Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-21
THE GRAND CHORUS.
ReheaFsals in the Various Divisions
PrOgressing Satisfactorily.

| PrOgressin4 Satisfactorily.
! The work Of assembling the grand chorus
| which Is to participate In the Capitol cen
| tennial celebration Is progressing in til
most satisfactory manner. Prof. edward
the general director. on Friday night at
tended the rehearsal Of the northeastern di
/ vision, OF which Mr.. j. H. Hunter ha.
charge, and found over 100 well-balancet
voices. This chorus now ranks second IL
point Of numbers and among the best as t.
| quality Of tone and balancing Of voices.
| The northwestern division held It's first re
hearsal under its director M. Donald B
Macleod, last Friday night in the 1,piscopa
Church. on 23d street AS this division Il
now the result Of the consolidation of ~,
western and northwestern divisions, Prof
Coward has suggested the advisabilty o.
! alternating the place of rehearsal between
! the sd street church and one further int
| the northwestern section. Mr.. Macleod
VIII carry out this suggestion as soon as
desirable place for rehearsal can be secured
The north central division. under Mr.. G
W Lawrence's direction, IS progressing
timely, and at its last rehearsal had seventy
| eight members enrolled.
cerned Mr.. John A. Roeder Is getting hi.
| force In excellent shape.
MI Geo Godron has held his first rehear
| sal In the southwestern division and started
with an excellent attendance considering
the difficulties that have been Encountered
| Ill tiliS SECTION.
Mr.. Tracey. the conductor OF the northern
division. has found 1t necessary to secure
the Hamline NJ E. Church for his rehear
sals; SO great has been the increase in at
The choruses that held rehearsals Satur
day night were those in Rock will. and Ia
koma. under the leadership Of Messrs Heze
kiah Trail and Theodore Friebns, jr., re
| spectivey.
q am laying plans" said Prot. Coward t.
o star r reporter today for my first comb
Presbyterian Church. corner IL and j
what may be termed the East Washington
northeast, Anacostia. .Eckincton and IN,
dred voices and to find them in fair shape
| hearsal."
BILE to give the proper attention to the Mt
Pleasant section. although he would IL
| glad to do SO II circumstances would per
NIT. He has therefore been compelled t.
Coward has placed this division in char :,
OF Mr.. Fred A. Grant, who went to Mt
to SsEn tn, fne
dent of the Mt. Pleasant Choral Society
left Saturday for a two weeks trip. but be
fore going arranged for the prominent mem
bers of his society to meet Mr. Grant, and
the work will now go rapidly forward.
Tonight Mr.. Walker Macarthur VIII hoit
| tHc HrSt TeHedTSal OF the central DIVISION
| the Congregational Church, corner 10th anc
/ G streets. Mr.. Macarthur Is the director q
! the Y. p. s. c. f. Society of the District
source. and besides he has one Of the mos
| popular sections to draw from 1t Is ex
| pected that this division will furnish The
| In hand.
Other divisions that will rehearse toni, mi
will be those in Alexandria, Falls Church
and Hyattsville. At the latter place Mr.. j
| A. Roeder Is confident of securing a choru.
| OF at least fifty good voices. One attraction
| OF his rehearsals is that he has for accom-
| paniment flute. violin and piano.
The western division will hold a rehearsal
tonight at the parish hall of St. Paurs
Church on sd street. and the director, Mr.
Macleod, expects that there will be a good
attendance