The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28
THE KANSAS RrsrEDDrop.
Kew Enporla Capsarsd the Prizes

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Kew Emporla Captured the Prizes at
Usage City
EDToRs NEWS: The Kansas Eis;edd-
fod, the well known literary and musical
festival and time-honoTed institntioa OF
our Welsh friends was held this year at
Osage City, at the usual time OF meet.
ing, Christmas day.
The Welsh choir in EmpoTia had been
preparing for the event for several weeks
past. both in literary and musical exer,
cises, and were ready TO send a delega-
ton TO compete for the prizes offered.
Three choirs from here combined to-
gether IN chartering special coach to
convey ;hemao. >ihe battlefield, Usage
City. and ali were found faithful to the
roll call early yesterday morning, and
o'clock traia which was to
convey them to their destination. After
most enjoyable time together on the
train they were all safely landed and
quite enthusiastically received and well
coined by their Welsh friends in Usage,
and were escorted 10 Howe's opera
house where the different sessions were
to be held. The morning session, as
usual, was spent mostly in getting
things TO order and the conductor for the
day, Prof. Tavalsw Jones, being on deck
and on time soon put things IN good
working order. Tavalaw is an old "Eis-
teddfoder" and proved equal to any
and all emergencies IN guiding the
routine Of business during the whole
day. Upon the stage. besides the usual
officers of the EisteddfSa we noticed
Prof Thomas. of Nebraska, the adjudi-
cator of the music and sing
ing, also our esteemed follow-citizen
L. w. Lewis, Esq, accompanied by w
E. Jones, now here visiting from New
York steLe, and several other familiar
faces. AEaer singing "The land of my
.FatheEss" with a; few we'll chosen and
patriotic renAsEks, the venerable Con-
ductor proceeded TO work, calling upon
those who had entered their names for
the different competitions in literary
and musical exercises.
Mr.. HeprySRees, of aSHp pria, won Ihe
prize for the best tenor solo; Messrs.
Jenking and Jeremy the prize for the
best rendition of the Duet "Climb up
Hither;" Mr.. David Francis for the best
impromptu speech; and party from
New York state, name unknoWn, was
adjudged the winner OF the prize for ghe
best six verses to the Tornado" The
morning session was brought to a close
y the excellent rendition of the piece
called "Ths Dew-drop", by oue OF the
ERporia choirs, under the able leader
ship of Mr.. b. o. Jones, and was award
ed the prize OF $1,000.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon program embr Sced
eight or ten numbers and the interest OF
the Eisteddfod centered in this sessio u,
the leading features of which was the
anthem in which the Emporia choir,
led by D. o. Jones, and the Peterson and
Usage City chOirs, led by j. Prosser,
competed for the 5000 prize which was
awarded to to Emporis, though the con-
test was'so. close that it required the nj
cest sense Of discrimination TO determ-
inc which was entitled to the NEED of
honor.
The children's chorus, of Emporia
led BY Llewelyn Jones of this city, a
mere lad, was one Of the best perform
anees of the day, and the prize of $500
was awarded to Emporia.
The exercises throughout were ex-
tremely creditable to the musical and
literary attainments of the competitors,
and those of the Emporia people who
were present cherish the pleasantest
recollections of the occasion. BAL.