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Show ; i n..tf ;-;t-t Y sV.. t r 'V'Z.-iVi THRILLS AUDIENCE. A portion of the wonderful chorus in Cedar City's 3Gth annual an-nual presentation of Handel's "The Mes siah," staged Sunday evening in the CSU auditorium before a near capacity audience. Handel's 'Messiah' Performance Dravs Record Crowd A near capacity crowd of some 1000 persons was thrilled Sunday Sun-day evening to the immortal music mu-sic of Handel's "Messiah" in the College of Southern Utah auditorium. audi-torium. The large chorus and orchestra blended beautifully under un-der the direction of Dr. Blaine Johnson and Professor Roy Hal-versen. Hal-versen. The production, which is an 1 mnual highlight of the Southern I'tah Christmas season, saw its 3Gth performance. Outstanding solo performances were achieved by Kent Myers, Cynthia Williams, nerschel Neeley, Janice Olsen, LaRee Radmall, Lois Macfarlane, Wallace Adams and Cleone Wil-chen. Wil-chen. The full power of performers and composers met in the tre mendous strains of the "Ilallelu-ja "Ilallelu-ja chorus." The impact of this glorious music was felt by the audience standing in the tradition tra-dition of respect. Beautiful, clear tones marked the trumpet obllgato to "The Trumpet Shall Sound" played by bandmaster Harold Boyce. The bass voice was sung by Kent Myers. |