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IVlendellshon featured in Menno Singersrcpncert Greek tragedies to be presented Regional rehearsals have been held weekly since September , in Er. torio by F. Mendelssohn. will be performed by a 330\voice Mennonite mass choir. accom- panied by the Kitchener» Waterloo Symphony. in two public concerts at the Centre in the Square on November l5 and no. This is the seventh an- nual mass choir project sponsored by Merino Singers, an established fifty-five voice com- munity Choir of Conrad Grebel College, Univer- sity of Waterloo. The Drama Depart- ment, University of Wa- terloo. presents "Etee- tn" by Euripides and “The Elmo-ides" by Aeschylus. two trage- dies from ancient Greece dealing with the bloody history of the House of Atreus, "Bt. Paul." an ora- mira, New Hamburg. Kitchene' and Toronto, These four regional choirs were directed by Nicholas Kaemler, Ro- in. The mass choir will have four sessions be. fore Joining forces with the symphony orchestra for four rehearsals prior to the concerts in the Centre in the Square, all directed by Overduin. bert Shaun. Wishart Bell, and Gary Gray, re- spectively. Henna Singers and the regional choirs began mass re- hearsals in Kitchener on October 28, under the direction of Jan Overdu- The production. with special effects. music and dancing, is directed by Maarten van Dijk and Catherine May. ENTERTAINMENT: Tickets are $5 for gem eral admission, $3 for students and seniors, $2 each for a group of 10 or more and $1.50 each for a group of 100 or more. Tickets and informa- tion are available at the University's main box office. 885-4280. “Elijah." is an equally dramatic piece. Scored for a full chorus of mixed voices, soprano, alto, tenor and bass soli, it will be sung in Eng- liii, accompanied by a thirty-six piece en- semble including the principal players of the Kitchener-Waterloo Merino Singers s tlittre Orchestra sponsored this ven re C', .Pul” begins with since 1974 presen “rifle stoning of Stephen major works by Handel, and traces the invol- Brahms, R. Vaughan vement of Saul the per- Williams, Haydn and secutor through to his Mendelssohn. conversion and triumph This year's work, as Paul,himself the per- while not as widely secuted apostle. Musi- known as Mendelssohn‘s cally, Mendelssohn “Elijah." is an equally draws from several dramatic piece. Scored sources. especially J.S. for a full chorus of Bach. " is seen in a mixed voices, soprano. number of the chorales. alto, tenor and bass soli, such as the well loved it will be sung in Eng- “sleepers, wake, a voice “in, accompanied by a is calling". Soloists for the No- vember concerts and Margaret Elligsen soprano, Patricia Pas- coe contralto. Albert Greer tenor, and Alvin Reimer bass. Conductor Jan Overd- uin. M. Music, F.R.C.0., F.T.C.L,, director of Menno Singers, is an As- sistant Professor of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, teaching organ, music theory. and choral con- ducting. ‘78-A Albert St. N. - Nqttt to 20M. Porkdalo Pun - 8850580 - WATERLOO Since l974, well over o t t Vanda; ot Fut7idtgiiiircGtVq Halcbul) a Clam Chowder a Back Bacon on a Bun q Burgers q Steak on a Burt FA“! "ttOM; ttr YAIEOUI Man t 50(th C cannon ACCEPTED OPEN Mon Sat I a ' ' Sundays & Holvdavs " A B y, For The Best Loved Push In Town Services of the Waterloo Region FEATURING: 10,000 people have at- tended the Mennonite Mass Choir concerts. The denominational label continues to be part of the tradition. The organizers are most gra- tified, however, to wel- come each year an in- creasing number of singers from the larger community. WATER coo CHRONICLE. “MAY, uovsuun I, in - PAGE " All. YOU CAN BOWL-82.75 PER BOWLER 'ss?jll,hflJ,l8.rl.1ib.i, my; hon Io awn-12 noon (3 pct Ian.) My 2:0":0' p.-. - ':0btt:00 p... OPENING FOI 0 TEAM LEAGUE, DAILY " A.M. TO 100 P.M. WEEKENDS I MONDAVS' 10 A.M. TO ttOtt EM. OPEN BOWL!“