St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-03-01

ouc spring. we understand MT. Henry
Clapp, of the New York house, sails the
middle of April.
The Musical Convention and Concerts.
The local event last week was the
musical festival, which came to bril-
liant termination on Thursday. At the
morning hour Mr.. Dudley gave lecture
as usual, upon articulation, position,
the use of the vowels, etc., drilling the
class and using it in illustration. All
these lectures were valuable, and great
ly priced by the singers, as well as
others who heard them. The remainder
of the forenoon was occupied like the
other days, in hard drill.
At the afternoon matinee, or "sOcial
hOur"-there was quite full hall, and
the entertainment was of high order.
We shall not mention in detail the en-
tire program, but only some few things
that impressed us as particularly choice.
This was the case in the rendering of
the song, GAS the years glide by" as
sung by Miss Sergeant in response to
an encore. The same may be said of
the piece used by Miss Whinnery in an
encore-"COming through the rye"-
although in very different way for
while the latter was rendered in such
an artless and playful manner as to
captivate her hearers, the sad and
plaintive song of Miss Sergeant stirred
the feelings to their depths. The Aus
trian air with variations, by Hayden,
as given by string quartet from Blais-
dell's orchestra, 1.-TWO violins, viola and
cello) was greatly admired. The re-
mainder of the hour was taken by a
song by Mr.. Clark, a piano duet by
Mrs. Shepard and Miss Dana, two more
pieces by orchestra, an aria from "Crea-
ton" by Miss Whinnery-"With YER
dure clad"-accompanied by orchestra.
The closing concert was given in the
evening, and was attended by all who
could get inside the doors. Of this also
we shall not speak in detail, but try to
Gull the gems as they appeared to us.
Prominent in this list was the Swiss
song, with echo, 10y Miss Millinery. 1t
showed a very fine voice with great
cultivation and under perfect control
Miss Sergeant sung ga voice from the
sea-" with unusual purity of tone, plain
ness of enunciation, and pathos and
in response to an encore, sung a touch
ing love ballad, and afterwards "The
Sands of Dee," in such manner as to
give the greatest pleasure and bring the
heartiest applause. The song by Mr..
Clark-"My Angel"-and the duet, ga
night in Venice" by Miss Whinnery
and Mr.. Clark and the trio Memory"
by Miss Millinery, Miss Sergeant and
Mr.. Clark-were all finely sung. The
class called loudly for their director,
and Mr.. Dudley reluctantly sung "the
village blacksmith" showing the audi
ence that he could sing as well as teach
Others how to sing. The orchestra took
a prominent place in this concert, Civ
ing the overture civilian Tell and
in response to an encore, repeated
Swedish wedding march," which they
gave the night before. They also gave
the Bridal March," from Lohengrin, a
very sweet thing, and Memberships
Concerto, OPP. %, for piano and orches-
ira, with piano solo by Miss Dana and
accompanied Mr.. Clark in the aria from
Creation-"In native worth" The fan
TASTE for trombone, by Mr.. Fookes, ac-
companied by orchestra, was finely ex-
ecuted, and the softer passages particu-
larry good.
But whatever we fail to mention, we
must not neglect to commend the great
chorus of more than $50 voices, which,
sustained by grand piano and full or
chestra, and directed by the baton of Mr.
Dudley, gave some choruses, anthems
and hymn tunes with great precision
and effect. This was the case in the
piece entitled "The heavens are tell
ing" i'll which the trio was well sus-
tanned by Miss Whinnery, Mr.. Clark
and Mr.. N. p. Dodge. But the crown
ing piece was left for the last, when
the "Infiammatus" was performed with
great spirit and energy, Miss Whinnery
sustaining the solo passages with re-
markable power and effect.
We should not fail to speak of the
admirable manner in which Mrs. III. C.
Kinney of this place presided at the
piano forte through the entire conven-
ton, filling that difficult position with
ability and taste. AS regards the lead
er, the general verdict was that he was
not only thoroughly competent to in
struct, but was also able to make his
chorus do very hard work and do it
well. In all respects the convention
may be called Il success and the pleas
ant and cOmmendatory remarks of Pres
ident Fairbanks the last evening to the
class, and to all who had to do with the
entertainments, were heartily endorsed
by the audience.
The Buffalo Robe Thieves. ---Extensive
Operations.