Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01
The Northwestern saag1fI1sE.
n Gre0t Success.

! PHEASANT hehoIies behind 1t, and our
citizens may well congratulate themselves
! that the fest just closed was the most
successful, both socially and financially
of any yet held by the Sengerbund.
Watertown put her best foot forward to
promote the interest OF the gathering and
by throwing open her doors to the visitors
and doing everything possible for their
entertainment, she maintained her we'll
established reputation for hospitality
The street decorations were on grand
scale and displayed fine taste in the ar
rangement. Five arches tunneling Main
Street, represented Roman, Chinese and
Gothic architecture and were deliberately
trimmed with garlands and leaves. At
the Turner Hall entrance an immense
grand arch spanned the street which pre-
sented splendid appearance. There
was great display of flags all along the
streets, the German tri-color being quite
conspicuous. Numerous shields bearing
notices and monograms were to be seen,
while the portraits of Mozart, Wagner,
Beethoven, Handel, Hadyn, and the
other great masters, which has made
Germany so famous, were suspended from
housetop and balcony. The societies of
the Sengerbund began to arrive Friday.
As the first formal procession of the
singers passed down Main Street Friday
morning from the Junction to their place
of rendezvous at Turner Hall, they pre-
sented fine sight, the Liederkranz
carrying japanese parasols, others with
helmet hats. the Madison members with
huntsman .carries.his bugle, and the Min
neapolis singers carrying snowy umbrellas
with broad alternate stripes of red and
white. While passing under the tri
umphal arch i'll front of Wiggenhorn
Brothers store the singers were handed
button hole bouquets by two little girls,
Miss Alice May and Miss Selma Schempf,
and the effect was simple and beautiful.
The following are the societies with
the number OF singers that reported and
participated in the fest: Liedertafel,
Milwaukee, 50 singers; Freie Gemeinde,
Milwaukee, 80 singers; Allemania, Mil.
waukee, 25 singers; Deutscher Manner
verein, Milwaukee, as singers, Lieder-
kranz, Milwaukee, so singers; Harmonic,
Milwaukee, % singers; Gesangverein,
Milwaukee. 80 singers; LiederkraDz, La
Crosse, 30 singers; M9nDerchor, Winona,
80 singers; Mennercbor, Madison, 80 sing
ers; Mannerchor, Dubuque, II singers;
Germania, Freepo-t, Is singers; Concor-
d;a, GAINESVILLE, Is singers; Germania
Rockford, Is singers; Harmonic. Mime
apols, 80 singers; Concordia, Watertown,
20 singers. The societies of the bund not
represented were the Liederkranz, Of
Portage; Arion, of Beef River Concor-
dia, of Sheboygan; and Concordia, oil
Alma. The first of the three grand con.
certs arranged for the sengerfest was held
Friday evening at Turner Hall. The
entertainment was made up of home
talent assisted by Bach's Orchestra and
proved highly successful prelude to the
fest. The members of the Seengerhund
were cordially welcomed to Watertown
in few fitting words by VIM. Schoppe,
president of the Concordia, and Charles
FL. Gardner followed with brief address
on the Sengerbund and its influences
An excellent musical programme was
finely rendered. by the Concordia, Mrs j.
Wiggenhorn, Miss Lizzie Ruesch, G. S.
Hawley and J. B. May with Miss Maggie
Norton as piano accompanist, a position
| she filled during the entire fest with fine
expression and taste, although through
an omission be: name did not appear
upon the programmes. Watertowns
oughly enjoyed and appreciated by the
vast audience to Judge from the warm
applause the efforts of the singers receiv
ed. The following was the programme:
l. Concert Overture. ....... .. suppe
| Bach's Orchestra.
Concordia Male Chorus.
g. Aria from "Attilla" Italia Thou Cher
"heo La Miss Lizzie Rrescb ''Verdi
f. o, come to Me, duet .................Ku echen
Mrs. J; Wiggenhorn and Mr.. J. B. May.
Concordia Mixed Chorus.
| 6. The Heavens Shed Tear (solo) Kuecked
| Mr.. Hawley.
7. Flute Boehm
s. The -Four Comrades. .Kammerlaender
Concordia Male Chorus.
9. Ballet "Sylvia" - Delibes
Bach's Orchestra.
Saturday was day of great Interest
and pleasure to the various societies
Choruses and songs of fatherland wen
up from many voices and social enjoy
ment and good cheer were seen ON every
hand. In the afternoon the second con-
cert of the series was held. The pro-
gramme included the grand male chorus
of 400 voices, conducted by Prof E @
Gaebler, of La Crosse, the former leade
of our Concordia society, and the director
of the S@ngertest His greeting her,
was most cordial and his appearance OF
the stage was the signal for warm ap-
plause. The chorus, though not remark
ably strong, was characterized by splendic
unisoc and harmony, and loud manifest
atoms of approval followed the singing
Miss MoIlie Evans, J. =. Boyer and 81
Kurtztisch, of Milwaukee, the latter re.
Gently from the Royal Opera at Schwerin
Prussia, made their first appearance a
the fest and rendered their numbers will
fine effect. The prize singing by tn
Germania of Rockford; Allemania o
Milwaukee; Harmonic of Minneapolis
and Leiderkranz of La Crosse, was on,
of the most interesting features of thu
sangerfest up TO this time. From th
manifestations of the large audience
present, it was quite evident that tn
Minneapolis singers were the favorites
The following programme was render