The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-28
Pressssor Leslie,s coneer..

Ihe congregational church WIS COM
fortably filed Tuesday evening, despite
the almost impassably muddy streets,
and about 8 o'clock Mr.. Leslie and his
double quartettc began the exercises of
The evening by singing the chorus from
Hermann, which is also 10 be The open
ing piece of the jubilee. ..oh, Hail us, ye
Free The efforts of the Professor and
his assistants have delighted our people
on several occasions recently, and, ex.
lcept for the noticeable absence of Mr.
Harrington (basso). the pieces rendered
during the evening afforded as much en-
ijoyment rs on the previous occasions.
The object OF the concert was TO organ
ize class for the five days convention
TO be held here, which, in addition 10 at.
fording much musical instruction and
drill, VIII prepare a class of chorus
singers 10 join ia the Leslie jubilee at
Bismarck Grove ON August IS and 10.
An enthusiastic description of what the
jubilee will be was given by the PROBES
sor, from which il appears that the Bis
marck affair will be the biggest thing
of the kind ON record. At Gilmnre's
Boston Jubilee there was chorus OF
800 voices. but Prof. Leslie has
already a chorus of 5000 enrolled
and under drill, and expects |
ut least 5000 of this number TO be pres
ent and on the platform at his jubilee
Then there will be various stars of the |
first magnitude present. including Marie
Litta and Julia Rive-King, not to cxpa- |
tiate on brass bands and orchestras |
There will be two concerts each day of |
August 18Th and 18th. and an attendance
of 100 900 people is confidently predicted |
by the enthusiastic leader. Arrange |
ments have been made for innumcrable /
tents. and meals will be served at Is |
cents, though all who can are advised To
take rations with them as well as bed
clothing. transportation at the rate of
half cent a mile has been secured on
all roads except the Santa Fe, and II is
believed that road will also give reduced |
rates when the time of The concert ar
rives
After these announcements had been
made and various performances given
for the amusement and entertainment of
the audience, Professor Leslie announced |
that it would be necessary condition TO
the holding of q convention here 10 Sc
cure the names of 100 persons willing TO
become subscribers The inducements |
held out were somewhat enormous.
Each subscriber would receive the
benefit of the instruction and drill Of the
five days onvention-consisting of
three lessons each day, instruction in
the rudiments at in the morning, adj
vanced instruction at and chorus sing
ing at 8 at night; the two books to be /
used at these exercises were to be do
mated and free admission 10 all the jubi-
lee concerts given to all members of the
convention-and all these benefits were
to be obtained for only one dollar. 1t
did not take long to secure the one hun
dred necessary names, and Prof. Leslie
thought there would be one hundred |
and fifty enrolled before the convention
closed
On Wednesday the convention was
organized by Prof. Leslie, who then
turned it over to the charge of his assis-
tants, s. II. Bentley, of Sterling, |
Illinois, as conductor, and Miss
Flora Hemphill, of Burlington,
Iowa, organist AS an organizer
Prof. Leslie is a success. He left |
Wednesday for other points, in the
interest OF his jubilee, and at the grand |
''roun3 up" in August he expects to
gcther and have them so well trained |
that in one days practice together they |
will furnish music to please vast assem-
blages Of people not only from all parts |
of Kansas but from points rs far east and |
as cultured as Cleveland.