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# efficiently remove dust and dirt accumulations # reduce the level of bacteria on upholstered furniture by an average of 96% clean delicate upholstery Jabrics safely Nobody Cleans Better Than Steamatic! (519) 893â€"0046 Call us Valerie Poulton Unitarian massed choir to share community spirit through an Africanâ€"inspired choral masterpiece magine a haven free of Iprejudice. a space filled with equal listening, an experience of reconciliation and healing, ties of building and forgiveness... The Southâ€"African word "bandari" is all of these and many more; a place, a folk event, a spiritual feeling and By Pavuine FincH For The Chronicle a liturgy happening at one and the same time. Translated into contemâ€" porary music by American composer Ben Allaway, it was a concept bound to attract the organizers of ChoirFest 2091, being hostâ€" ed _ at Wilfrid _ Laurier University by Waterloo‘s First Unitarian Congregâ€" ation, June 8 and 9. On Saturday, June 9, at 8 p.m. in WLU‘s Maureen Forrester Hall, nearly 100 singers from Unitarian Universalist conâ€" gregations across southâ€" western Ontario will share their weekend immersion in Bandari at a special public concert under the direction of local musicians Erna Van Daele and Boyd McDonald. Drawn originally from the tradition of interâ€"tribal elders meeting peacefully to discuss and resolve comâ€" mon concerns, the commuâ€" nity â€" spirit ofâ€" bandaris inspired California native Ben Ailaway (b. 1958) to creâ€" ate a unique choralâ€"instruâ€" mental â€" experience _ that evokes the human quest for peace and sharing on a holistic, global scale. The resulting 22â€"minute work, Bandari: Inside These Walls, _ brings _ together vibrant melodies, rhythms, and harmonic textures origâ€" inating not only from variâ€" ous regions and nations of the African continent (West Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa), but also from African | tribal â€" traditions (Masai, Swahili and others) transplanted _ to _ North America and the Caribbean. Binding Allaway‘s fiveâ€" movement choral and ethâ€" nic ensemble score together, is an inspiring text mostly in the Swabhili language, which includes a rousing South Aftican freedom chorus in the grand finale. Bandari‘s narrative effects are also heightened by several vocal and instrumental (including wind and percussion} solos. Ben Allaway is currently composerâ€"inâ€"residence and choir director at First Christian Church in Des Moines, lowa. He studied at the University of Illinois, St. Olaf College, and Westminster Choir College, and prior to working at First Christian Church he was choirmaster at St. Paul‘s Episcopal Cathedral in Des Moines. He is a much soughtâ€"after choral clinician and composer, whose works have been heard and perâ€" formed widely in North America and abroad. Besides featuring volunâ€" teer amateur singers from about 20 different Unitarian congregations, and a halfâ€" dozen local soloists, the ChoirFest 2001 performance of Bandari will include as special | guests . soprano Rosalind Pickett, and visitâ€" ing clarinetist Joseph Rosen {thanks _ to â€" this â€" year‘s WindFest] Tickets are $10 (general} and $5 (students with ID, and the unwaged); available from Words Worth Books {uptown Waterloo}, Music Plus (Michael Street, downâ€" town Kitchener} and the Music Faculty office at WLU, or at the door. s o * Pauline Finch is a KW area writer, amateur mustâ€" cian and student at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Ben Allaway