The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-02-04
THERE WAS MUSIC
Stokes Hall the Scene of q Pleasant
Entertainment.
The Semi-annual Concerts of Miss Willie
SmOOt's School a Great Success.
LARGE AND APPREcIATIvE AUDIENCE
Many Pupils Participate and an Attrac-
tive Programme Is Well Rendered
Last Evening.

Last evening.
The semi.annual concert given by Miss
Smoot's music school at Stokes hall last
evening drew a large and appreciqtive
audience, and will long be remembered
by music lovers as an occasion of much
enjoyment.
AS was expected an attractive pro-
! gramme had been arranged, and, as is
usual with any entertainment under the
practiced and ahle directorship of Miss
Smoot, was executed in a manner to re-
feet credit alike upon teacher and pupil.
AS with all school concerts there were
performers in all the various degrees of
proficiency, from the little tot just learn
ing to know the keys, to the advanced
student who executed the most difficult
passages with ease and brillancy. And
in judging of the merits of any per.
formance, the length Of time the pupil
had studied and the opportunities favor
able or otherwise to advancement, had to
be considered.
These points were thoroughly appre-
ciated by the audience and the happy
ernditions Of the little folks were equally
enjoyed with the more classic and la.
bored efforts of the older students.
Colonel Walton Busbee, after his usual
graceful style, appeared upon the stage
and added interest to the occasion by
giving the audience a short talk on Dur
ham as a musicalcenter, and other things
timely and to the point.
The programme was as follows:
Piano quartet, "Vienne," Misses KEN
pie Carlton, Bessie O'Brien, Nellie Watts
and BERTHE Tomlnson.
Piano solo, Shower Blossoms" Miss
Emma Buchanan
Piano duet, Fairy Fingers" Misses
Bessie Whitted and Vivian Rogers.
Piano solo, Miss Willie Smoet.
Piano quartet, Polka Mazurka," Mas
ters Louis Cooper, Arthur Christian,
Jeter Howerton and Cullen Howerton.
Chorus, Lullaby" Misses Vivian Rog.
ers, Lille Christian, Bessie Whitted,
Aileen Lewis and Dollie Smoot.
Minuet Louis XVI, Misses Nellie Watts
and Celia Bradsher.
Vocal duet, "Only Thee" Misses BERTHE
Tomlinson and Minnie Happier.
The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls
and Rora O'Moore, Misses Pearl Black
wood and Nellie Bernard
PART II.
Piano quartet, March from Norma"
Misses Annie O'Brien, Bertha McClees,
Emma Buchanan and Eunice Christian.
Vocal solo, al Bacio (The KISS" Mrs.
w. NJ. Morgan.
Nalse, opus Ga, Misses Celia Bradsher
and Bertha McClees.
Sonata Pathetique, opus 13, Misses
krmpie Carlton and Willie Smoot
Piano solo, Rustic Dance" Miss Nellie
Rawls.
Vocal solo, Ecstasy" Miss Minnie
Happier.
Piano solo, Poilacca Brilliante," Miss
Kempie Carlton.
Among the Gypsies." Miss Eunice
Christian and Master Jeter Howerton.
Recitation, Master Arthur Smoot, Jr
Piano quartet, Military Polka" Misses
Nellie Bernard, Nellie Rawls, Pearl Black
wood and Lucy Hutchings.
While, from the number Of pupils who
participated and the time consumed in
responding to encores, the programme
was somewhat lengthy, it was a matter
of general regret that there was not more
sf it and all were sorry when the end
was reached.
Miss Smoot, as an instructor, is gain
ing well earned popularity in this city,
as is evidenced by the large class which
at present attends her music school, and
the enthusiasm with which she is sup
ported by patrons.
Another concert will be given at the
close of the term, when parents will again
have an opportunity to judge Of the pro-
gress of pupils.
Keep it in the house aud it will save
you many an anxious moment during
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