— A sparkling variety of Christmas concerts and special Yuletide musicals are sched- uled in many cities and towns across the Keystone State, Travel Development Bureau. \ Ephrata Starting in the Pennsylvania Dutch-Amish country, “Christ- mas 1972 at the Cloister,” in Ephrata has been set for Dec. 11 and 12, with presentations at 7 and 8:30 both evening. Visitors to this traditional Christmas program at the 237 year old cloister will be greeted by a brass instrument choir and will preceed by candlelight to the Saal (chapel). The Ephrata Cloister Chorus and the Her- shey Bell Choir will present special music. Following the program the audiency will move through a series oY traditional Nativity scenes to the theater wing for refreshments. Free tickets will be offered on a first come first serve basis and will not be offered in blocks. Mail requests for tickets should include a stamped, self-addres- sed envelope and first and second choices of performan- ces. Send to Ephrata Cloister Associates, Box 155, Ephrata, Pa. 17522. a. Reading Classis! music will be pre- sented by the Reading Musical Foundation Star Series Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Rajah Theater, Appearing in concert are Old silver can recapture glow | Heirloom silver is oftimes the most prized possession of the household. There’s the pitcher that was Great Grandmother's wedding present, a few pieces of flatware from Grandfath- er’s homesteading days. These pieces, full of bumps and scratches, are lovingly polished at holiday time, but may still lack the high glosot newer silver. An off-beat Christmas _ gift could be to have the heirloom silver refinished by a professional jeweler. It won’t diminish the senti- mental. value, and it will enhan®® the beauty. Subscribe to The Dallas Post pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and violinist Itzhak Perlman. The program will include Bee- thoven’s Sonata No. 1 in D major, Opus 12, No. 1 and the Sonata No. 10 in G major, Opus 26, followed by Franck’s Sonata in A major. Simultaneously Annville Simultaneously in nearby Annville, five miles west of Lebanon, the Lebanon Valley College Chorus will present their Community Christmas Program at the College Chapel. Erie Up in the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania, a completely different type of musical show will be produced by drama stu- dents of Gannon College in Erie, called “Celebration” by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, authors of ‘The Fantastics.” This innovative interpretation is an allegory about fun, love, youth, and Christ and is per- formed with motion picture film and slides combined with live actors. ‘‘Celebration’’ runs Dec. 13 through 19 at 8:30 p.m., and tickets can be reserved by calling the Gannon College Theater—area code (814) 456- 7523: Northeastern Pa. ‘“‘Barogue Music for Christ- mas’’ will be presented at the Rooke Chapel of Bucknell Uni- versity at Lewisburg in central Pennsylvania. The Collegium Musicum, a group of 15 instru- mentalists and 20 singers will do the complete performance of Bach’s ‘“Magnificat’’. Nearby in Bloomsburg, all musical ensembles of State College will participate in the the Haas Center Dec. 14 at 8:15 p.m. Carols will be sung by the Concert Choir, Madrigal Singers, Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Choral Ensemble along with instrumental selec- tions by the Brass Ensemble. Altoona In south central Pennsylvania an evening of classical music is scheduled by the Altoona Sym- phony Orchestra under the dir- ection of Dr. Robert King, 8:15 p.m., Dec. 14 at the Mishler Theater, 1208 12th Avenue, Al- toona. The concert will feature Mozartz’s Symphonia for Oboe, Clarinet, Bach’s Concerto Grosso for Piano and Strings, and Dvorak’s Slavonik Dances. Petite, Junior, Missy LAY-A-WAY MASTER CHARGE On Dec. 15 the Susquehanna University Singers will present their annual concert in Seibert Hall at 8 p.m. in Selinsgrove. Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present a series of concerts in Heinz Hall starting with the complete in- terpretation of Handel's “‘Messiah’’ Dec. 12 and 13. On Dec. 17, Donald Johanos con- ducts the orchestra with Pin- chas Zuckerman, violinist, ren- dering Wienrawski’s Concerto in D minor for Violin and Or- chestra, Opus 22. The following Dec. 16 and 17, Heinz Hall will host ‘“An Evening with Roy Buckanan.” On Dec: 20 at 8:30 p.m. there will be a special Christmas ‘‘Pops’’ Concert featuring a Sing Along With Mitch Miller and Pittsowen Symphony. Philadelphia Appearing in the Philadelphia All Star Concert Series will be Rudolf Serkin, pianist at the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, Dec. 14 at 8:30 p.m. Selections will include two Sonatas by Beethoven, ‘‘Path- atique” and ‘Les Adieux,” followed by Schubert’s Sonata in ‘B flat major (‘‘Post- homous”). On Dec. 15 and 16, the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy conducting, Jerome Lowenthal on piano at the Academy, will present Povel’s Suite for Orchestra “Letombean ze Couprin,”’ Roen’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in Six Movements, and Bee- thoven’s Symphony No. 3. 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