"Messiah" Soloists, Chorus Rush Rehearsals for Dec. 14 Soloists and chorus groups to appear in the presentation of Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, Dec. 14, will hold practice sessions ses-sions each day except Sunday, Dec. 6, until the night of the performance, states Prof. Blaine Johnson, director. Mr. Johnson has asked the soloists to meet at 8 a. m. on Friday, Fri-day, and Monday; at 7 p. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Thurs-day, and at 6 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. The chorus will meet at 8 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday, and at 6 p. m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. Saturday, Dec. 13, is the final date of the B A C Invitational, basketball tournament, and for j this reason Prof. Johnson has asked the chorus to meet at 6 p. m. The director points out that it : ic important that all people with I pfevious experience in singing j "The Messiah", attend these re-1 hearsals. Their presence is needed need-ed and very much desired he says. Prof. Johnson feels very grati- j fied at the unusually good response re-sponse to the rehearsal calls from the Master Singers and the Can- j zona Chorus. He is especially anxious to maintain "The Mes-! siah" tradition in Cedar City, and those who have sung this great work over the years are best' qualified to maintain this mar-; velous record of 29 performance, I he says. ! The soloists chosen for this vear's production are Reed Roberts, Rob-erts, tenor; Luana Riddle, sopra-, no; Joseph Hunter, bass, and Blanche Burton and Elaine Nelson, Nel-son, altos. In order to make room for everyone who desires to, hear this year's performance the place ol presentation has been changed chang-ed to the public school auditorium. auditor-ium. With the appearance of the Utah Symphony orchestra here on Dec. 5, this performance of Handel's "Messiah" will give Cedar City a very rich musical offering during the holiday season.