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Blyth Festival Sin
ers to perform `Messiah' at Knox
The classics
The Blyth Festival Singers and Stratford Concert Choir, alongside some special guests, will
be performing `Messiah' at Knox Presbyterian Church in Goderich on Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. Tickets
are available through the Blyth Festival Box Office. (Photo submitted)
The Blyth Festival Singers and
Stratford Concert Choir will be
performing on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3
p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church in
Goderich.
More than 120 singers will raise
their voices to perform Handel's
master opus "Messiah." One of
Canada's foremost organists, Ian
Sadler will accompany the mass
choir on Knox's grand pipe organ —
flooding the space with the powerful
strains of this epic work. It will be
"Messiah" as you have never
witnessed it before.
Collaborations between Ian Sadler
and conductor Sharon Poelstra have
included "Messiah" on three
previous occasions but this is the
first time that their two choirs, the
Blyth Festival Singers and the
Stratford Concert Choir, will have
the pleasure of performing together.
The mass choir will be joined by
Soprano Jessica Tweedle, Mezzo
Soprano Amanda Weatherall, Tenor
Marcel vanHelden and Baritone Pat
Bowman. Goderich's own Murray
Keith, timpani and Julia Vaughan,
trumpet will add their own special
magic to the performance.
Many are not aware that Handel
turned to composition when a stroke
rendered him unable to perform. He
Lions, Legion
community toy
drive continues
Continued from page 13
to Dec. 10 for the aforementioned
organizations.
The toy drive began on Monday
and will close at the Lions' annual
Christmas dance at the Blyth and
District Community Centre on Dec.
10.
The toy drive was the brainchild
of Lion Chris Lee last year,
however, he's unable to undertake it
this year, so Lions President Vicky
Bremner took it over.
"It was a real success last year,"
Bremner said. "I didn't want to see
it go"
Food and toys can be dropped off
at the Blyth Legion or the Maple
and Moose during regular working
hours. They will also be accepted at
the Lions dance.
Bremner said the dance proved to
be a boon for the project, as many
who attended brought "bags" of
toys to donate that night.
The Lions have already
committed to host the drive again
next holiday season — an event that
will be featured on next year's Blyth
140th Anniversary calendar.
was nearly blind when he composed
"Messiah". Though traditionally
sung at Easter or Christmas, the
sacred work encompasses the life
and passion of Christ. Its first
performance was on April 13, 1742
in a concert hall on Fishmongers
Street in Dublin, Ireland — because it
was considered too controversial for
a church. Two hundred and seventy-
two years after its inaugural
performance audiences still flock to
hear this majestic oratorio at
Christmas and rise in elation as the
signature "Hallelujah Chorus" fills
the hall.
The Blyth Festival Singers and
Stratford Concert Choir
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performance of "Messiah" will be on
Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. at Knox
Presbyterian Church, 9 Victoria
Street, Goderich, with a reception to
follow.
Adult tickets are $20. Youth under
16 years of age can get their
first taste of this masterwork
for only $10. Tickets can be
purchased from the Blyth
Festival Singers or the Blyth
Festival box office at 519-523-9300
or online at www.blythfestival.com
And, with seating for over 400 at
Knox, you can even take your
chances at a last-minute ticket at the
door.
The Blyth Festival Singers are a
community choir under the direction
of Sharon Poelstra and
under the umbrella of the Blyth
Centre for the Arts.
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Join your community churches for your community advent service
Blyth Christian Reform - Blyth United - Huron Chapel - Living Waters Christian Fellowship
Knox Auburn United - Londesborough United - Trinity Anglican
7:30pm This Sunday Night (27th) at Huron Chapel in Auburn
An Offering for the Huron County Food Bank will be taken
Advent Message: Pastor Gary van Leeuwen
(we invite you to bring disposable plate of goodies to share together afterwards)