A Weekend of Holiday-Flavored Happenings
Special Christmas and Hanukkah events scheduled for this weekend include several school and religious concerts as well as theatrical performances.
Today’s school concerts will wind up with the choir from the Roland Park Country School singing at noon at the Mercantile Building, Hopkins plaza.
Tomorrow the combined choirs of the United States Naval Academy and Hood College will appear in a telecast performance of selections from Handel’s “Messiah” at 9:30 P.M. on Channels 22 and 67.
The performance will be conducted by John Talley, director of musical activities at the academy, and the soloists will be Martha Steiger, soprano; Nancy Kelso, alto; David Richie, tenor, and Carl Gerbrandt, bass. The orchestra includes members of the Annapolis Symphony Band, with James Dale, organist.
The telecast also takes viewers on a visual tour of Annapolis at Christmas, and gives some background on Handel and “Messiah.”
A concert of Hanukkah music is planned for 8 P.M. tomorrow at Beth Tfiloh synagogue, 3300 Old Court road, featuring the Hasidic rock band of Stanley Miller.
The Hadley Square Singers will present a Christmas concert at 7 P.M. tomorrow at the Second Presbyterian Church, Stratford road and St. Paul street. Further information can be obtained by calling 366-7575.
“Cosmic Christmas” and “The Orphan Lions,” two films selected for young people, will be shown to Baltimore Zoo visitors in the Maryland Building lecture hall at 2 P.M. tomorrow under the auspices of the Baltimore Zoological Society. General admission to the zoo will also entitle patrons to admission to the special program.
In addition to the films, an imaginary collection of Christmas Eve animal anecdotes will be narrated by Steve Graham, zoo director.
Sunday, the 64th annual carol concert will be presented to 10:30 A.M. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cathedral and Read streets. The church choir, under the direction of Merrill German, will be accompanied by a 30-member chamber orchestra and Verle Larson, organist.
Also Sunday, a festival service of nine lessons and carols will be presented at 6 P.M. at the University Baptist Church, 3501 North Charles street.
The Parish Choir of the First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Park avenue and Madison streets, will present a performance of J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat in D (BWV 243)” at 7:30 P.M. Sunday. Guest conductor for the performance will be William E. Lawrence, choir director of the Lansdowne Methodist Church. The choir will be accompanied by a 15-piece orchestra and organ. William French is organist and choirmaster.
At 6 P.M. Sunday there will be a Hanukkah dinner dance sponsored by the Suburban Orthodox Sisterhood, in their social hall at 7504 Seven Mile lane. Call 358-2883 or 484-6114 for information.
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Blenheim in Long Green will stage its annual outdoor Christmas Nativity Pageant from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. today on the church lawn at the corner of Dulaney Valley and Manor roads. There will be free parking and refreshments. Further information can be obtained by calling 592-8018.
At the Waxter Center for Senior Citizen, 861 Park avenue, the Freedom Brothers, a gospel duo, will present a holiday program at 1:30 P.M. tomorrow. At 1:30 P.M. Sunday, the Musicians Union of Metropolitan Baltimore will sponsor the Holly Ball, featuring dance selections by the orchestra.
The “All-aboard for the Holidays” program at the Ellicott City B. & O. Railroad Museum, Main street at Maryland avenue, begins tomorrow and runs through December 31. Regular hours are 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. and the museum is closed December 25 and January 1.
Trains of all sizes will be operating, and there will be a multi-media show, “The Greatest Railroad Adventure.” The regular admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children from 5 to 12. Further information can be obtained by calling 461-1944.
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Sean Crose
Great site dedicated to a great program that deserves to be better known. Keep it up!