Christian Passion: Join in Easter concert
The South Nutfield Choral Society presents its Easter concert on Saturday, March 27, at 7.30pm in St Paul's Church, Station Rd, Woldingham.For all those who missed the Passiontide concert last Easter, here is an opportunity to come along and enjoy another performance of a wonderful selection of music. The Choral Society will be joining forces with members of St Paul's Church choir.The programme looks at the Christian Passion story as perceived by composers...
Christian Passion: £6, 000 arts awards
A CIRCUS skills workshop and an environmental fashion show are just two of the enterprising projects in Herefordshire to benefit from grants made by West Midlands Arts.Five county groups have received a combined total of more than £6, 000 in the latest round of Grass Roots Awards.One of the major beneficiaries is the Ledbury Community Arts Group, which has received £2, 000 to help professional local composer John Frith and director Ian Craigan stage a new drama...
Christian Passion: TIMELY ODE TO VICTIMS OF WAR,
MALDEN ARTIST PENS `PRINCE OF PEACE'
MALDEN - Gabriella Snyder of Malden finished composing "Prince of Peace - A Passion Play" months before the tanks began rumbling and the bombs falling in Iraq.But if Snyder could not have predicted the outbreak of war, she hopes her musical drama will have special relevance for those who see it. Based on a play by award-winning poet Catherine de Vinck, the drama is an ode to the victims of war throughout history, told through the medium of the medieval Christian...
Christian Passion: Blinded by the bloodshed
Images from Fallujah and 'The Passion' mask imperialist forces behind the violence
As Christians observe Passion Week, American viewers are confronted with two dramatic renderings of shed blood. TV screens in recent days have shown dismembered bodies of U.S. military contractors strung up on a Fallujah bridge. On the movie screen is Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," showing the last 12 hours of Jesus' life, his scourging and nailing to a cross. These screened events are very different from one another. Yet both...
Christian Passion: Crowder brings 'Passion' tour to GR
David Crowder has an explanation of what the "Passion Experience" tour is all about. "It's trying to give people an opportunity to be a part of it and see what it's all about," said Crowder, 31, from his Waco, Tex. home.The singer-songwriter and founder of the David Crowder Band was referring to the religious awakening among college students that has gathered tens of thousands to Christian...