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Symphony To Perform Saturday

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The Symphony of the Lakes presents Felix Mendelssohn's "Eliza" with a full choir Saturday in the Warsaw Community High School Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

The symphony will be conducted by Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh.

Saturday's guest soloists include internationally known tenor Don Bernardini, head of the Grace College School of Music; Gerald Dolter, Texas Tech music theater director and Masterworks Festival opera program director; Tammie Huntington, an Indiana Wesleyan University vocal department teacher; and Crystal VanArtsdalen, a recent Grace College graduate, local voice instructor and intern for the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship.

Symphony members include:

Violin: Kathy Oyer (concert master), Toby Chin, Stacey Bollman, Rebecca Benjamin, Patrick Sullivan, Melody Janssen, Rebecca Noftz, Leilani Wells and Kathy Gill.

Viola: Timothy Barrick, Anna Running, Isaac Running and Emily O'Daniels.

Cello: Mary Jeane Kraft, Barbara Kavanaugh, Stefanie Pappas, Erika Pappas and Waverly Conlan.

Double Bass: Bob Martin.

Flute: Amanda Shine, Dawn Engler, Sharon Stopford and Megan Brooker.

Oboe: Erica Shaffer and Joel Humberd.

Clarinet: Sue Devito and David Grant.

Bassoon: Karen Labuda and Mike Trentacosti.

Trumpet: Carus Shaffer and Kim Baney.

French Horn: Bryan Gibson, Barbara Gauger, Katie Daniels and Joshua Murray.

Trombone: Paul Hostetter, Jeremy Smith and Matt Reimink.

Tuba: Paul Bowyer.

Percussion: Amad Bedwell.

Organ: Jennifer Jackson.

Chorus members include:

Sopranos: Tera Andrews, Hannah Brenneman, Sandy Bustos, Rochelle Criss, Carolyn Dann, Marah Grant, Nichole Hills, Paulette Kanode, Jen Lepore, Mary Parr, Velma Pfleiderer, Amber Reynolds, Susan Rheinheimer, Elizabeth Roseberry, Mary Shinaberry, Kristy Smith, Cydney Townsend, Lyn Weber and Cayla Zeigler.

Altos: Amy Bankes, Hanni Baumgardner, Esther Brenneman, Sarah Brenneman, Vreneli Brenneman, Patricia Dann, Angie DeCook, Christina Dulworth, Hildegard Fehlmann, Katie Grube, Rose Marie Henning, Amy Kuhl, Erin Machaelis and Jana Rector.

Tenors: Anna Kaltt, Andrew Martin, Jeff Servies, Matt Sitts and Josh Topel.

Bass: Richard Jeffreys, Dan McDairmant, Jerry Polman, Michael Spence and Jeff Wilcoxson.

Chorus conductor is Don Bernardini. Rehearsal accompanist is Cherylyn Trier.