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THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHEDRAL and everyone who supported us for our 81st performance! The performance can be view @ https://www.facebook.com/651622115/videos/682106756896175  The 2022 81st Annual Performance can be viewed @:
https://www.facebook.com/651622115/videos/682106756896175 https://www.americanpress.com/2022/11/27/255686/ Expect ‘acoustically alive’ concert at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with presentation of Handel’s ‘Messiah  A RESOLUTION
Whereas, in 1939, Lake Charles Junior College was established and Dr. Francis G. Bulber was appointed as director of the newly established department of music, and Whereas, the work of George Fredrick Handel's oratorio titled The Messiah , which was first performed in 1741,was chosen by Dr. Bulber to teach the students this timeless work, and perform it for the community, and Whereas Dr. Bulber and Dr. Malcolm Leveque organized the first Messiah board to enable this work to be performed yearly at the auditorium, now named the Francis G Bulber Auditorim in 1939, and Whereas this performance established the first tradition at McNeese and has thus been sustained for Eighty Performances, with vocal students being featured at soloists, and community members from the five parish area, many of whom have been a member for decades, Whereas, we wish to express appreciation for the work of the faculty of Department of Performing Arts at McNeese and the administration of McNeese State University for helping to continue this tradition to open the Christmas season for the city of Lake Charles and surrounding area, and Whereas we recognize Colette Bulber Tanner, daughter of Dr. Francis G. Bulber, as she conducts her tenth year of this historic performance, and her mother, Patricia Bulber, Dr. Bulber's wife, who has performed for over 60 years, to come back from the historic season of hurricanes, ice storms, and flooding, THEREFORE, be it resolved this as this eightieth performance of Handel's The Messiah held the first Sunday in December, remains an annual joy and blessing in the continuation for both McNeese State University and the citizens of Lake Charles and the Southwest Louisiana. The LC Messiah Chorus will perform select pieces at 7:30 p.m., 4 December 2021 at the Lake Charles Civic Center for this years "Light Up the Lake" Celebration. https://www.cityoflakecharles.com/egov/apps/document/center.egov?view=item;id=6465  Our much beloved Grand Dame and Bulber family Matriarch has published her Memoir!!  Wise Publications Facebook: Mrs. Patricia Cavell Bulber will be holding a book signing at Villa Maria Monday June 28th from 2-4 pm. Villa Maria is located at 3905 Kingston St, Lake Charles, LA. Her newly published memoir From East to West: My Journey, tells her story of coming to Lake Charles during the early days of McNeese State University, and is not only a personal memoir but a history of the music culture of Lake Charles and McNeese. You can attend the signing for a personalized copy, or order online from the Wise Publications bookstore https://www.wisepublications.biz/product-page/from-east-to-west-my-journey
Mary Patricia Cavell Bulber is a distinguished professional in the field of music. She is a trained pianist and flautist, and served as a music instructor for over 50 years. She taught as a Professor of Music at McNeese State University for forty-eight years, and retired in 2003. She was honored by McNeese State University with the title of Professor Emeritus in recognition of her performance and dedication to the Music Department of McNeese. Mrs. Bulber and her family have been highly influential for the culture of music in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the wider area of Southwest Louisiana.
Chapter XIII The Messiah .................................. p.89 Lake Charles Messiah ChorusWe regret to announce that due to the decimation of our community by hurricanes Laura and Delta and the ongoing Covid pandemic, the 2020 80th performance has been cancelled. Our thoughts and prayers to all of our members and to our SWLA community. We will rise and rebuild again -- SWLA STRONG!!
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