Beatle Considered for Jesus Role in St Pauls Musical
London AP report says John Lennon is invited to star as Jesus in a pop musical Jesus Christ planned for spring at St Paul’s Cathedral. Lennon would consider the role if wife Yoko Ono can play Mary Magdalene. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber back Lennon as ideal in the title role. The dean of St Paul’s offers no opinion, awaiting organizers’ plans.
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Space Cantata Christmas Eve TV Special On NASA Film
CBS News presents Space Cantata on December 24 featuring James Dickey's For the First Manned Moon Orbit with music by Lynn Shurtleff. The Santa Clara Chorale, 110 voices, 23-piece orchestra, directed by David Wilson, performs under Foothill College affiliations. Dickey is an Atlanta native and World War II veteran who writes poetry and serves as Library of Congress poetry consultant. Shurtleff is a conservatively minded composer and a University of Santa Clara music professor. Wilson directs choral music at Foothill College and collaborates with the Santa Clara group.
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Expensive Taste Buds
Eden Marie Marx, 38, third wife of Groucho Marx, won a divorce and a $1 million settlement after alleging he complained about her cooking. The 78 year old comedian did not attend the hearing. Net worth cited at $3 million. couple married in 1954 in Sun Valley, Idaho, and separated last January after a Christmas dinner dispute.
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NBC Viewers Invited To IT Wedding On Tonight Show
NBC invites viewers to watch the marriage of Victoria May Budinger to Tiny Tim Herbert Khaury on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The civil ceremony airs December 17 from 10:30 p.m. to midnight with Johnny Carson Ed McMahon Rudy Vallee and Nick Lucas in attendance. Allan Budinger will give away the bride. Doe Severinsen leads the Tonight orchestra.
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John Wayne Tops 1969 Box Office Poll
Hollywood AP reports John Wayne and Joanne Woodward named the top box office draws of 1969 in Box Office poll. Wayne replaces Paul Newman, while Woodward succeeds Julie Andrews who held the top spot for four years. A hurricane can lift two billion tons of water daily and redeposit as rain within 24 hours.
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Viterbo Chorale and Baroque Ensemble Holiday Concert
Viterbo College Chorale and Baroque Ensemble present Rejoice Joy to the World in a two performance Christmas concert at Mary of the Angels Chapel St Rose Convent Dec 14 at 3 pm and Dec 15 at 8 pm. The program features William Billings carols Appalachian Christmas and Renaissance works. Guest conductor Russell Woollen's commissioned piece and performances by The Marionettes add variety. Woollen, a Hartford native, has ties to Howard University Harvard and the National Symphony.
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Nadia Boulanger
Paris
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Viterbo College
Trempealeau Schools Present Christmas Concerts
Trempealeau junior and senior high schools host a Christmas concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the high school gym with the seventh and eighth grade chorus led by Mrs. Marlene Steffs and the senior band and chorus under Eugene Steffes featuring a brass quartet and trumpet trio. The Hallelujah Chorus will be performed by the combined groups. An Old-Fashioned Christmas by Trempealeau Elementary is set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the high school gym, directed by Mrs. Calista Schultz with kindergarten through sixth grades.
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Party House Partners Show Duo Through December 28
Shawn and Casto will present two shows nightly at the Party House on Highway 14 from December 16 to 28. The Las Vegas type act has headlined since 1961 with Sonny Shawn and Bob Casto, both noted musicians and performers. Shawn, real name George Smith, hails from Minneapolis via McPhail School of Music. Casto comes from Washington, holding three music degrees and a background in a Canadian Symphony and Navy music officer duties.
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