Evening star., 1950-12-23

Solos will be sung at West
Washington Baptist Church al
the II am. service tomorrow by
John Newton, Mary Ann Lyon
and Carrie Hanback,. Clara q
Newton, organist, and director
will play Wade's 20 Come All Ye
Faithful" as prelude and 1.-The
First Noel" as postlude.
An elaborate program of Christ
mas music has been arranged al
Chevy Chase Baptist Church fol
the morning service tomorrow and
for the Christmas Eve worship at
II pm, Thomas Leef and Myrtle
Alcorn, organist. will be assisted
by Helen Robichaux and Betty
Lou Williams, sopranos; Olive
Stingle, contralto, and Themy
Georgi, tenor.
Catholic.
A half hour of carol singing
will precede the midnight mas
in Catholic churches on Christina!
eve. At st. Peters Church, Cesal
Franck's celebrated "Missa So.
lemnis in A" will be sung during
the mass to orchestral accom-.
paniment with solos by Cathreer
Carrico, soprano; Carolyn Man.
ming Shelse, contralto: John w
Balsinger. tenor; Howard Samsel
bass. Christopher Tenley will
direct.
The St. Aloysius Church choil
will use Gounod's "St. Cecilia
mass and male quartet will sins
''Hodie Christus Natus Est" a!
offertory. Katharine A. Ruppert
is organist and director and thu
solo quartet consists of Marie
Cook, soprano; Ruth Kobbe, con
tralto; Thomas Costaggini, tenor
and John Mcmahon. baritone
During the solemn high mass
the choir of the Church of TIL,
Immaculate Conception will sint
Bartholomew Mass in E Flat
and at st. Mary's, the Ordinary
of the Mass will be Turtont
"Missa in Honor of SIS. Cords.
At the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, Haydn's Sixteenth Mass
will be used at the solemn mid.
night service on Christmas eve
The mixed choir will sing under
the direction of Mary Louise Sui.
livan with solos taken by Lucille
Cipriano. Estelle Dean, sopranos
Mary-Jo Lawson, Vera Maxymek
altos; Martin j. Mcnamara, tenor
John Reagan. baritone, and John
Martini, bass. Beginning at 11:3(
pm, a program of Christmas
carols will be sung.
Lutheran.
On Christmas eve at 1920 pm
the musical program at Augustana
Lutheran Church will open and
close with numbers played by
Lois Graham. organist. Marius
Thor, violinist, will be heard in
Bizet's "Intermezzo." and in Ole
Bulls "Saeterjentens Sunday
The choir, under the direction OF
r. E. Snesrud. with Otto Berg
as soloist, will sing Christmas
anthems.
Ringwald's '"The Song of Christ
mas will be presented at Faith
Lutheran Church, Arlington, Va.
at the candlelight services al
i8 and IL pm. tomorrow. The
Rev. Ralph B. Piper will be the
narrator and Robert Daniel, vio-
linist, will accompany the solo
lists; Norma Frischmann, soprano;
Grace Duerden, contralto; Ralph
Traher, tenor. and Milburne Tenn.
pleton, baritone. A group o1
organ numbers by Elmer r
Blackmer, organist, will form the
prelude.
Christmas will be heralded II
the Takoma Lutheran Church
with musical program at tht
morning service tomorrow by the
senior choir, under the direction
OF Dean Bradley Thomas. In place
OF the organ offertory, Vincent.
There Were Shepherds" will bs
sung. At the Christmas eve can.
delight service at II pm. carol.
and anthems on the sacred sub.
ject will form the musical &C.
compartment to the service.
A candlelight musical servic,
will be held at the Church of tn,
Reformation on Christmas eve
lO:15 pm, when the masset
choirs, consisting Of the Chance
Choir, the Reformation Singer
and the Chapel Choirs, will sin,
under the direction of julie Ia.
bawa. Virginia Harpham, violin.
ist. will play Paradis' "Sicilienne"
the Gluck-Kreisler, "Melodie," ane
the Tartini-Moffat, "Adagio soave.
ment." preceding the singine
and following organ prelude.
by Margaret Hayward includins
Boely's Three Preludes on Christ.
mas Carols Of the 10th Century.
prelude on the Coventry Carol,
in Walton's arrangement, ant
Purvis' "Greensleeves." Johr
Nordberg will be heard in Wolf.
"Schlafendes Jesus-kind" as solo
and Peggy Zabawa will sing tn,
Flsher-Kranz. Song of Mary"
Methodist.
There will be musical service.
at the Elbrooke Methodist Church