The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-03 00:00:00

DORCHESTER VOCAL ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of tag members sod rob-
e:fibers of this assoolaillos was held at the Holy
Trinity I.OhOOITOMM OD Moeday analog. Ells Worship
Lb. Msyor (Aldnotsin Gregory) presided. sod there
were pnern—Mr. Herbert JH. odges nal, Mr.
Arthur H. husk, Mr. H demon,* Id-. Boren
Smith, Mr. J. Robbins, jets.. Mr. H. Lim, Hr.?.
J. Holland. Mr. Ward, and macy other members
sad frauds of the itockdy.
The Mona tiongtatulated them cm entering their
sixteenth year of orinenor, • fact which spoke well
for the prospects of the a olety. In Dorchester Mime
of Oils hied genornly nourished for two or tine years
and then dad a natural depth. Be believed Ms Dor-
chador Vocal Asaociatioa ass fronded on • parlament
basis, and Mir, he thought, was greatly dos to their
agooffient how tea. Mr. Hodges, sad their energetic
aendager. Mr. Boitera Smith. (Appian...) Hs hoped
they would de on well, and that the °Palm year
would be mon prorperms than aver. (fleer, hear.)
Itt. Hs:MR/ TlODoss (hon. no.) prenatal his
report for Ms past season, and mowed it with ths
proarling man The amount of subseriptions wits
21 lies, bid the number of menthol' was to their
advastam-90, as against 86, which showed they wore
rcift. He believed they worn growing, not
sualban, but in efficiency, and Its belayed
enchecter would boor blot out In saying they
bad Improved la quality and in mania! knowledge.
With regard to the amount of tickets gold at conawn
they had all advantage of which was very astir
M. The total rooskita foe the past germ ware
. di, as against £lOl Os. 7d. In the previous
talent of proisodosal vocalists la the 16th season was
as. as against CIS. bong £3 to moon The total
meant wore 1116 18A fit., as against 210084 2 Toe
cessinnanos WOO Mtn was • Wawa mann tho
socarty of £l7 12s. He bad expiated at oats time it
wash d have been very much higher, but he found an
error In mosso caplit notes toe nano not not in. Ho
was horrified at first to 1 ring the deficit to £25, hat
be was glad to say It was reduced to £l7 12.. Ti.
adverse Waage was amitiond for by the extra
axpeassa In onsaction with the band, rod the hire
of orchestral parts. There won 14(0 15 In the band,
and tank bad to be provided for them to the omit of
El 104. Them was also an extra exp,ne la canon-
Mon with the pinion,. The band oost the nciety
£33 14e. ai., but he did mot wish It to be inferred that
It was la anyway detrimental lath. 'natl. Itlhad bean
a gnat ascoms, but the only drawback was they hod
not Meg obis to most the extra expense by oorrer
poodisgly loormsed receipts. Ho o sasidsrfed Ploy
ought to In very thtokful to the band for the
groat ansisteme they bad given them, and having ono*
Mks* to it ,he did not think they could retract.
(Applause.) They ammeand the a mon £2 3.. to
the bad, and be mieht say had it not bean fa the
seine:pone' of the band they would have mid that
off, and tipsy would have bad £l6 in band. That noworl
lb. society was working well, sod would loan ordinary
way pay Ita way, but the expense of the band had
drawn it not. (Appian..)
Anotit Loco oiniulimentsd tho society on
the moon which hal attended each onoert of tho
nano sod Is. wasi sure every one WIN raUefieil with ,
the grist treat that wag given them on both occasions. I
lisferrog to the adverse balance, he was tom the
freed, of the satiety would asp .nd to tho call, if ,
tho mon of the deficit were only knowo. (Jo a ;
former occasion this difficulty had boon toot by giving I
a third concert, which he would Eagan be this Ca,.
It most be dons either by subscriptioa or In thi• '
way.
BOTTOM SMITH Mil II WU very onfortunate
they were in this weaker, hula, they were in It they
must get out of it. (Laughter.) It seemed to him
then were only two a onee• own to them, se hfr.
Lock bad negated, but they most ronterobs r if they ,
get up • enbeeriptlon it inteffend with soother part
of noir Intent scheme ; ha was alluding to the pro-
posed establishment L.f an Independent band food.
(Amisuso.) Ho thought It wee pretty clear that tho I
eoy with the oneness of tba baled bad • great
difficulty In paying its way, and be did not think they
could reduce than expeoms materially. lie hoped to
be ithle to effect a one small economies, but he
believed they would oil agree with him that efficismor I
must be obtains d anyhow. (Hear, hear.) It must be
one thing or Ms other. If they had got on the wrong
side, they bad the eadslaotion of knowing they had
dam Me thing well lifficiatoy mtpt, be maintained,
and it was mown y arra d that having ono: indulged
In the luxury of • bond th. y amid not very well go
beck. (Applaua.) Ho thought probably they would
be able to mar the extra exposes by • asparrte bind
fund, an 1 if they alcod people to subscribe to that,
they could not very well ark them to clear this ei,b:
off too. Tbe only thing, it wound to him, was tin
sites concert. . .

