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happy," Carson said. In addition to performing at the Fair the Collegians per– form extensively in Mississippi at high schools and festivals. Every summer the group takes a trip giving the members the chance to perform outside the state. The group has performed in Washington D.C., Universal See Collegians, page 37

"Most of the time I'd ruready heard the song and was planrung to do it. They sort of know me well enough to know what I'm looking for," Carson said. Carson arranges all the material himself rather than relying on sheet music. He said he likes to keep the songs as close to the r adio version as possible. This takes up much

of the group's pract11..c time. "We put a lot of rk into getting the song:; ;.c sound close to how they s unl..! on the radio," Carson said After all is said and done the group ends up wi~h a very eclectic set. "We try to do a little of everything - rock. country, whatever - so ~verybody le~ves a Collegian concert

Stephen Spire on trombone. Jason Alford. playing the sax, Jeff Denson and Josh Bamberg, both on the trumpet blast out tunes at the Collegian concert Mo'lday.