Evening star., 1935-12-21


singing of Christmas carols.
At Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church DR.. John Carpenter Palmer,
pastor, the program Of Christmas
music will be:
Prelude. Alteration" -BorowsN
contralto solo. "Luther's Cradle Hymn"
Tenor solo. "Jesu Bambino' M U-~--1~- Yon
obblisato. 'Gantiaue de NoeT' -~NAdam -
Organ postlude. Beautiful SAVIOR
Arr. from Hymn of the Crusaders" !"
The soloists are: Mrs. Jeter R.
Horton, contralto; George A. Myers.
tenor; Susan Barbee, violinist, with
Mrs. ]. Harry Cunningham, organist.
The Music Committee of the Fif-
teenth Street Presbyterian Church,
corner Fifteenth and r streets north
west, presents the choir augmented
by local talent in special service of
Christmas music tomorrow at pm.
Special music has been prepared by
the Covenant Quartet at the Gov
enant-First Presbyterian Church un-
der the leadership of George H. Will
son, organist. The quartet, comprised
of Helen Howison, soprano; Charles
Wilfred Smith, tenor: Elsie Radle,
contralto, and James E. S. Kinsella,
bass, at the II o'clock service will
sing first group of four Christmas
carols, '"The First Noel" Away in
Manger," rs This the Road to Beth
lehem?" and shepherds, Shake Off
Your Drowsy Sleep" followed by a
group of Christmas folk songs. THE
Angels at the Manger," 20 Nightin-
gale, Awake" There's Song in the
Air" and "A Joyous Christmas Song" !"
Their third group during the service
will be carols, I'm Bethlehem's Man
ger Lowly," Bring Torch, Jeannette,
Isabella" and 10, in Manger Cold
and Drear." The offertory will be an
anthem, Break Forth Into JOY" by
Coleridge- Taylor.
At the candlelight service in the
church tomorrow evening at o'clock
the quartets first number will be 20
Holy Night" by Adams, in which Miss
Howison will sing the solo part. The
vested choir will sing 20 Come All Ye
Faithful" for their professional hymn
as they come into the church carrying
lighted candles, after which the quar-
tet will sing two numbers, THE Sleep
of the Child Jesus and Sleeping
the Christ Child Lay" in which Mrs.
Radle, the contralto, will sing the solo
part. The choir will sing "Watchman,
Tell Us of the Night" and Star of
Wonder, Star of Light" and the
hymn, ut Came Upon a Midnight
Clear" followed by the quartet sing
ing the finale. Silent Night, Holy
Night"
The theme for the Christmas serv-
ice at the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church tomorrow at IL am. will be
THE Birth of the King" as an
nounced by the minister, the Rev.
Robert NJ. Skinner The musical
portions of the service will include
two choruses from The Messiah" by
Handel, sung by the choir, as follows
"And the Glory of the Lord" and For
Unto Us Child is Born" Also, there
will be a tenor solo, The Birthday of
a King" by Neidlinger. Organ seIec-
tions will be the Cradle Song" and
Prayer" by Guilmant; Christmas
Eve" Mailing: ave Maria" Schu-
bert, and March of the Magi,"
Harker.
Mrs. Frank Akers Frost is musical
director and organist, Mrs. Herbert F.
Aldridge, soprano soloist, and w. Bar
rett Fuchs, tenor soloist.
The musical celebration and pag-
cant will be presented in the after
noon. beginning at $50, and will Of
fer a varied Christmas program, as
follows:
the Mother" Voris
.Pastorale' ------ Forester
CHRISTMAS Cradle Song" TRADITIONAL
bohemlan) arranged BY Poister
Baritone solo. tNazareth'' fh'' -oounod
James H. Magin.
Trumpet solos:
1.-THE King of Love Ny Shepherd Is"
Gounod
Frank Natter --'
ch2rNs Mss.,ab, sand the Glory of the Lord
The adult choir.
Pageant, Christmas Around the
World"
This is carol service, including
familiar and unfamiliar carols from
different countries. Mrs. Aldridge
will sing "Cantique de Noel" by
Adam, with choral accompaniment.
Mr.. Fuchs will sing The Story of the
Christ Child" by Shepperd. The
Spanish carol will be sung by Mrs.
Robert Hulburt, the English carol by
Robert Hulburt, with choral accom-
paniment; the Bohemian carol will be
sung antiphonally by the adult and
junior choirs, the latter under the di-
rection of Mrs. Richard Thrush. The
narrator will be Frank P. Leetch.
The entire afternoon program was
arranged under the supervision of
Mrs. Fred Knoblock, Mrs. G. M.
Campbell and Lucy Allen.