Milford chronicle., 1960-11-25
Dover Choral Society
Will Give OratOriO
On December 4th
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of Dover; Carole Partridge, con-
tralto, of Seaford; and DR.. r. Alan
Stewart, tenor, of Wilmington.
The Choral Society is being as
sisted this year by a String En-
semble under the leadership of
Robert L. Forney of Chestertown,
Md. Mrs. Katharine Copple of
Greenwood, Del, is the pianist
and Mr.. George F. Wiltshire, of
Dover, is the organist.
The soprano solos presentation
of 1.-The Messiah" will be sung by
Katharine Bond, wife of the Base
Chaplain, Rev. Claude Bond, d. A.
F. B. Mrs. Bond received the Har-
riet Day award for outstanding
work in music while at Barnum,
and was graduated from Smith
College with special honors. Cur
rently, she is studying with DR..
William H. Herman in New York
City. Previously. she worked un-
der the guidance of Fritz Lehman
of New York; Ruth Street of Bos-
ton; the Boris GOldovsky Opera
School in Boston; and the Moz
arteum in Salzburg. Recently she
returned from Vienna where she
studied with DR.. Ferdinand Gross
man. Katharine Bond has been So
loist with the Smith-Harvard
Glee Clubs; the Salem, Mass,
Philharmonic, and the North
Shore Oratorio Society; the South
West Germany Radio Orchestra
and the Vienna Academic Orches-
ira in Austria. In this country,
she has concertized in and around
Boston and for one year had her
own radio program entitled, "The
Growth of Song" Her fine talent
has been recognized in other parts
of the country in which they have
lived for she was guest of the
Columbia Concert Artists series
in Alabama.
DR.. r. Alan Stewart, a Will
mington dentist, who was for
mer Dover resident, is to be the
tenor soloist DR.. Stewart helped
organize the Choral Society four
years ago when he was practicing
dentistry in Dover. His other ma
jor musical activity in Dover was
his barbershop quartet called the
Dover >Delaires which was in great
demand. DR.. Stewart has been So
loist in many Delaware churches
with his longest service being at
ST. Andrews Episcopal Church of
Wilmington He has been SOLO
ist in a number of oratorios in ad-
dition to having sung "The Mes
siah" with the Choral Society and
other choral groups. He has been
heard on radio and television and
played leading roles with the
Brandywiners in their production
of Naughty Marietta" and Brig
adoon''
Competent instrumentalists who
will assist the Choral Society on
this occasion are: Kathryn Cop
pie, Greenwood, Del, at the piano
and George F. Wiltshire, Dover,
at the organ, and Mr. Robert l..
Forney, Chestertown, Md, and his
string ensemble.
The impressive setting of
Christmas green's and candles will
be ! arranged by Mrs. Richard
Beckett, Mrs. Edward Hodgson
and Mrs. H. B. King assisted by
Mrs. Leonard A. Covell and Mrs.
Thomas E. Heather
Ministers of Kent County
Churches in clerical and academic
robes will head the procession pre-
ceding the singers on December 4
at this service which begins at 4
D. m in the Dover High School
Auditorium. Each year a different
group of church leaders of differ
ing denominations are invited to
take an active part in the program.
This year the Rev. G. P. Mellick
Belshaw, rector of Christ Episco-
pal Church of Dover, will bring
the invocation; Chaplain, Major
Claud Bond, DAFB, will read the
scriptures; the Rev. Howard
Stewart, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Dover, will offer
the prayer; and the benediction
will be pronounced by the Rev.
John NJ. Donahoe, rector of Holy
Cross Roman Catholic Church of
Dover
The public is cordially invited to
attend this fourth annual produc-
ton of The Messiah" by the Choir
al Society. No seats are reserved
except for participants.