Bluffton University - Ista Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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MESSIAH The Bluffton College Choral Society gave its sixty-third annual rendition of Handel's Mes- siah, Sunday evening, December 13, 1959. More than 1250 people crowded Founders Hall for the program, which has become a cherished Bluffton tradition. The memorable performance involved a two-hundred-voice chorus of college and com- munity singers, four outstanding guest soloists, and the thirty-two-piece college orchestra all under the direction of Professor Russell Lantz, who has been in charge of the annual program for the past thirty years. Miss Helen Martens was the accompanist of the Choral Society this year for her first time. Officers of this year's Choral Society were Marlin Gerber, president, and Gary Lora, busi- ness manager. Guest soloists: Jelf Morris, tenor, Limo, Ohio, Lillian E. Weichel, soprano, Toronto, Canada, Ruth Slater, alto, LaGrange, Illinois, Miles Nekolny, bass, Chicago, Illinois. v' r.l.v-A 1

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ROW I: B. Clemens, D. Mumaw, R. Edinger, A. Stauffer, N. Amstufz, D. Liechiy, N. Mill, J. Hilty, M. Krehbiel, I. Gierman, C. Dirks, N. Yoder, R. Salzman, J. Byler, L. Hiliy. ROW 2: B. McDowell, K Conrad, D. Tabor, F. Sfemen, J. Sheller, N. Wismer, A. Kreider, E. McEwen, D. Thiessen, M. Diller, S. Krafz, M. Rich, E. Schuliz, M. Lilwiller, S. Burry. ROW 3: J. Bridges, J. Burry, R. Kauffman, M. Gerber, P. Krousltop, C. Geissinger, R. Lora, J. Hahn, T. Clemens, K. Lu, R. Yoder, J. Gundy, H. Sawudsky, J Glenn. ROW 4: J. Miller, R. Miller, A. Mast, T. Lehman, D. Lehman, R. McCrory, G. Lora, L. Geissinger, F. Sprunger, M. Nussbaum, J. Lehman, D. Risser, M. Marshall. I