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Page THE HETtALD Lack of entries blamed No GDHS folk festival in 1980 The choirs ot SI Johns Andrews Dolled Church treated nearly 200 guests to a stirring presentation of Handel Messiah Sunday night In St Johns Conducted by Terry Champ and accompanied on organ by Dale Wood he choirs efforts were augmented by sololsti Uremia Archer Heather Dickson Pat Grainy Bruce Armstrong and Lou Herald photo A Hills Arts Council feature Two church choirs combine for overwhelming Messiah By ENID WILLIAMS Herald Special The combined church choirs of St Andrews and St United churches performed to a capacity audience at St Johns Sunday evening Han dels Messiah was performed ably by the two choirs with the teenage choral singers from each congregation joining the adult singers as the choirs overwhelmed the public with glorious sound Champ organistdi rector of St choir greeted the audience In his unassuming sincere manner took up baton and never lost control of the through the evening Dale Wood organistdirect or of St Johns choir was the organist for the performance of the second portion of the Messiah Mr Wood made the organ talk sing dance and relate a story In music to be remembered The choirs were supported by the Interest of the local coble television station and newspaper As the programme opened with Behold the of God our can enjoyed good balance clear tones in the soprano section and deep reso nance from the male voices Throughout the programme the alto section sang with control In supportive rich tones The soloists sang their re spective arias with variation of pathos technical aptitude and melodious cadences Pat alto soloist sang with deep feeling as she rendered He was Despised Heather Dickson soprano sang with fluid cadences I Know that My Liv- and overcame her as she finished with a controlled musical phrase The organ accompaniment In this piece was beautiful particu larly In the echo phrases as Mr Wood played with sensitiv ity Dave Shrubeole tang the tenor solo with convincing em pathy and a dramatic ability which held us spellbound with the alary In song unfolding Difficult passages In Behold and See were rendered ac ceptably and the audience enj oyed Mrs Inter pretation Archer the young soprano soloist enthralled the audience with her rendition of How Beautiful are the Feel Brenda Is developing a pleas ant round resonance In She sang with gentle clarity and control Bruce Armstrong bass solo ist sang Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together which is the most difficult aria In the Messiah and dem anded great expertise ran this soloist He sang the runs reasonably well and left us hoping for more on the high notes although he finished lie piece with deep resonant tones Lou Darcie another bass soloist sang the recitative Behold I Tell You with confidence and clear reson ance As Mr went on to sing The Trumpets Shall Sound his high register was put to the test and he did succeed He sang with expres sion and meaningful dyna mics The choir opened Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs with crisp phrases emphasizing thai Christ had carried our and confident handling of mus ical runs in this piece delighted the audience A contrast of mood was felt as they sang All We Like Sheep wherein the choir used interesting dynamics and pre cise diction The confident entries by vo cal parts In lift Up Your Heads impressed the atten tive audience who all stood In respect as the choir rendered The Hallelujah Chorus which was uplifting and color ed with expressive bills and valleys We were all moved to the death scene of Christ as the choir tang Since By Man Came Death Suddenly jolt ing us from sorrow to elation the choir depleted Christs crucifixion and resurrection arousing us dramatically back and forth from sorrow to joy as they sang dynamically The choir sang with heart they were together In spirit and song as they musically raised the hopes of man towards Christs resurrection Contrasts of majestic vocal expertise and light frothy phrasing coupled with confi dent runs and entries finished the choral programme with fluid a mens by all parts Brotherly love shown In the combining of these two choirs was a fitting tribute to Christ Easter often is celebra ted less than Christmas SPECIALIZING IN COMPUTERIZED MAILING USTS FORM UTTERS PRICE For Further Information CALL 8778664 or SILO SALE Special Introductory price Two only In stock easy to erect Made of high fiberglass One place construction assures long service lift Attractive Is durable a pigment Is bedded directly Into material fabrication at our plant Capacity imperial Bushed Additional unit and other aim to order In stallation service are available Sain tax extra if applicable FOB Th la offer appi las only a long a present stock lest Telephone SIMM- CAE FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS though the true spirit of Chris tianity evolves from the cruci fixion Through Ihe worthwhile efforts of these choirs and their respective directors the mes sage of Easter was brought to those present The disciplined direction of the two church choirs ted In a performance of Han dels Messiah sung with feel Ing clarity and pathos We In Hills are Indeed fortun ate to have such a wealth of talent and diversified offering of music through the year Herald Special The anticipated eighth edition of Georgetown District High Schools annual folk music festival will not be held this year due to a shortage of entries The lack of entries has forced us to cancel the festival according to Jim Brought teacheradvisor to the schools Folk Club We worked harder than ever to set up a good show this year but the entries were just not forthcoming Polk had been scheduled lor this month Last spring Folk attracted between and performers from high schools across the province The annual festival sponsor ed and organized by GDHS Folk Club members has been held each year since 1B73 The cancellation of Folk does not mean that the Folk Club will be idle for the balance of the year Mr said A second Coffee House 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