12, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Mar. 20, 1977 St. On April 21 the St. Michael’s Boys Choir of Toronto will visit Terrace on their western Canada tour and first ever visit to our community. In the evening they will present a concert for our benefit at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. This will be one of eight majer concerts as well as singing at more than 200 other masses, shorter concerts and rehearsals. They will be travelling nearly 9,000 miles in air- craft, trains, buses and ferries in two weeks. ' The three senior choirs, in _ total, 112 boys plus six adults plus their Director and Tour Coordinator will besinging. Mr. John Arab, a member of the Canadian Opera Company, is among them. They have given their tour the name Operation Elizabeth R. in com- memoration of Queen Elizabeth's 25th An- niversary this year. Michael's Choir comes to Te St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto, was founded in 1937 by the late Msgr. J.E. Ronan for the purpose of training a boys’ and men’s “choir for St. Michael’s Cathedral and future leaders in music of the liturgy of the Catholic Church. ; Begun 40 years ago with 18 boys, the school today, under its present director, Father Peter Somerville, has an enrollment of 315. All the boys study piano and about 35 take organ. Violin, classical guitar and the entire range of theoretical music round out the music program. All study a complete academic program to University entrance. The school is under the Metropolitan Separate School Board and is registered as a private schoa in grades ii, 12 and The school has five choirs: a junior, three senior - divided by voice and an elementary. The elementary choir consists oi boys in grades three and four, is a choir in training and appears in public only once at the Annual Christmas .Concert at Massey Hall. This concert, sung by all the students, drew over 7,800 people in three performances last December. It is the only sehool in Canada affiliated with the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Musie in Rome. In 1971 the senior choir toured Rome, London and - Ireland, participating in the International Choral Festival in Cork, winning one competition, placing second in another. Since then the three choirs have sung in nine provinces, over — 50 centres, on both CTV and CBC National Television networks on numerous occasions. In the spring of 1976, the choirs toured Switzerland and Germany, competing. in the In- ternational Choral Festival at Montreux, with the rating of “excelient’’. Last December they joined the Toronto Symphony Or- chestra in a performance of. the Third Symphony by G. Mahler. Their recent recordings, Joy to the World (1973) and This is the Day - (1975) round out their performing. schedule. The Choir School’s | ap- pearance in Terraceis being sponsored by Veritas School rrace . with the assistance. of the Terrace Concert Association. Proceeds from the concert will aid St. Michael’s Cholr in providing ' future tours for their students and aid in the purchase of resource material by Veritas. All seats are $3.00 and tickets are available at Sight and Sound, Veritas School or through Terrace Concert Association executive. Phone 635-7047. THINK COMPOSITION IN FALL FOLIAGE PHOTOGRAPHY Autumn's great, glorious globs of color are almost overwhelming when you contemplate them With cam- era in’ hand. A wise first move, therefore. is to spend a little time absorbing and ap- Preciating before you settle down to picture-taking, - — nowread this! (itmakes good road sense) “Times and needs change” — you will find these services offered by Canadian Drivers Club meet your needs and give you — Peace of Mind — Protection — Security — for $24.00 per year. , BENEFITS 1. $200.00 EMERGENCY EXPENSE lor lodging, meals, transportation. 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