Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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Convo, Concerts, and Artist Series Despite several last-minute changes of date and billing, the Wartburg Artist Series once again brought some of the finest entertainment available to the Wartburg campus. The 1978-79 series opened with versatile jazz pianist, composer, arranger, teacher, and actor Billy Taylor and his Trio. Shakespeare ' s classic Romeo and Juliet was performed by the Acting Company. After a change of date to accommodate their appearance on NBC ' s Today Show, the New York Harp Ensemble journeyed to Wartburg to perform on the Neumann Auditorium stage. The Korean National Symphony Orchestra was on its first concert tour of the U.S. when it came to Wartburg and performed several works by Korean composers, as well as more familiar classical compositions. In a more mellow spirit, Jericho hiarp and Michael Johnson treated their Wartburg audiences to concerts of lighter music.

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Christmas at Wartburg The Christmas season at Wartburg — a festive, exciting atmosphere of ioy. Despite the end-of-the-term blues and impending finals, students caught the holiday spirit with a special Christmas meal that served as a prac- tice for choir groups who would later entertain the public at the Christmas Carol Buffet. Directing the four ensembles were Laura Johnson, Sandy Poock, Kathy Pohlmann, and Tim Schumacher. The language clubs held their annual banquet December 5 in the Castle Room. Each club presented a skit, and the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke was read in German, Spanish, French, and Greek. The eve- ning closed with carols in four lan- guages. 9