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Handel’s Messiah: ‘Gift to community’ conductor says

Michelle Mann
Dec 4, 2023
Dec 4, 2023 Updated Jan 8, 2025
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Handel's Messiah; 'Gift to community' conductor says — A capacity crowd filled First Baptist Church of Enterprise for the Coffee County Arts Alliance and Enterprise State Community College’s presentation of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah: an Oratorio,” conducted by Dr. Ken Thomas Sunday.
MICHELLE MANN photos, ENTERPRISE LEDGER

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“A gift to the community,” is what Dr. Ken Thomas called the Sunday evening performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah: an Oratorio.”

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