Local celebrities conduct for the RWCCO

Howard Relin, one of the guest conductors.


Local celebrities
conduct for the RWCCO

Four prominent community leaders will be wielding a baton to the music of "Fantasia," featured in the March 15 concert of the Roberts Wesleyan College-Community Orchestra. Music Director of the RWCCO Nyela Basney will relinquish the stage at intervals, permitting the evening's celebrities to conduct portions of "Night on Bald Mountain." The guest conductors are Carol Ritter, Rochester daily newspaper columnist; Howard Relin, Monroe County District Attorney; Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Clerk; and Doug Emblidge, reporter and anchor at WOKR TV

Howard Relin, in preliminary appearance, spoke of his childhood piano teacher who said to his mother, "Mrs. Relin, save your money. Your son has absolutely no music ability."

The concert, which will be enhanced with special effects and snippets of cartoons classic, will be performed in Hale Auditorium of the Roberts Cultural Life Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Roberts Box Office for $6. All students of all ages are admitted free. Box office hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

Those who dressed in Scottish garb for the past concert and were promised a free ticket to the "Fantasia" concert can call 594-2944 to make arrangements.