Christmas Program Features ‘ Messiah ’
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Vol. 17, No. 14
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 12, 1962
Today
'Biology of Desert’
Presented
by Science Dept.
“Biology of the Desert,” an il¬
lustrative film and lecture, will
be presented today at 4 p.m. in
104D.
The lecture is sponsored by the
life science department and is
presented by instructor Norman
Wakeman. The meeting is open
to the public.
Wakeman returned to PCC this
fall after a year’s leave of ab¬
sence spent in the Midwest and
Canada where he gave over a
hundred lectures to various forum
groups. His book, “The World
Between the Tides,” has recent¬
ly been listed as one of the best
3000 children’s books for all time
by an American Library Associ¬
ation recent publication.
His latest book, “Wonders of
the Desert,” is to be published in
the near future by Dodd-Mead.
Royal Ball Reigns
Wednesday Night
The Royal Ball, held annually
in honor of the Rose Queen and
Court will begin at 9 p.m. next
Wednesday at the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium.
“Rose Fantasy” will be the
theme of the annual event. Reign¬
ing over the dance will be 1963
Rose Queen Nancy Davis and
her court, Pat Bunch, Vicki Mann,
Diane Meyer, Diane Naismith,
Susan Shearer, and Marianna
Wood.
The Social Affairs Commission,
under Commissioner Paul Ehni,
is presenting the Royal Ball. Ad¬
mission will be free with an ASB
book, and $3.50 per couple with¬
out. Bids may be purchased at
the College Bank.
The dance will be formal. Dress
for the women will be full length
or ballerina length formals. Men
should wear white dinner jackets
or black tux.
Candidates’ Meeting
An important meeting- for
candidates of elective ASB of¬
fices will be held next Tuesday
at 3 p.m. in 200C. All students
planning to run for office must
attend the meeting.
mael Reyes.
A graduate from a secondary
school in The Hague, Van Aken
will tell about the Christmas cus¬
toms in the Netherlands. He is
presently studying languages at
PCC.
Mitilian will explain some of
the Christmas celebrations among
Armenians, whose nation was the
first in the world to embrace
Christianity as a state religion.
Mitilian studies electrical engi¬
neering and is from Egypt.
A business administration ma¬
jor, Ochi will talk about some of
the interesting and different New
Year’s decorations and festivities
in Japan.
Fleury Appears on Courier
Press Conference Tomorrow
Robert M. Fleury, chairman of the music department, may be
heard on the Courier’s weekly press conference on KPCS (89.3 FM)
tomorrow night at 7:45.
Fleury told reporters in the interview that choral groups again
will go caroling through campus buildings next week as a prelude
to Christmas vacation. He said that some brass instruments may
accompany the carolers.
Fleury noted, that about 160 students will take part in the produc¬
tion of “The Messiah” at the annual Christmas concert Saturday at
8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
The performance will include the A cappella choir, chamber choir,
and the madrigal singers.
Commenting about other activities of the music department,
Fleury stated:
Lancer Band: “The band usually begins the Tournament season
by participating in the Junior Rose Bowl and entertaining at several
luncheons and breakfasts.”
“The band will also play for the premiere of the official Tourna¬
ment of Roses film in February.”
Music Program: The music department is “. . . interested in pro¬
viding opportunities for students who would like to explore their
talents in the music field. We do have programs for terminal stu¬
dents in the fields of jazz, performing arts, and for those who would
like to open a music studio.”
New Courses: A new piano course is being offered to students
who would like to advance more rapidly.
A course will also be offered in Italian through the foreign lan¬
guage department. This will be of interest to voice majors because
Italian is the basic language for music composition, stated Fleury.
Music Dept. Presents
Saturday Performance
George Frederick Handel’s “Messiah” will be presented
by the music department Saturday evening at 8 in Sexson
Auditorium. Parts of the same program will be presented
again on Tuesday at noon. The “Messiah,” written by the
German-born composer in 1741, _
will be presented in full on Sat¬
urday night. The performance,
under the direction of Robert
Heckman, is open to the public.
Free reserved seats may be ob¬
tained from the music depart¬
ment or the College Bank.
The Chamber Choir will sing
“Glory to God,” “Winds Through
the Olive Trees,” and “Journey
of the Wise Men,” and the A Cap¬
pella Choir will sing the Christ¬
mas portion of the “Messiah.”
Motets by Pretorius, Arcadelt,
and Hassler will be presented
by the madrigal singers. They
also will sing special carols from
the Scandinavian countries. “The
Gallery Carole,” a Swedish folk
sing entitled “Now Is the Time
^ — Courier Photo by Norm Shapiro
CHRISTMAS CONCERT — The annual Christmas program will be
presented Saturday night at 8 in Sexson Auditorium. Featured
singers will be Sharon Allen at the piano, Lynda Phillips, Lee
Jacobsen, Joanne Byron, Eileen Tilford, Bruce Tuthill and Katie
Littlejohn. The program will be given again in part at the assem¬
bly on Tuesday.
Visa Students Tell
Christmas Customs
Four international students will participate in the Inter¬
national Relations Club meeting tomorrow at noon in the
Little Theater, 30C. Explaining how the holiday season is
celebrated in their countries will be Charles Van Aken, Garo
Mitilian, Hiroyuki Ochi, and Is- _
Reyes, from Colombia, will ex¬
plain how the people of his coun¬
try celebrate Christmas and its
meaning to them.
The meeting is open to all in¬
terested faculty and students.
