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C OMMUNITY SECT'?" b Also Sports, Religion and Classifieds 2013 Community Calendar Interfaith workshop The Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative will sponsor "Prayin' Truckin' Servin* ? An Interfaith Workshop on Food, Faith & Justice" on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Enterprise Banquet and Conference Center, 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. This workshop is free but registration is required at divinity.wfu.edu/pts. Equalization and Review meetings The Forsyth County Board of Equalization and Review will meet at 3 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 7), Thursday, Nov. 14 and Thursday, Dec. 5 in the Board of Equalization and Review room on the first floor of the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 North Chestnut St. Sawtooth open house The Sawtooth School for Visual Art, 251 N. Spruce St., will hold "Arts in the Afternoona free commu nity open house event, on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 1-4 p.m. Medicare help The Shepherd's Center, 1700 Ebert St., is hosting Medicare enrollment clinics on Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 from 1-5 p.m. Appointments may be made by calling the Shepherd's Center at 336 748-0217. Seniors' conference The NC Association of Senior Citizens Clubs (NCASCC) will host its state conference from Wednesday, Nov. 6 - Friday, Nov. 8 at Sundance Plaza Hotel, 3050 University Pkwy. Attorney Renita Thompkins-Linville will be the keynote speaker at the opening session. Email Rudolph V. Boone Sr. at Rvb0720@aol.com for more information. Commission vacancy Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian H. Burke is accepting applications from citizens interested in filling a vacan cy on the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Community Appearance Commission. Interested can didates should contact the City Secretary's office at 336-727-2224 or send an email to reneep@cityofws.org. The application deadline is Friday, Nov. 8. 'Tlrust Talks' The Winston-Salem Police Department and the Human Relations Department are seeking citi zens who are interested in participating in "Trust Talks" next year. The Talks give police officers an opportunity to interact and improve relations with resi dents. ? Pre-registration is required due to limited seat ing. Interested citizens should call Pam Peoples Joyner of the Police Department at 336-773t 7962 or Jayme Waldeck of the Human Relations Department at 336-734 1228. Sec Community on B3 Photos by Todd Luck David Williamson plays the piano during the men's rehearsal. Sign of me Season Amateur singers begin preparing for ".Messiah " BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE Continuing an 81 year-old holiday tradi tion, the first rehearsal for this year's staging of "Messiah" was held Sunday afternoon at First Baptist Church on Fifth Street. "Messiah" is an ora torio, a large musical number performed by a chorus and soloists, com posed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. It fol lows the biblical story of Jesus from the prophecy and His birth to His death and resurrection. It ends with the Second jComing. Each year, the Mozart Club invites interested members of the public to take part in the elaborate musical event. The cho rus is made up of local residents who commit to attend a series of rehearsals before the big show in December. There was a time when the pre vailing thought was that the musical scope of the nearly three hour-long show was too complex for amateur singers. "In the earliest days, people said it couldn't be done. They said that you couldn't have just regular choir folks because the music is so challenging, but after they proved it could be done, it's just grown and grown in pop ularity," said Greg Powers, chair of the Mozart Club, a group originally made up of professional musicians that now exists solely to put on "Messiah." Over the decades, guest soloists and con ductors from around the country have been recruited, but in recent years, local talent has been called upon. "Messiah" veteran James Allbritten. artistic direc tor and principal conduc tor of the Piedmont Opera, is this year's con ductor. He's also the artistic director of the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the UNC School of the Arts, and his students often per form as soloists in the production. Though the chorus attracts new members each year. Powers, who's performed in the show for more than 14 years, said the singers who return year after year have developed a strong connection. "It s like a big family reunion," he said. "... We have people \tfho join us from all parts of the Triad community." Ola Murrell attended Sunday's rehearsal with a fellow member of Saints Homes United Methodist Church, where MurTell sings in the choir. Murrell has been a mem ber of the "Messiah" chorus about eight times over the years, including two shows with her late mother, Nannie Sims. "I enjoy it," Murrell See Messiah on B9 The women practice for "Messiah." Ola Murrell Norma Bernhardt with grandaughter Caroline Averitt and daughter Lydian Averitt. Above: Mozart Club Chair Greg Powers is a longtime "Messiah" singer. Left: The men master a clas sic.
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