Professor Lester D u n n and the one hu ndred and eighty-five voice choir
�IE SSIAH The last Sunday night before the C hristmas vacation, Professor Lester Dunn and a massed choir of one hundred and eighty-five voices pre sented Handel's Messiah in the c hurch auditor ium. Soloists for the traditional event were Mrs. Mabel Sonnevik, soprano; Mrs. Evelyn Robin son, contralto; Mr. Gene Chambers, tenor; and Mr. Robert Hale, bass. Mrs. Rut h Taylor was t he organist and Professor Carroll Harville pianist for t he presentation. Festive decorations in t he Christmas tradition t hroughout t he c hurc h en hanced t he beauty and spirit of the occasion. From the opening prelude of t he organ to t he concluding "Halleluja h Chorus" the presentation of the Messia h was of powerful and inspirational import. Soloists Gene Chambers, Mabel Son nevik, Evelyn Robinson, and Robert Hale.
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