Chuck Gatlin ('96 M.A.) and William Jackson, Hurst celebrated 41 years together in March on their 10th Caribbean cruise. They met at North Texas in 1974 when they started doing homework together and performed in German-language plays for the foreign languages department. They have performed in musical pursuits throughout the years with William playing baroque concertos on recorder, oboe or oboe d’amore and Chuck on harpsichord.