RELIGION
Levone Tobin Scott Frank Mitchell
Cliff W ells Dina Foy
First Baptist Church to
Host Christmas Concert
The Senior Choir of First Bap
tist Church on Highland Ave. will
he singing its 50th rendition of-Grf
Handel's MESSIAH, probably the
most beloved of Christmas Orato
rios.
D Walla Simmons -Burke will
direct the Mass Choir consisting of
irirst Baptist members and many
x 'siting local church choir mem
bers. Alfon/u Williamson will
accompany the choir as organist.
During the fifty years ,t has
been tradition tor famih groups to
sing with the choir. Families of the
past include Christian. Redd. Lewis.
Davis. Banks. ? Atkins . Hedgle,.
Ross Bohannon. Ciwyn. Cocker
bam.. Quick, and Roberts. This
year's families will include Sadie
Daniels and daughter. Deborah;
Mr. and Mrs. John Young and
daughter; Linda Pompey and
daughter. Temika; the Rev. and
Mrs. Miller Allen; D' Walla Burke
and step-daughter: Dorothy Haney
and sister: Emma Geralds and Jean
nette Carter and daughter. Jordans.
During this year, as the choir
sings, thoughts will reflect back to
James A. Dillard. who introduced
MESSIAH to the?choir while he
was church minister of music.
This year's director. D'W'alla
Simmons Burke, is a native of Fort
\ alley. C?a. She was educated in the
public school of Peach County:
Hampton Institute (I'niversitv) of
Hampton. Va. She has studied at
the University of Illinois of Irbana
Champaign. Illinois, the University
of South Carolina and is now
enrolled in program at the Universi
ty of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The choir will be accompanied
by the String Ensemble and a Brass
ensemble.
The choir will be assisted by
tour guest soloist; Frank B. Mitchell
III. Basso, a musical virtuoso, is a
tomier member of the All Philadel
phia Boys Choir where he toured in
Africa. Belgium. Japan. France.
England and Thailand. In the States,
he has preformed on Broadwav and
them toured with the Torn Award
winning P|ay "Shenandoah" star
ring John Rain. He also pla>ed
Gabriel in the Civic Liszht Opera
production of ?'Shenandoah" in
Pittsburgh. Penn. at Heinz Hall.
Frank has appeared on The Mike
Douglas Show. The Johnny Carson
Show and at Disnevland. He also
performed at the White House for
President Gerald Ford.
A frequent oratorio and cantata
soloist in the Delaware Y'alley-and
on the Eastern Seaboard, he made
h?s debut at Carnegie Hall. New
York City.' in May~of 19^2 and is
currently preparing for a concert in
London.
Clifford L. Wells, tenor. ha>
preformed widely throughout Vir
ginia. Maryland, and Washington.
D.C. ranging from principle roles
with dinner theaters to resident
artist with the Virginia Opera Asso
ciation. He has frequently been
quest soloist for the Virginia Wes
ley College Church music seminars
and guest soloist with the Cantata
Chorus of Norfolk. He is currently*
tenor soloist with Trinity Episcopal
Church of Portsmouth.
Levone Tobin Scott, mezzo
soprano. is an instructor of vocal
studies at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. Her solo
performances include appearances
with the South Carolina Symphony
and the Florence Symphony. Mae
stro Robert Shaw conducting; the
Greensboro Symphony; Winston
Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony
and the Tallahassee Symphony. She
ha# appeared as soprano and
mezzo-soprano soloist in the
Mendelssohn Elijah. Verdi Nlessa
da Requiem. Beethoven Symphony
No. 9. Rossini Stabat Mater. Handel
Messiah and Vivaldi Gloria.
Equally at the heme as a
recital ist. Scott has performed in
conjunction with the Northeast
Music Series, the Nassau
( Bahamas v Cultural Arts Series, and
in Atlanta, she performed for Presi
- dent Jimmy Carter. Scott is current
1> a candidate for the Doctor of
Music degree in Voice Performance
at Florida State University.
Dina Cancryn Foy. soprano,
has performed Mozart's Requiem.
Handel's Messiah, and Poulenc's
Gloria. Her stage credits include the
title role in Donizetti's Lucia di
Lammermoor with Nashsille
Opera. Bena in Rossini's The Bar
ber of Seville, with Aspen Opera
Theatre, and Gilda in Verdi's Rigo
letta again with Aspen Opera The
ater. Foy is also a member of the
Stones River Chamber Players and
has performed many pieces by 20th
Century composers in addition to
the works of Bach. Handel and
Schubert. Most recently, she was
featured in recital with
pianist/coach Arlene Shrut. Cur
rently. Foy is instructor of voice at
Middle Tennessee State University
;n Murtreesboro.
Church to Celebrate
United Cornerstone Mis
sionary Baptist Church will be
celebrating its 3rd Pastor/Church
anniversary on Sunday. Dec. 12
during the 1 1 a.m. and the 3:30
p.m. services.
Pastor Anniversary
4
The Rev. Peter C. Holland.
Jr. and the First Baptist Church of
Kanruipolis will be the euest for
both services.
Dinner will be served and
the public is invited.
Church Sponsors Day of Fellowship
\ 'nior. Chape! Baptist Churjh
Missionary atui Sunday School
LVpartment will be sponsoring a
da> ot fellowship and dinner on
Sunday tXv l~.
The speaker tor the occasion
will be Rashmi Luther ot" Winston
Salem. The- theme T? "To All Peo- ~
pie."
Rashmi Luther was born in
Kenya, ot a Indian immigrant par
ents. in the early 1930's. She is the
youngest of three children and the
onh daughter. From a verv earlv
M
age. she fell in love with on. So that
b\ the time she went to high school,
her mind was already set on art.
In August 1974. Luther arrived
in the United States and enrolled at
TWU. She received a bachelors
degree in an in 1976. She specializ
ing in weaving, printing and dying
textiles.
Luther has been in the United
States for the past 19 years. She has
completed her B.A.. B.S.. and
M.F.A. in painting and textile. She
was a teacher in Kenya She taught
for almost five years in elementary
and high school before moving to
America. Luther speaks Swahili.
native language of Kenya. Hin
diand and Pungabi language.
Rashmi Luther is working for
Group Home of Forsyth and also
teaches art in Forsyth County
? School System.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The church is located at 300
W. 25th Street.
The Rev. Konnie C. Robinson
is the host pastor.
Rashmi Luther
Front Row: Deacon Bernard
Witherspoon: Prof. Jack Nelson,
Founder and President; Back
Row: Sister Deloise Nelson, trea
surer; Sister Jennifer Jordan;
and Sister Diane Pressley, secre
tary. Missing Love Fellowship
Members not pictured: Evangelist
Alice Mitchell; Evangelist Mam -
mie Rennick ; Sister Darleen
Transou and Brother Leroy
Collins.
Love Alliance to Celebrate 12th
The "Love Fellowship the Anderson Center. Martin
. i Alliance" will be celebrating its Luther King. Jr. Blvd. The theme
12th Annual Fellowship Banquet on for this banquet is: "Lord. I Won't
Saturday. Dec. 1 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Complain." The Master of Ceremo
Annual Fellowship Banquet
ny will be Elder John Heathi^T5tru\ Greensboro.
mcntalist Brother Kenny/Wayne \ For ticket information call 595
Anderson and the quest'speaker 4823 or 922-4197. .
will be Elder Clifton Sawyer of
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