Burla wins U.P. Choral Leadership Award

Eleanor Burla, center left, of Bessemer, shows off her U.P. Choral Leadership Award in Marquette April 27. James Livingston, center right, also received a U.P. Choral Leadership Award. “Both have demonstrated exceptional leadership and contribution to choral music over a period of many years in the Upper Peninsula,” Marquette Choral Society spokesperson Pauline Kiltinen said. “We surely enjoyed meeting Eleanor! She has done so much for music in the U.P.” Pictured with the winners are Sally WEingartner, president of the choral society, and Floyd Slotterback, director of the choral society.