The Citizen, 2016-11-24, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016.
Hullett Central to host movie night on Dec. 1
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
The best known and most
frequently performed choral work of
western music is Handel's
"Messiah". It is also the best known
work of the Baroque music period.
George Frideric Handel composed
this massive oratorio in just 24 days,
between Aug. 22 and Sept. 14 in
1741. It is a commentary on Christ's,
the Messiah's, nativity, passion,
resurrection and ascension and
is based on texts from The
King James Bible.
It was first performed in Dublin,
Ireland in 1742 and one year later
was presented in the Covent Garden
Theatre in London, England. Handel
admittedly fine-tuned his work for
the next 12 years.
The Messiah has been performed
by choirs around the world. Singers
find the work challenging but
thrilling to present. The most
familiar chorus of the Messiah is the
"Hallelujah" chorus which
concludes part two of the three-part
work, God's Ultimate Glory.
The belief is that King George II
was present at the London concert
and, to show his appreciation, he
stood up. This obliged the rest of the
audience to stand as well. Hence the
custom to stand for this chorus was
born. [This is a long piece of
work and perhaps he needed
to stretch his legs!]
The Blyth Festival Singers have
performed parts of the "Messiah"
during their years of concerts but
this year have been working to
present the whole oratorio. They will
be singing with the Stratford Concert
Choir for a concert in Stratford and
then in Goderich with Ian Sadler on
the organ for both.
Tickets for the concert in early
December can be obtained from any
choir member. For music lovers it is
a satisfying part of the Christmas
season to attend a "Messiah"
concert.
I'm sure the choirs are hoping the
weather is fine for their concerts
given that after a warm last week,
winter made its presence felt
suddenly last weekend.
Hullett Central Public School
invites the community to attend their
second movie night on Dec. 1.
Perhaps it will be Christmas -themed.
Then on Dec. 14 the community is
invited again to their Christmas
concert.
Londesborough United Church
will hold its annual White Gift
Service on Sunday, Nov. 27. A time
Photos show village's past
The photo below was taken on
July 12, 1900 as members of the
C.O. Foresters and Loyal Orange
Lodge prepared for their annual
Orangeman's parade. Amazing to
realize how many men were
members of the lodge. Their
headquarters was the second floor of
the building in the background
which was built in 1886.
On the gable end of the building
was a sign which said, "Pride
of the West", the name of
the lodge.
William Brunsdon owned the
building at that time from which
apparently he sold/repaired Massey -
Harris farm implements. In 1956,
Norman Alexander purchased the
building and used it for storage for
his seed cleaning business. That
business also used the building
which is today's Nature's Nest. This
building was just east of Nature's
Nest, approximately where their
lane way off Londesborough Road
is.
The building was torn down
sometime in the later years of the
20th century.
SEY-HARRIS
M IMPLEMENTS. "
A glimpse of the past
More than a century ago, members of the C.O. Foresters and the Loyal Orange Lodge had
their photo taken preparing for the annual Orangeman's parade, above. The lodge members
met on the second floor of William Brunsdon's Massey -Harris farm implement business,
shown in the background above and below at a later date. The building was torn down in the
latter part of the 20th century. (Photos submitted)
of fellowship will follow the service.
Remember to bring along a gift for
the Huron County Christmas Bureau
and some finger food to share.
The official board of
Londesborough United will meet on
Tuesday, Nov. 29 beginning at 7:30
p.m. On the agenda will be the 2017
budget and the manse.
The Londesborough faith
community learned last week of the
passing of Hazel Watkins most
recently of Huronview. Hazel was a
faithful worker for Londesborough
United. Mourning her passing are
John and Shirley Mallett who live in
Londesborough, Barb and Bill
Holzworth of Palmerston and Bob
and Teresa of the Londesborough
area. Keep these folk and all of
Hazel's friends and relatives in your
thoughts and prayers as they come to
terms with her passing.
FROM LONDESBORO
Making the best of it
While snow doesn't make driving fun, it does make for
some creative endeavours at recess, just ask Titus Buttar,
left, and Lukas Greidanus of Hullett Central Public School
who were gathering fort building materials on Monday
during one of their recess breaks. (Denny Scott photo)
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