Arkansas State University in Jonesboro is inviting the public to the Dean B. Ellis Library Bell Carillon Dedication and Concert on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. Scheduled prior to the 2 p.m. home football game against Idaho, the event will be held on library lawn.

Following opening remarks by ASU President Dr. Les Wyatt, ASU carillonneur Ellen Philpot, instructor in music, will play her arrangement of the ASU Alma Mater, “Hail to ASU.” ASU President Emeritus Dr. Eugene W. Smith will provide remarks, and Steve Watkins, director of development, will recognize the financial donors who made the bell carillon possible.

Dr. Tom O’Connor, chairman of the Department of Music, wrote “Celebratory Fanfare for Carillon” expressly for the Bell Carillon Dedication and Concert. Other musical selections include: “Pizzicati for 23 Bells” by Emile Constant Verrees, “Duke Street (Jesus Shall Reign)” by John Hatton, “Lazy Daze” by John R. Knox, and “Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven, arranged by Beverly Buchanan.

To conclude the program, Philpot will play her arrangement of “The ASU Loyalty Song” by George L. “Pop” Hodge.