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Rolla Daily Digest Monday, October 12, 2026

Ty's Take

The Rolla Choral Arts Society's bringing Whitman to the Ozarks this weekend with "I Hear America Singing," and that's exactly the kind of thing that keeps a college town from feeling too much like just another I-44 exit. This isn't the high school spring concert, though those matter too. This is folks who love to sing, who show up after work and on weekends because they want to, standing up to remind everybody that culture doesn't stop at the county line. In a place that's half engineering students and half folks with dirt under their fingernails, it's worth noting that both groups probably need to hear it.

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Rolla Choral Arts Society to present: “I Hear America Singing”

Published 11:43 pm Sunday, October 11, 2026 The Rolla Choral Arts Society and the Missouri S&T Choir will present “I Hear America Singing!” at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, at First Presbyterian Church of Rolla. The concert is a musical celebration of 250 years of American democracy connecting...

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