San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-13
THE LOVERS OF SONG,
A SEVEN COACHED EXCURSION
FOR GALVESTON.
The Singing Societies and Their
Friends Depart for the saenger-
fest-A Partial List.

Bright and early yesterday morning the
home of many song and mirth loving
German of San Antonio was the scene
of active preparations for the trip to Gal
weston for the Saengerfest to be held in
the Island City, beginning tomorrow.
Already Saturday afternoon the S. A. P.
with its customary courtesy, placed at the
disposal of the singing societies three
chair cars for decoration and to these
were found added yesterday morning
upon the arrival of the singers,
four more coaches, making seven in all.
Tie first of the decorated cars was that of
the Frohsinn society, which was neatly
decorated. Following that came the San
Antonio Deutscher MaennerchOr car,
also wound and wreathed in shields and
festoons Last came the beautifully dec
Grated Beethoven Maennerchor car. In
each of these was placed a keg OF fresh
local beer and lunch, with which the
merry excursionists were to satisfy their
inner man.
twas found by half-past eight that fully
five hundred people were at the depot,
a ma jor portion of whom supplied them
selves with tickets. Soon the three
decorated coaches were filled to overflow
ing, and the four additional coaches had
to be occupied.
The Frohsinn, most all of whom went
down with yesterdays excursion. will be
represented as follows: LIST Tenor, Roeb-
per, c. Schmidt, G. Hotz, p. Liebig. End
Tenor, Gus Mintel and f. &. Wantzloe-
ben. 1st Bass, +. Hummert, II. Dein-
niger, Chas. Vogel, L. Taubert, +. Vogel
and Ed. Jenner. End Bass, Jacob Wag-
I'D DrnfacSnr
Ahrends is their director. Besides the
active singers, the following friends and
associate members of the society accom-
panied them in their coach: John Beck
mann, Herr Rafael Martinez, Paul Pret-
ger, Mr.. Huppertz, Mrs. c. Schmidt, Mrs.
Roeper, Mrs. G. Koch and a number OF
other ladies and gentlemen;
The San Antonio Deutscher Maenner-
Choir was out in full force and all smiles.
Prof. VIM. Marx, the director, will wave
his baton at the Saengerfest, over the
heads of the following singers: First
tenor, Jacob Wagner, Ahlenburger, ASS
mann, Buser, G. KLAUS, ii. Clauss and
Kurz. Second Tenor, A. Ziemonteck,
Earnst Dietzmann, E. Emig, and Mayer
stadt. First bass, Geo. Wagner, Arnold,
Vollert, Hugo Sauer and Emil HIM.
Second bass, Rotzler, III. Wagner, Vogel,
and Daehnert. A large number OF friends
of this popular society accompanied the
members in this coach, and among them
the LIGHT noticed Ed. Diesselhorst,
Aug. Rehberg, Mr.. GesSler, Mr.. Michel,
Louis SPAIN, Louis Deitzel, j. A. Brandt,
Mrs. Il. Crarncke, and other ladies and
gentlemen.
The Beethoven car was crowded and all
could not find room. The following
singers will keep up the reputation of the
grand old Beethoven society: LIST Tenor,
Fl. Clauss, Hensel, Klieforth, Harnisch
and Kurz End Tenor, Joe McAllister,
jacobson, f. Hertf, Jr., Wahlstab, Fret,
Gus Albers and w. Goeth. 1st Bass, c.
II. Mueller, Chas. Hummel, r. Selbe, NJ.
+. Halbedl, Mr.. Tipps, Ernst Stoves, Ed.
Elmendorf +. Nagel and Chas. Horn.
End Bass, Gilbert Schramm, Daehnert,
Clemens, A. Nordmann and Il. Tipps.
The gentlemen and lady friends of the
Beethoven accompanied the singers in
large numbers, and only partial list
of them could be obtained. They
were Miss Clara Siemering, Mrs. Ronse,
Miss Carrie Groos. Mrs. Seebe, Miss o.
Heusinger, Miss Bertha Griesenbeck,
Mrs. Joe McAllister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii.
Harms, Miss Matilda Guenther, Mrs. A.
Guenther, Mr.. Christian Pfeuffer, Rafael
Pereida, Billy Reuter-, Mr.. Ronse, and
many others.
1t was five minutes to nine when the
train, filled with the several hundred
merry excursionistS, departed for the Gal
weston festivities.
Mr.. MiIt Everett, ticket agent of the
Sap. Mr.. Ned. Winstead, of the gen.
eral passenger agents Office, and Mrs.
Everett, and Miss Alice Seeligson, also
escorted the eXcursionistS TO their deSti
nation.