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Show ~ .. ' THE ARTS THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL • SOUTHERN UTAH UNiVERSITY • FR.IDAY;~DEC£MBER 5, 1997 AND ENTERTAINMENT 11111 Choirs sing Sunday Other songs include "O Magnum Mysterium," "Come Leave Your JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Sheep," "Here We Come A Caroling," "Ding Dong Merrily on High" and As the Christmas se!1son rolls around, "Jingle Bells," arranged by Blackwell. so does the traditional SUU choral In the second part of the holiday concert. Both Opus and the Choir concert, Concert Choir will sing Concert will perform. " Gloria, 11 a piece written by Poulenc. Bart Shanklin, music department "Gloria" has several different movements. Three of the movements chair and choral director, said this Christmas choral . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . will include soprano concert has been here solos. as long as w e've had a C Marlo Madsenwill school here. be the first soloist for On Sun ., Dec. 7, two Concert Choir. Madsen was chosen performances will be held at the Frank A. performer of the year Thorley Recital Hall. last year at SUU. The first one will begin Megan Phillips, a i freshman from Cedar at 4 p.m. and the second will be at 7:30 City, will sing the p.m . second solo and Jimie "We do two concerts Nelson, a senior from because we have a D elta, Utah, will small recital hall," said . conclude the Shanklin . "The evening's musical afternoon performance allows parents concert. to come and still have time to go All three of these sopranos are vocal home." music majors. Sunday night's program will include Jared Hansen will also sing a tenor both traditional Christmas songs and solo with Opus. He is a senior from Christmas songs from other cultures. Louisville, Ky., also majoring in music. "A La Nanita Nana" is a Spanish carol Shanklin said, "The Christmas that Opus will sing. choral tradition has always been really Opus will also sing the West Indian strong. We are excited for this spiritual, "The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy." performance." By KRISTIN TENNIS 'T'h e horaJ tradit1·on has always been .,..eal1y ·strong,, said director Bart Sh ankl•1n. ' I Acclamation performs tonight and tomorrow 11 A Holly Jazzy Christmas, 11 a special holiday season program by SUU's Acclamation, will be presented Dec. 56 in the Sharwan Smith Center Ballroom. Performances will start at 7:30 p.m. each night. Admission is $2 per person. "We are happy to present some of the fun music of Christmas again this year, 11 said D'El Beatty, coordinator of the SUU Entertainment Bureau. "In addition to some beautiful music, our program will include a variety of lively choreography, novel arrangements, and some fun costuming. We think just about everyone should enjoy the evening. The group certainly enjoys being a part of a growing university holiday tradition." In recent years, the 14-member showchoir has performed in Japan, Korea, Mexico, the South Sea Islands, and at several major theme parks and tourist attractions in the United States. Beginning Dec. 14, Acclamation will begin a concentrated pre-Christmas performance tour in Utah and Nevada. It~§ not what~§ on the out§ide... D \\\\ |