Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-07-30
vIcroRIoos coNcoRD1As.
Protest Entered by Three Societies
Against Another.


Protest Entered by Three Societies
Against Another.
1t took the train which bore the vic
torious Concordias and their friends two
hours to make the trip frem Hartford
last night. But what a round of enjoy
ment was in that two hours. Everyone
was in ecstacies of delight. You could
not keep still if you tried and you would
not if you could. And if there was Joy
and cheering on the train, what name
could you give the reception which
greeted the victors as they stepped on
the depot platform. 1t was such a greet
ing that even defeated Hartford must
have heard the thunder. Waterbury
was ablaze with fire and the thunders of
the torpedo were only equalieG by the
cheers of the popuiasion. No order was
kept in the parade, which formed i'm
mediately. Everyone was too happy,
too enthusiastic, to think of order. Up
Grand street, down Church to the green
and down Bank to the hall the process
sion moved and the stream Of fire fol-
lowed. Seldom has Waterbury
witnessed such tumultuous greeting.
was packed to suffocation, the
final greeting was completed.
Addresses by President John L. SAKE
and Mayor Baldwin were listened too
with attention and greeted with ap-
plause.
The ladies of the Concordia society
know what is just the right thing to do
for tired and hungry men, and the ban
quet spread in the lower hall vas feast
that would give dysPeptic an appetite.
"Who are the people?" would ring from
one end of the hall, and the answer
would resound back with louder force,
tthe Concordias." The Notification and
rejoicing continued until the early hours,
when the tired, but happy ConcordIas
and their friends went to rest.
The prize is splendid piece of work
manship representing an open note book
made of some kind of metal. On the
pages is engraved a portion of the prize
song. The whole is encased in a beauti-
full frame.
Professor Bartlett was a proud man
last night and three times three cheers
with a hearty tiger were given for him
with a will. Being director of two So
cieties, the Coucordias of Waterbury and
the German M@nnerchor of Union City,
and both winning first prizes in their
classes, was enough to make anyone
feel proud.
The American band came in for its
share of praise both in Hartford and at
home. One little incident is worth tell
ing. At the picnic grounds the members
surrounded Governor Buckley and
played him a serenade. This so pleased
him that he sent for the band later in
the day and asked for another tune, and
at its conclusion he quenched the thirst
of the players. The beverage was not
soda.
The picnic yesterday afternoon in
Union grove was very largely attended.
AT o'clock the committee of arrange
ments took key of beer and a lot of
drinking horns, one for each organiza-
ton, and visited each in turn, present.
ing to each a drinking horn filled with
beer. These horns were turned out of
solid wood and held about a quart
each. Visitors were, after that, asked
to drink from this loving cup.
There was hitch in the prize awards
for the singing contest. The prizes in
the first and third classes were announc-
ed, but it was said that the prizes in the
second class would not be announced
until an investigation had been made by
the officers of the state bund. Four So
cieties contested in the second class.
They were : Concordia of Bridgeport,
Bergische Harmonic of New Haven, II.
S. Mennerchor of: New Britain and Ger
mania of Bridgeport. Three of the So
cieties protested against any prize being
awarded to the Bridgeport Concordias on
the ground that professional musicians
had been employed to sing with the So
ciety at the contest. This charge will
be Investigated before the prizes in the
second class are announced. 1t is I'M
derstood that the decision of the judges
awarded the first prize to the Concordia
and the second to the Bergische Har'
monte. In the first class there was one
prize, a silver wreath in a frame, and
this was given to Concordia of Water
bury. There were two prizes in the
third class. The first was awarded to
the M9nnerchor of Union City and the
second to the Liederkranz of Southing.
ton. The first prize is a silver cup and
the second is gold bullion wreath.
The Hartford Times says of the sing.
ing in the first class The Concordia, OF
Waterbury, under the direction of j. E.
Bartlett, sang first. 1t was mastery.
The opening strain for baritone and bass
was as square, and perfect, and of one
cast as could be, and the response full OF
sonorous grandeur. The part arrange
ment which, with a fugue touch, por
trays the motion and restlessness and
force of the sea, was wonderfully carried
out, and the entire production had g
wildly dramatic coloring. The closing
strains were magnificent. The perfect
attack, the splendidly finished anG
smooth dimiuuendos, the grand, broad
method, all made this the prize piece Of
the evening, and the audience was los
in enthusiasm. At the same time, let il
be said the Bridgeport Concordia, in the
class III, contest, well approached thu
best rendition of the evening. The
Hartford Mannerchor, which rendered
"On the High Sea-" after the Waterbury
Concordia, was fine but more unequal
Their attacks, except those of the bass
were not as good and united, their di
minishing modulations, once or twice
left voices up and behind them. Blu
still, it was beautiful singing.