DoItYourselfMessiahSinging wrote:
Reminds Me Of The "Do It Yourself Messiah" That Was Performed In My Public Highschool Back In 1975 !It Was Put Together By Mrs. Sten Halvorsen. Mr. Halvorsen Was The Director Of The Highschool Choir.
His Wife, Who Passed Away (Over) A Week Ago, Tirelessly Produced The "Do It Yourself Messiah" For Decades !
I Had Just Found THE TRUE JESUS CHRIST Of THE HOLY BIBLE That Fall/Winter Season--And Remember Belting Out My First "Hallelujah Chorus" Of George Frederick Handel's MESSIAH !
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS PUBLIC HANDEL'S "DO IT YOURSELF" MESSIAH--LIKE HANDEL'S ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE OF THE MESSIAH--WAS THAT IT WAS ALL SUNG, WITH THE MOST EXQUISITE OF MUSICAL ORCHESTRATED MASTERPIECES, TO THE HISTORIC AUTHORIZED "KING JAMES" VERSION'S BIBLE ENGLISH !
"Lucille Halfvarson / 1919-2010ARTS ACTIVIST GUIDED...'DO-IT-YOURSELF MESSIAH'...
For 25 years, Lucille Halfvarson was the woman behind the "Do-It-Yourself Messiah" performances put on by the Waubonsee District Chorus, a holiday tradition...from 1968 through 1992.
She organized and directed the performances, in which the chorus lead the audience...singing Handel's 'Messiah'...
A memorial service [was] held..."--CHICAGO-SUN-TIMES 11-13-10 Pg-30