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Show Christmas Festival at Kingsbury Hall ' ; " " S ... . . To be U ofU's Present to the Community "The First Noelc" and Polay's arrangement of "Silent "Si-lent Night." The Combined Choruses will join their voices in "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light" by Bach; Robertson's arrangement of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," Bethle-hem," and in the closing pair of numbers (with the orchestra): orches-tra): Robertson's arrangement arrange-ment of "Joy to the World" and Bach's "Dona Nobis Pacem." The various groups will be interspersed throughout the evening, Dr. Thompson said. They also will sing not only from the Kingsbury Hall stage but from the stairwells and the running loges. Five groups will gift wrap themselves as the University of Utah's "present to the community" for the 18th annual Christmas Festival scheduled in Kingsbury Hall Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 4 & 5) at 8 p.m. The concert, supervised by Dr. Ed. Thompson, chairman of the U. of U. department of music, and Dr. Bernell W. Hales, professor of music, features three choral groups, the University Symphony and the Brass Choir. Prelude music by the Brass Choir, directed by Carson Sharp, will greet patrons in the foyer. "Speaking of patrons," Dr. Thompson said, "reminds me that we have turned away many people during the past - three or four seasons. Concertgoers should come early to avail themselves of this most successful tradition." tradi-tion." The concert, free to the public, will open with the finale to Glazunov's "Symphony "Sym-phony No. 5." The orchestra, orches-tra, directed by Dr. Jason . v Klein, To will perform- Reed's arrangement of "Greensleeves" and Tchaikovsky's Tchai-kovsky's "March Minia-. ture." The University Singers, directed by Bonnie Winter-ton, Winter-ton, will sing Cundick's "Behold, He Shall be Born of Mary," Besig's "A Special Night," Pierce's "Sing Noel," Mrs. Winterton's arrangement of "Jingle Bells" and Payne's "He is Born." The Chamber Choir, directed direct-ed by Dr. Hales, is scheduled to sing "Exsultate Justi," by Viadana, Rutter's "Past Three O'clock," "Lullaby" arranged by Keel and Dr. Hales; "The Christmas Song," arranged by Knight, and Rutter's "Good Ale." Dr. Thompson will lead the A Cappella Choir through Gibbons "Hosanna to the Son of David," Gretchani-nov's Gretchani-nov's "Holy Radiant Light;" two songs by Britten, "There is No Rose" and "This Little Babe;" a medley arranged by Warland; "Of the Father's Fa-ther's Love Begotten" and |