Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They sang with untrained voices, and as if they loved the music. An eleven-year-old named Sally Sheppard sang a solo in a sweet alto, ". . . in a stable, 'mid lowing of kine, Mary kept watch o'er the infant divine . . ." As she sang, cattle could be heard lowing in a red barn just behind the church. Some of the audience sat with clenched hands; a few farmers' wives dabbed at their eyes when Jane Carpenter, 16, and Leanna Livingston, 17, sang a duet: "Come, thou long-expected Jesus...
...Dance Solo...
...solo dance number will be performed by Mildred Blacklock, Radcliffe '50, a member of the 'Cliffe-Riff chorus. Cynthia Sweeney '50, will do a vocal solo...
...four soloists, Cynthia Sweeney deserves the most credit. She sang the many soprano solos with a remarkable accuracy and beauty that placed her considerably above her three colleagues. Paul Tibbetts, bass, gave an excellent rendition of his brief solo, and Marion Hawkes and Robert Gartside sang well enough, though Miss Hawkes seemed not entirely familiar with her part...
This review could not be complete without mention of the Orchestra's first trumpeter. He played the long, difficult solo in "The Trumpet Shall Sound" almost flawlessly, which is more than can be said for some of the professional trumpeters who play on "The Messiah...