St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-23
Minnesota's Music Loving
Germans Will Hold a Fest
in st. Paul.
Singing Societies Will Arrive
Today and Prepare to
Be Merry.
The Business Will Be Com
rneneed at the Session
Today.
Tomorrow Will Bring the
Concert and Sunday the
Park Picnic.

Today is the opening day Of the Min
nesota State Saengerfest and the many
societies that will participate in the
event will arrive during the day and
evening. The first one will be the
Harmonic. OF Faribault, to be followed
by the Germania Maennerchor and
Norden, of Brainerd, i'll the forenoon,
and in the evening Duluth, Mankato.
Young America. Austin, Perham and
many others will come in. The recep-
ton committee of the local societies will
meet them at the depot at 9 O'Clock and
escort the visitors to the Turner hall,
where William Platte, president of the
saengerbund, will call the meeting to
order, and then Introduce Mayor
Wright. who will make a speech Of
welcome and give the freedom of tn e
city to the singers Of the Northwest.
The chief executive will then be fol-
lowed IN the Grafton of the day, or
rather what is known by the Ger
mans as the Festreae, by Louis Stern.
than whom there is no more brilliant or
dowery orator in the German tongue
throughout the entire Northwest. His
Grafton Will be in the nature of a wei
coming speech, and at the same time
cover the field Of the objects and use
fulness of the banding together of the
singers, and will demonstrate the power
and influence of the sweet charms of
music when eXerted in the behalf of
brotherly love and friendship. After
the speeches and introductionS are over,
a grand ''commers" will take place in
the hall, and while this form of enter
talnment may not be familiar TO most Of
the American citizens of st. Paul, it
would be a grand idea for them to visit
the hall and see the true German style
or entertainment, as practiced in the
native way. In the evening. and at the
same place, theirs will be grand con-
cert participated in by the combined
choruSeS of all the societies that have
arrived. The different societies through
out the state have been practicing on
this chorus for the past several months,
and grand effect may be anticipated
Saturday, the second day of the fest,
will be devoted to sightseeing, and the
visitors will take opportunity during
the day of visiting friends and viewing
the city anu its suburbs. In the even
ing there will be the big concert of the
session ut the Auditorium, in which
Seibert's orchestra will furnish the
music with forty pieces. A this con-
cert the combined societies will sing the
national hymn, 1.-The Star-Spangled
Banner" in which the New York Arien
made such hit when it made its trip
through European countries last year.
The singing of national songs and pop
ular airs will be the rule at this saen
gerfeSt, and the classic and artistic
music will be tabeoed. The committee
decided on this course at a session some
time ago, and it Is quite certain that the
idea will meet with considerable favor,
and will be much more enjoyable to the
audience. Mrs. Bollman and Miss Theo-
bald will take the soprano parts at this
concert, and they are both singers OF
considerable merit. Besides the song
other popular selections both in English
and German. The evening will close
with grand ball.
On Sunday morning, the third day of
the session. there will be business
meeting at Martins opera house, on the
West side, at which all matters per-
tanning to the state bund will be dis
cusSed, and the next annual place of
meeting chosen. In the afternoon there
will be grand parade, the programme
for which will be published Sunday
morning, and it will he participated in
not only by the singing societies, but all
civic societies of the several nationali-
ties in the city. The parade will form
early in the afternoon, and, after going
through the principal portions CT the
city. will march to Banholzer's park,
where grand picnic will be held, ana
the fest will be closed in dancing and
merrymaking.