On April 9-10, 2005, about 150 alumni and Laie community members who sang under the direction of BYU-Hawaii music professor Dr. James A. Smith — including the A Cappella, Men's Choir, Concert Choir, Showcase Hawaii, the Seaside Singers jazz group, and the community-based Laie Choral Union — held a choral reunion on campus, performing with the current Concert Choir in the Cannon Activities Center the first evening and enjoying a fireside the second evening in the McKay Auditorium.
Dr. Smith, who started teaching at BYU-Hawaii in 1976, is retiring at the end of the 2004-05 school year. Read more about this unique Golden Jubilee activity.