Evening star., 1944-12-17
Special Programs
In the Churches

The candlelight carol service in
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
this afternoon at O'Clock will fea-
ture Castelnuovo-Tedesco's recent
composition, 10! The Messiah;
Niles arrangement of the Kentucky
hill song, Never Was a Child So
Lovely; NICK. Williams anthem,
Sleep, o Sleep, Son Jesus" and
Warlocks The Sycamore Tree"
The Chancel Choir, under the di-
rection of Theodore Schaefer, will
be assisted by Katherine Hansel,
soprano; Henrietta Plum, mezzo-
soprano: George Barritt, tenor: the
children's choir and the girls Of the
youth choir.
A Christmas program by the
Junior choir will be given tonight
at 8 o'clock in Lincoln Road Meth
odist Church. The cantata, The
Gift Supreme" by Jacobus, will
conclude the service with solos and
duets sung by John Geldner, Jac-
quelyn Miller Margaret Meredith.
Joseph Rudder, Thomas Fulcher
and Elsie Preston. Naomi Jones is
organist and director.
Unfamiliar songs of several coun-
tries feature the program which will
be given tonight at 7:45 o'clock at
the Church of the Pilgrims. Twen-
ty-second and @ streets NV. A
carol choir of so neighborhood chill
dren will make its first public ap-
pearance in group of traditional
Christmas folk tunes and will Join
the adult choir of IS voices in two
numbers. Lorena e. Dinning is
choir director. Warren F. johnson,
organist, and Elizabeth Adams.
Judy Jones. Esther Zeller, Joseph
zeis. vocal soloists; Mark Walker.
| fautist.
The choir of the Gunton- Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church will
present program of special music
at a candlelight service at pm.
today in the church auditorium.
The choir is directed by Rilla Rowe
and soloists will be Frances Nc
Cartney, soprano; Miss Rowe, con-
tralto; Howard Clayton, tenor, and
Ensign William Rice, bass.
Handels Messiah will be sung
in the First Baptist Church, Six
teenth and o streets NV, at pm.
tonight by the combined Youth and
Senior Choirs forming a chorus of
80 voices. Soloists will be Sara
Louise Garrett and Betty Trossevin,
sopranos Ruth Reumann Hall, alto;
Herbert v. Pate, bass, and Harwood
Hall, tenor. Earl Lowder will be at
the organ and Mr.. Hall directing.
The combined choirs of the Wal
lace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church, under the direction of Will
liam Eliza Smith, with Efie A. Cola
more at the organ, will give a pro-
gram of Christmas music this eve
ming at pm. The soloists will be
Norma Simonson. soprano; Vesta
Lynn, contralto; William E. Smith,
tenor, and 1t. Everett j. Livesey,
bass.
The combined choir and chorus
of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church under the direction
of Charles Dana Beaschler will give
the Christmas portion of Handel's
Messiah" tonight at o'clock. Solo
lists will be Margaret Sheridan, So
prano; Audrey Prindle, contralto;
Robert Nicholson, baritone, and
Finley Cheston. tenor.
The mixed choir of Potomac
Heights Community Church under
the direction of Ruth Blackburn will
sing traditional Christmas carols at
the third annual candlelight carol
service this afternoon at S o'clock.
A short organ recital will open the
program.
The Washington Missionary Col
lege Oratorio Chorus, under the
direction of Minnie Iverson-Wood.
will present its third performance
this season of Handel's THE Mes
siah" in the Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church, 900 Massachu-
setts avenue NV. tonight at 81
o'clock.