The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-16
Twelve Thousand People Went to Lakeside
Park Yesterday.
THE RED LETTER DAY OF THE SEASON
MANY Singers Take Part in the
noy City Competitors Take the Two Big Prizes
Who the Prize Winners Were and What
They Won-A Day Of Pleasure

played several selections in fine style dur
lng the intermission. The leader anc
band we're heartily applauded.
The.trS competition of the session wa
on the tenor solo, HLove Lies Bleeding. /,
Dr. Clarke announced that the preliminary
competition had shown Prof. p. 7. Evans
John j. Price and William Patterson Of
Shenandoah, competent to strive for the
prize of So before the audience. Prot
Evans won. there were seventeen entrie,
for this competition.
The tenor and bass Duet, Love and
War" was next. Prof D. w. Herbert OF
Pottsville, end David Jones, of Girard.
vile, won the prize of $40 Thomas
Rosser and William Edmunds, of Maha.
noy City, were to have competed, bu. Mr..
Edmunds failed to appear.
Then the soprano competition was CALI d
Tor There were two prizes and the COM
petltors who passed the preliminary az. .
judicatiOn were Miss Annie Wynne, Nah
anoy City, Miss Minnie Garner, Auden
ried, and Miss Gwendoline Reese. Shenan-
doah. Miss Wynne was awarded the
prize of S5 and Miss Garner the 50 prize;
The $50 prize offered for the rendition of
Der Wald" ('The Forestry by German
singing societies was carried off by the
Ashland Maennechor, under the leader
ship of Prof. August Reese. DR.. Clarke
complimented the society.
One of the features of the day was the
cornet solo in Eb You'll Remember Me y
A prize of $40 was offered. Morgan
DeFoy was the only competitor. He is a
Freelsnd boy of but II years and be PLAYED
the difficult piece SO we'll that the audience
applauded him for several minutes after he
left the platform. DR.. Clarke spoke of the
boy in highly complimentary terms.
Three prizes were offered for the best
rendition of the male piece, "Cure for
Fleeting Pleasure" There were four
entries the Amateur Male Party, of Nah. |
anoy City, Prof. Samuel T. Davis, leader;
Excelsior Male Chorus, of St. Clair. Prof. |
D. j. Williams, leader; Mahanoy CITY
Hayden Glee Party, Prof ssGethen Powell.
esder, and the 7. M. @. A. Glee Club. Of
pottsville, Prof D. w. Herbert, leader.
st. Clair carried off the first prize of $50
louisville took the second prize, gold
nedal, and Gethen Howell took the third.
baton,
Rev. Fred. Evans, the conductor of the
lay, announced his decision on the poem
n The Miner" He said all the poems
e received were good, but the one that {
'as superior to the others had been sent |
i'm by party signing himself "Idahoi {
nd to him he awarded the prize of SIS {
Mr., Conner S. Morgan, of Mahanoy l
lty' stepped upon the platform and d
ated that he had been authorized to q
'present the winner, who was Rev. d. M, Y
ewis, of Blockton, Alabama. '
Rev. Evans announced that he would a
rward bis adjudication in writing to the I
1t will no doubt be published o
ith the poem. a
The event of the day came next II is
osed the exercises and was the singing of cl
g grand chorus "Let God Arss' for
sh prize of $3.50 and gold medal to the
st successful leader and gold medal TO a,
9 second. The Mahanoy CITY Choral ~
clety, under the leadership of Prot. :,
'es kosser was the first to compete. y
'ot. Philip I. Evans followed with the =.
Ayden Choral Union, Of the Shenandoah =, ~
alley. M
DR.. Clarke awarded the first prize to =.
Ahanoy City, but said that both parties :,
rendered the piece so we'll that he will :.
hesitate to allow them to sing it -
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