana usika Mohobat me” (The World is his who has found love)
Vasant Bijapurkar, Jammy’s nephew, in India
“Reaper on My Mind”
BSC Alumna Stevie Lee Steers
“Bron yr aur”
(composed by Led Zeppelin) performed by Karen Galstyan of Armenia, US Department of State Program participant
“Sete Velas”
Former Fulbright Artist from Brazil Felipe Karam
“Suhani raat dhal chuki, na jaane kab tum aaogi” (The beautiful night has slipped by, I do not know when you will come)
Vasant Bijapurkar
“My Mother’s Burning Face”
Dr. Michael Smith
“At your Feet”
BSC student Kara Sandy
Drum Solo
Julian “Julz” Smith of Bluefield
“A Pajama Song about College”
Grace Campbell, PSHS
Alexander Tcherepnin’s “Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 10”
BSC Alumnus Kyle Wolford
“Your Love Never Fails”
Caleb Beard and Jarred Angles of Bluefield
“Moment with Me”
BSC Student Robert Brown
“The Prayer”
BSC Alumnus Noah Mitchell
“Randhanunut Banyumasan”
Fulbright Artist Heri Purwanto of Indonesia
“Fall in Love”
Margarita Popova of Russia, daughter of the late Igor Popov, 1998 US Department of State Program participant
“House of the Rising Sun”
Jammy
Agora anthem (Verses 5 and 6 and Chorus)
Dr. James Walters and Jammy