Evening star., 1924-12-20
METHODIST.

"DAWN IN THE DESERT" a
DChristmas oratorio by r. Deane
Shure, director OF music of the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and Rossel Edward
Mitchell. also OF tho Mount Vernon
Place Church, Will be sung Tuesday
night by the Mount Vernon Chorus
at 8 o'clock, assisted by well known
soloists.
The oratorio is developed largely
in the Oriental scale and Is highly
colored. Included In its various num-
| berS are solos. a beautiful mixed
quartet a. Woman's chorus, g. mems
chorus and four mixed choruses.
The Tuesday evening performance
Is to be the only one given this year
as the noontime service of last year
was found to be too long for the
noon hour.
The soloists are to be Mrs. J. Frank
Rice, soprano; Richie Mclean, con-
tralto; W. Arthur Mccoy. tenor;
Howard +. Bailey. baritone, and
James P. Schick, basso. Mrs. Frank
A. Frost will be at the organ and
Mr.. Shure will direct.
The music for tomorrow's services at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, under the
direction OF II. Deane Shure, will be
Pastoral Overture in G" (FaulkeS),
Mrs. Frank A. Frost; women's chorus
Divine Lullaby" from Dawn in the
Desert" (Shure); tenor solo, List to
the Voice Divine" (Jewett), A. Cliff
ford Wilkin: organ postiude, Christ
mas March" (MerkeD: evening, 20
minute organ recital by Mr.. Shure;
chorus, "Jehovah's Praise" from
Dawn in the Desert (Shure); quar-
tet, silent Night" (Becker), w. Ar
thur Mccoy, first tenor; Mr.. Wilkins,
second tenor; Howard p. Bailey. bari
tone, and James 2. Schick, basso o;
postlude, "Festal March" (Kroeger).
The special music at Trinity NJ. E.
Church today will include the follow
ing: Morning service, anthems.
Night" (Adam) and There Were
Shepherds" CVincenD.
At the evening service the solo
quartet will sing the cantata entitled
The Holy Nativity" (Wildmere).
The quartet is composed Of Ida VIII
lis Seaton, soprano: Mabel McCalip.
contralto; William Atherholt, tenor.
and Lawrence Murray, bass, under the
direction Of Elsie Harvey Weaver, or
ganist.
The Christmas cantata Bethlehem .
by Maunder, will be sung tomorrow
evening at the Wesley NJ. E. Church
at o'clock. The chorus choir will
be assisted by Mrs. Kerr, contralto.
soIoist of Rock Creek Church: Mamie
Giles, Marion Pollock, sopranos; Har-
rington Barker and Mckinley kreigh,
tenors, and F. c. Reynolds, bass. Mrs
Harrington Barker is accompanist
and director.
The choir for the cantata will be
composed of: Sopranos. Miss Giles
Mrs. Pollock, Mrs. Andrew Phelps
Lena Fowler and Edna FitZ-
hugh: contraltos, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs.
Martin Watson and Mrs. f. c. Rey-
nolds: tenors, Mr.. Barker, Mr.. Kreigh,
Dfller Croft and Marion Pollock;
basses, f. c. Reynolds, Josephus
Sands, Howard Stumpf and William
Singleton.
Calvary Methodist Church quartet
will sing special Christmas music at
tomorrow mornings service and a
Christmas cantata, THE Birth OF
Christ" by Alfred Wooler, at the eve
| ming service.
The anthems for the morning serv-
| ice form a progression similar to can
tata work. The following is the or
der of the programs: Morning, an
kerr, There Were Shepherds" Win
cent? and 20 Come to My Heart. Lord
Jesus" (Ambrose); organ numbers,
prelude. March of the Magi Kings"
| Dubois), postlude "Hallelujah Cho-
rus (HandeD. Evening, Christmas
cantata, "The Birth of Christ" (Alfred
Wooler); organ numbers, prelude
The Holy Night" (Buck). christmas
| Fantasy" (Rebling), postlude, Fan
fare in D" (Bridge).
The solos will be sung by Marie c.
Deal, soprano; Mildred De Hart, con-
tralto; Edward G. Lippitt. tenor, and
Fred ]. Eden, baritone and director.
with Emma Louise Thompson, at the
organ.
A special program Of music tomor-
row at fipworth Methodist Church
corner Thirteenth and North Carolina
avenue northeast, Louis A. Potter, di-
rector of music, will include: Morning
service-Violin and organ prelude
Alteration" (BorowskD, Herman
Hoffman, violinist; Edwin Moore, or
ganist; anthem, Calm on the Listen
ing Ear of Night" incidental solo
Olive Ramsay; contralto solo, Night
of Nights" (van de Water), Mrs. VIII
liam T. Reed; anthem, THE Shep-
herds Christmas Song" CReimann)
instrumental offertory, Holy Night
(Adam); organ postlude. "Hallelujah'
(HandeD. Evening service-The can
tata, The Story of Bethlehem
(WesD, to be given by chorus choir
with Edwin Moore, organist. The So
loists will be: Olive Ramsay and Mrs
Artie Fay Guilford, sopranos; Louis
Annis, tenor; Fred c. Schaffer, bass.
Instrumental numbers will include:
Organ recital, at 7:45, improvisation
on Christmas tunes, by Mr.. Potter;
organ offertory, March of the Magf
| Dubois), played by Mr.. Moore; organ
postlude, Chorus of Shepherds
U,emmens).
At Hamline NJ. E. Church, Four
teenth and Emerson streets north
west, the program of Christmas music
tomorrow will be: Morning-Organ,
"Andante Seraphique" Debat Pom
son); christmas Pastorale" (Rogers)
quartet, 20 Come, All Ye Faithful
(Novello) and There Were Shep-
herds" (Birch), incidental alto solo;
bass offertory solo, 20 Quiet Night
(Neidlinger); quartet, "Joyously Peal,
Ye Christmas Bells" (Coombs), incl
dental soprano and tenor solos; organ,
"Hallelujah Chorus" (HandeD. Eve
ning-Organ recital, 7:45 to pm;
suite, Birth of Christ (Malling)
Christmas carols, by congregation
cantata, "The stery Of Christmas"
| (MatthsWul.
The members OF quartet are; Ethel