{"id":13090,"date":"2019-04-18T17:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T23:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=13090"},"modified":"2019-05-02T18:41:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T00:41:01","slug":"spring-sing-and-the-scotts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2019\/04\/18\/spring-sing-and-the-scotts\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Sing and the Scotts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allie Scott, sophomore theatre major and 2019 Spring Sing hostess, has been involved in Harding productions since early in her freshman year. Her relationship with Spring Sing, however, started much earlier. In fact, Spring Sing runs in her blood.<\/p>\n

Kim and John Scott, Allie\u2019s parents, served as hostess and host in the 1992 Spring Sing program. John, a then second-year senior, and Kim, a senior, had married the previous year, and Spring Sing played a major role early on in their marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a packed few weeks,\u201d Kim said, reflecting on the first few weeks of her senior year. \u201cWe got married on Aug. 31, went on our honeymoon and were practicing for our auditions on our honeymoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

John had been involved in Spring Sing several years before. After transferring to Harding University during his sophomore year in 1988, he served as a music director in his junior year, then directed the show \u201cIs it a Wonderful Life?\u201d during his first senior year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI tried out for host every year and never made it,\u201d John reflected. \u201c[My wife and I] got married, and then we tried out for Spring Sing together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following his graduation, John continued to assist in Spring Sing productions by arranging music for the hosts and hostesses, and ultimately arranging the musical introductions the hosts and hostesses perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never stopped doing Spring Sing,\u201d John Scott said. \u201cFrom my senior year of high school until I turned 50 this year, I\u2019ve had some part in Spring Sing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim and John both attributed their continued support of Spring Sing to the maturity and growth they gained while being a part of the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cArranging for the hosts and hostesses, for the ensemble, and then doing the musical intro arrangements was a way I could still be a part [of the program] and was a way I could give those kids the same opportunities that I had,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

Allie called her involvement with Spring Sing in 2018 and 2019 a dream come true. After having attended Spring Sing since she was a baby, Allie said she had always wanted to participate in the program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI loved it last year, and I really wanted to be a hostess for one year because there is a sense of responsibility and leadership, and I really just wanted to be in that role,\u201d Allie said.<\/p>\n

When she first told her father about her plans to audition, John said he was sure she would be chosen for the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she told me, \u2018I\u2019m going to try out for hostess,\u2019 I [said], \u2018You\u2019re probably going to get it,\u2019\u201d John said. \u201cShe is a very talented girl, so I was not surprised in the least.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim agreed that she was confident Allie would make a great hostess because of her diligence and commitment to the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really feel like the Lord has helped her come into Harding and just have a good attitude and a good work ethic,\u201d Kim Scott said.<\/p>\n

The Scott family\u2019s Spring Sing legacy continues this weekend as Allie officially steps into her parents shoes and fulfills her role as hostess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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