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lo the course of furthlr dieco,doo, M. BOTTON
Bumf remarked he wm hoping to pi:lt op
Wetrauteui• is the town ; but the d fliculty wee
It was very modelle for the clue of comic they per-
formed to leave the work dope well. Hat if they
Gould draw the modem of a bead from the tows, It
would be • great advert e, am they would then be
able to have more rebcomaa. At present their pw-
formthose outtethed every elmmat of Meseta. ; they
brought people together for the Best time la the alter-
woos, wine they bad a short rehearsal, but the bead
did not rehearse with the choral body at all. It was
Kth• serious risk but they emeerally wagged to
roeigh pretty well. At preent It did sot moor
s where the Wel insfralmatellete wen to be
ay. If they had an extra owed they man
4.d 4ead get a band together at the Wed possible
eita.".ll. Liao thouht the mutation of an extra
emu* wee a very good oes If members would pot
their bear %to it, and forego their gratis tickets for
mom Bee believed it would add very considerably to
the_ Made. . . . . . .

—lir. J. ROKNION suggested the raising of sobsorip-
time. but Mr. BOTTOS SMITH said he should be very
nawilllag to do that, am their preemie subsoription
worked very well. Still, be escaladed members what
they got for their mabemiption—they had from 20 to
IS pmetkes and four tickets, witieb,if purchased, would
cent Sa
After fuggier desultory diceoleism, frlr. BOTTON
ihrtrn congratulated the members upon the somem
of the mesas. He had been very well p 1 avid with
the attendee's at practical, ited hi believed they had
done very well—et Meet people said so. For tamed'
he nicht say he was sot ashamed of tim performasom
ol the Amoelatiosa by any means ; on the coatrary.
U. reethaded samalame their essocete had been simply
the mesh el Ihele ewe pmeemeasee mad aseithdty, and
at practice. They could sot have
=lll 4 6tUgares He wished to that* members for
the Mollie they had Wien, and for the sapped thee
hate=hiat all through the mama.
1111111011114 made ea "bankable suggestion,
vid, that the Amodadon ebettld eedeavour to obtain
he) from the Letitia* Oddity, by getting them to
Ammeistlea Ile give • ceessert under the
Maul the larenre Society. They (the Lantana
had good badmen In band, sad were rather
la Kris, eateetelatneele tide esama. He
maggested that the committee of the Associatlort
should molar with tbe Inciters Society with that
view. - He %hated If the) ("IVO them 15 guineas that
would meet expesese.
This suggestioe was freely Amassed, and Mr.
lOTTOI 1311TTR said as it WM lb* bl-ceatesary of
Hamden b no the 23rd of next month the remind
should consist of a 'election from Handet's works.
. Waal) threw out • suggestion that they shou'd
ohm a esovairse marort as we 1 es en amanita,.
Tide was ant supported. Mr. Lone remarking be
was afraid Mr. Ward's 'apothem of Dorohmter was
sot long enough. (Laughter.)
It wee sumprot4 that the members should give op
one of their tiekete at the next mereart, and it brine
pelt ta the reestfor, there warn a neaelmous r mipmeo.
—The MAYO. la4d although das delloiency bad arisen
from thellreof the hood, It would be • great pity to
do away with It. He was sums everyone woold object
to that. (Hear, bear.)—Mr. Alamos Lace proposed
o That a. situi emend be &ca, sad that the com-
mittees if the two seeistles nest, Is order to see If
they can mum to noes erreogemoot." He presumed
lbe matey taken over the 15 guln-as would go to the
Vocal Amen:dation. (Hew, boar.)—The Secarrear
earamded the proposition, sod th mated Mr. Symonds,
sees. of the menabsre of the L Mare Society, f r his
=Ow. (Applause.) He had no doubt they
work well together, and he was very mock
Webbed to Mr. Symonds for proposing this agree-
able way out of the diMoulty.—Mr. BOTTOI Some
said there was no fear of a delieleacy occurring agate
If his seggeetioe could be carried out of raising • band
feed. He might say he was not speelenr without
muse esomaragement. for the Mayoress had promised
to pet her name at the heed of a hat, sal, with the
assistsno• tf other ladles and subscriber. of the sato.
dada+, be hoped to be able to mate • tend.
A dimuselon thee messed es to the peogramme tor
the seat sioasoa, and M. &ATOM SYTTIFI said it 11184
proposed to perform Judas Macadam; at the Int
mama of the masa. —The SICILITAIT it WM
emoted they should pedant the Maria at the
extra sonaart to be given in about a inoalles time.
(Appian's.) As it wee Hamiel'e bi.. ntaam7 a.
lrearreary 115 rd. they hoped to have It as woe slim
that day as pea4ble—Mr. HMV( STIIOIIDe remarked
it was Mr. liedershey's lateatlon to perform
Chernblere 1111firltital Mass sometime Is Lent. Would
that interfere f—The ElteallTAlT did not thiak to.
Mr. BoTTON 811 MI bmpreased upon Um members the
analog' neolosky of attemdeme ftara Maotioes at oars
for the curly ~e.'s. —ls was usaeimoudy resolved
thet the AfasaMA should be snag at the extra oopoert,

800INTY FOR PROMOTING OHRIS2IANITY
•NORG rss JEWS.
The Weymouth astuWay_bald • mating on Wed-
seaday allesurtos fa the Workman& Heeding-room,
when as address was delivered by the Rev. A. H
Stern, D.D., the depilates frost Me pinta society.
There were upwards a HO people pretest, locluellag
the principal claim of the town. A collet:4lm wa
mad* on behalf al the Wanderer's Home, amoutalog
to Ell. In the evening the rev. petleatao mochas-
ea able discourse in St. Itery'r ()hart*. The coog *go-
tten was sot • large one, owing no doubt to lb*
iseleesency of the weather. A collection was takes
on behalf of the Leedom Jews Society.