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Choir Begins Holidays With Annual Concert By Diane Skelly

(Caption) "Pappy" Fehr is shown leading a combined practice of the choir and chorus, as the groups prepare for their annual Christ- mas Concert. The rehearsal is taking place in Blow Gymnasium.

Reminding William and Mary studetns that the Christmas sea- son is fast approaching, the mixed Choir and the Women's Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Carl A. Fehr, are preparing for their annual Yletide concert which will have its first performance next Monday night at 8 o'clock in Blow gymnasium.

For the first time in several years the Women's Chorus will participate with the Choir in their program, and besides join- ing them in various numbers, the Chorus itself will sing A Cere- mony of carols, a modernized medley of Middle English verses by Benjamin Britten.

A continuous narration throughout the program by David Weston will give the pre- sentation continuity and will help to introduce the various carols, as well as to relate the tradtional Christmas story according to Dt. Luke.

One of the Choir's main num- bers will be Bach's Christmas Cantata, For Unto Us a Child Is Born, and around this will be based the other songs, both tradi- tional and modern, which help to denote the festive season.

Among the melodies will be several from different countries, including the Carol of the Drums, from Czechoslovakia, Now It Is Christmas Time, from Scandi- navia, and Mexico's Our Lowly King.

Many of the more familiar tra- ditional songs of the Christmas season will also be rendered such as Angels We have Heard on High, and Come all Ye Faith- ful.

Also on the program will be the solo of the spiritual Sweet Little Jesus boy, accompanied by the Choir. As is the usual cus- tom of the concert, the presen- tation will end with the rendition of Silent Night, and the final re- cessional.

Tickets for the concert, which will be given on the evenings of December 10 and 11, may be pur- chased for one dollar, either from a member of the Choir or Chorus, or at the door of the gymnasium on the evening of the perfor- mance.

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