Bluffton University - Ista Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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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

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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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CHOIR OFFICERS: President ...... V. President --. Secretary ..... Treasurer ........ Business Manager Stage Manager - Custodian ..- Librarians .... Accompanist .... ..--.-.------ ------ 4 .V K V --..- Leland Miller ..- Margaret Litwiller ..,--- Beth Clemens .-.. James Hahn ..- John Gundy -- Paul Krouskop Nancy Mill Ann Staulter and Nancy Amstutz Beth Clemens A CAPPELLA CHOIR Every weekday noon this year sacred music in beautiful eight-part harmony could be heard by anyone passing the chapel doors, almost every other Sun- day evening sixty a cappella choir mem- bers with purple robes over their arms could be seen climbing into cars in front of Rapp Hall. The a cappella choir, under the di- rection ot Mr. Earl Lehman, is probably the most-traveled organization of the college. Besides concerts in churches and high schools of the community, the choir this year made weekend trips to Ontario and Northern Indiana and a 3000-mile tour of the midwestern states: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri-at Easter time. Many of the a cappella presentations are traditional: the vesper programs, in- cluding Homecoming and this year the Music Hall cornerstone-laying service, the Christmas program, participation in the Messiah, and rendition of The Seven Last Words of Christ. In the spring the choir cut a record, its second in three years. The climax ot the year was the musical presented during the May Day celebration. Earl Lehman, Director