Aiken Goes For Baroque For Fourth Year
The fourth annual Mostly Baroque Festival at USC Aiken features Telemann Bach Scarlatti concert opening, Christmas pageantry, Aiken Civic Ballet, and carols by USCA Concert Choir. The festival closes with a harpsichord and recorder concert. Antoine Cordahi directs the Aiken Choral Society’s winter concert.
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Usc-Aiken Faculty
Ruth Cordahi
Aiken Civic Ballet
USCA
Aiken Choral Society
Antoine Cordahi
Baroque Festival Opens With Telemann Bach and Scarlatti
Aiken's Baroque Festival began on Thursday night at St Marys Catholic Church with Telemann Bach and Scarlatti works. Kay Borkowski on flute and Lanny Palmer soprano received praise as the Berg Borkowski guitar flute duet impressed.
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Aiken
Telemann
Bach
Scarlatti
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Gasper Sanz
Ernst Baron
Kay Borkowski
Lanny ‘Palmer
Christopher Berg
Berg- Borkowski
USC Aiken Choir and Ballet Wow at St Johns United Methodist
The USC Aiken Concert Choir in elaborate medieval costumes presented 21 carols and madrigals from reverent to festive with solos by Donna Jowers and Joe Bower under Antoine Cordahl. Interlude ballet by Aiken Civic Ballet featured Vivaldi adagio pieces and a Handel pas de deux, both praised for coordination and artistry.
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Walter Scott
Usc-Aiken
St. John’s United Methodist Church
USCA
Donna Jowers
Joe Bower
Jesus
King Wenceslas
Bonnie Johnson
Michael Graves
Betty Groh
Antoine Cordahl
Aiken Civic Ballet
Corps de Ballet
Vivaldi
Martha Taylor
Brian Maddox
Handel
Carl Crosby
Usca Concert Choir
Lovers Holiday With Harpsichord At USC Aiken
A Saturday night recorder harpsichord concert closed the Mostly Baroque Festival at USC Aiken. Steve Rosenberg and Webb Wiggins delivered virtuoso performances on period instruments with rich Baroque selections by Hotteterre Carr Corelli von Eyck Frescobaldi Carps Handel and Bach.
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Webb Wiggins
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
N.C
USC Aiken Faculty Fine Arts Committee
Steve Rosenberg
Wiggins
Hotteterre
Carr
Corelli
von Eyck
Frescobaldi
Carperin
Handel
Rosenberg
Aiken Choral Society Presents Mostly Baroque Festival Finale
The Aiken Choral Society under Antoine Cordahl with Betty Groh offers a Christmas program at Aiken First Baptist Church. The performance features Pachelbel Magnificat, Billings Four Carols, Britten Jubilate Deo and Ceremony of Carols, followed by Pinkham Christmas Cantata.
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Aiken Choral Society
Aiken
Antoine Cordahl
Betty Groh
Aiken First Baptist Church
Charles Pachelbel
William Billings
Jesus
Benjamin Britten
Dous
Daniel Pinkham
Britten
Cordahl
Cordahl and Mrs. Groh
Humiliation the Christmas Game Excess Demand Sparks Pressure
A family faces televised hype for a Christmas game called Humiliation order No. 17055354 with batteries not included. By fall the item is sold out everywhere, intensifying parental guilt and holiday stress as shoppers scramble to secure it.
Humiliation becomes the family Christmas quest
Erma Bombeck notes the humorous chaos as children chase the Humiliation game. A frantic hunt lasts from early morning searches to late December, with rivals and ripoffs met along the way. The scene ends with the family unwrapping the box while kids play with a cardboard box.
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Baroque
G. Stegall
Joyces
Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Ginny Southworth
USC
DR. Thomas Macka
Choral Society
Paula Daniel
Erma Bombeck
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