Gym Club Wins
SF Invitational
The Pasadena Gym Club, which
includes many Pasadena City Col¬
lege gymnasts, won the San Fran¬
cisco Invitational Gymnastic meet
over the weekend.
The five-man team, coached by
Jerry Todd, was made up of PCC
students Joe Nappi, Terry Mon-
tero, and LaMoyne Durham, and
PCC grads Bill Wolf and Danny
Garcia.
The squad compiled 85 points to
runner-up Cal Alumni’s 39.
Montero, in winning the long
horse, defeated Olympian Arman¬
do Vega. Wolf, who won the na¬
tional AAU championship on the
rings last year as a PCC star,
also won his event.
Bob Lynn, another former Lan¬
cer now attending USC, scored
57 points in the meet to tie with
Vega for the all-around title.
The PGC will go to Tucson,
Ariz., during Christmas vacation
to participate in a gymnastic
clinic and several meets.
Musicians Play
Piano Numbers
Rowan and Priscilla Taylor, a
husband and wife piano team, will
be featured at the Music Hour
tomorrow in Ilarbeson Hall at 11
a.m.
The Taylors play duo-piano
numbers by Mozart, including
“Fugue in G Minor, K. 401” and
“Sonata in C Major, K. 521.” Also
featured as “Slavonic Dance, No.
10, Op. 72 and Op. 46” and “Slav¬
onic Dance No. 2, Op. 46” by
Dvorak.
The program also will include
a composition by Taylor, “Corian-
tumr Overture,” and the finale for
the hour, “Six epigrathes an¬
tiques” by Debussy.
Taylor received his MA in mu¬
sic from Brigham Young Univer¬
sity and has done work on his
doctorate at UCLA.
He has specialized in composi¬
tion and conducting, and he is the
head of the Saturday Evening
Concerts organization, which pre¬
sents concerts at the East Los An¬
geles Mormon Church.
Mrs. Taylor has served as ac¬
companist as well as piano solo¬
ist at these concerts and many
others. She studied under Carl
Fuerstner at BYU.
Mix Y Mingle Planned
Today in Campus Center
A mix ’n mingle will be held
today in the new Campus Center
from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Nancy Tooker, international
student activities commissioner,
said, “All students are invited to
the activity, which will provide an
opportunity for students from dif¬
ferent countries to mix ’n mingle,
learning about one another.”
All interested students should
meet in the faculty dining area.
Spartan Interviews
Today is the last day for Spar¬
tan interviews. The sign-up
sheet is in the foyer of 19C. In¬
terviews will be held in the
Campus Center ASB board
room from 1 to 5 p.m.
for Christmas,” and two other
country peasant songs, “Star in
the Sky” and “The Zither Song,”
will be some of the Christmas
carols.
Singing the outstanding parts
of the “Messiah” will be soloists
Eileen Tilford, soprano; Lynda
Phillips/contralto; Lee Jacobsen,
tenor; and Bruce Tuthill, bass.
These four soloists, singled out
of a group of 25, have undergone
long hours of training for this
holiday program.
Miss Tilford’s past experience
in the music field has included
two spring concerts and various
Music Hour performances and her
ambition is to become a music
teacher. Jacobsen also has hopes
of becoming a music teacher and
has a background of appearing
with the William Hall Chorale
and various music workshops at
PCC.
Miss Phillips, a freshman, is a
member of the Opera Workshop.
Tuthill has had experience in
singing for banquets and has
hopes of singing for an opera.
The Tuesday assembly will be
open to all students. Only a por¬
tion of the main concert will be
presented.
Featured at this performance
will be Sharon Allen, Joanne
Byron, and Katie Littlejohn. Miss
Allen is chairman of the Music
Hour and a fifth semester music
major. Miss Byron and Miss Lit¬
tlejohn are both second year mu¬
sic majors.
Piano accompaniment for both
productions will feature Susan
Adams and Anne Felton.
Alumni Art Show
Opens Tomorrow
in C Bldg. Gallery
Pasadena City College’s annual
Alumni Art Show will be open to
the public tomorrow through De¬
cember 19, and again from Janu¬
ary 3 to 9 in 301C.
More than 50 invitations have
been sent to prominent alumni
artists to exhibit their work in
the show, according to William
Enking, faculty adviser.
A highlight of the art show will
be a copy of “Leitta,” a picture
that was done for England’s
Prince Andrew. The original was
presented at Buckingham Palace
by Helen Down, a prominent Pas¬
adena art designer, a year ago.
Others who are planning to ex¬
hibit paintings and other works
of art are Robert L. Moore, Carole
Force, Sylvia Pauloo, and Elaine
Dressen.
PCC students planning the
show are John Henninger, chair¬
man; Linda Waltzes, Ellen Iwa-
sati, Renee Ramirez, Bill Hauser,
Lenore Smith, David McCracken,
and John Stinson.
PCC’s Lancer Band to Participate
in JRB Parade, Pre-game Activities
PCC’s Lancer Band will partici¬
pate in the annual Junior Rose
Parade Saturday along Colorado
Boulevard.
The parade will begin at 9:30
a.m. at Lake and Colorado, con¬
tinue along Colorado to Garfield,
and terminate at the City Hall.
The regular 70 members of the
band will participate in the event.
In addition the eight flag girls
and John Schwenoha, drum ma¬
jor, will take part. Carol Bond,
solo baton twirler, will be fea¬
tured.
After the parade the band will
go to the Rose Bowl for lunch
before performing in the pre¬
game activities along with the
other parade bands.
Since the band is the official
host for the Rose Parade, the mu¬
sicians have been practicing daily,
including Sundays.
LIETTA
shown at Art Show
