Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-13

Ulah'a celebrated Tabernacle choir
returned home this morning, arriving
1t tho Rio Graudo Western depot ut
$40, an hour 20 incouyuniont and
early Ms to prevent any denomination
Of welcome on the part Of HE tempo
rary musical organization under the
efficient leadership OF Prof G.. J.
Thomas ~ originally arranged iot
In remarkably short time the
members Of the choir hai Joined their
families and friends at hume.
STEPHENS iN1ERvuwrD.
The following interview UotNcon a
NEWS reporter and Mf. Stephens wlll
be Interesting reading, gu 30 givt8 the
conductors viewa OF nh Ihu ltsuiug
events OF the ohoir's TRIP, concerts aud
contost;
"On tho whole, e was glorious trip
for oil OF us. Personally, 10 was more
ifaught with lauor anu anxiety than
pleasure Tor me. Bus nevertheless
could NOT bus partakc oil tuu gtntfAl
ioyOusuuss ana delight ut lui almost
constant Huccuss. Nothing Tut
WEAKNESS and slight MA.
mont from coils was there
10 worry me. Every where | turned
the Mudly, cheering rmilu OF my cling.
ere uttotel me. All the worry OF
business management with its th0ur.
anu little uuuuyhncUs was spared me
by tho nevsr.ufing Whitney, VII %
energy anu patience have placed him
iu tlu estimauou o. all our party o. H.
Comparab.e 10 all other, dough all uid
thtlf best 20 niu la mhkiug the Trip a
success. Yet there was ~ much lgil Tor
mo to DO that out ids Of cn0if work
the trip was almost blank 10 ne.
Denver received Us with opuu arms,
anu We tetllinttd by fiugiug rs We
never cOild have uoue " an unun.
thuslastlc audience. We viii never
forget the magnificent church crowded
win pleased inces, nor viii they soon
| forget W. Almost UNery number
rendered called Tor, Hud many Tedg.
mnnueI. A. almost made e. ioUl tina.
We were ill.ifyHtud Ht home, ~ We
thought OF the many vacant feats nt
/ our laucTnucie, aud recalled thu Az.
nOyAuce Of people leaving the building
while We rendered the closing chruBtB
/ W ANANHhaNAN IAANAAAN INANlAaA W "A Ah-
| rTuncle .udiruCcs.l Our Denver sue
| csEB brought ito reaction, n0twith.
fianding our hearty welcome a. lnGt-
penionce. We ielt a. though our
| Kansas City gfeotng was > cool one AZ
| INST. NJ the night c0uceri, however,
We repeated our success, some things
being rendered even better than At
| Denver. Yst lew Of ua were really
I L.. A.. - ID
| while at kansas, Hut at 81. Louis
another grtnt wave struck US. Fchsted
aud hOnOrvJ, iealel 20 IA magnificent
ride In stuamb0.t on the great
Aiiasissippi, ANA welcomed at night
with grand audience ~ nearly 5000
people, who appIauded anu oheered "
the ecuo, noiw, .hsAuding that Out
rendition o. our ch1rute8 was be-
ginning TO chow Tie ELECTS OF fatigue,
ana really dld not 70 Themselves
Justice. IL was most useful warning
20 us 10 rest up before our important
work Ut tie contests. Our Chicago
audience wns Ices domOnstratlyr LAT
Music HalD yet kind and Appreciativ1
on the whole. Aud our Omaha ex'
purlence was needed 10 nnish up ouI
experience,
a large audience waited until
time Tor closing before our aniyAi
the Aus els hurryoi from The tram
without having had Auyt ing 10 cal
since eleven O'Clock lne previous
morning. BItevon hero We did Out
work fairly aud | believe both peT.
formers aud audience lett the hall
about 1850 IN fairly good spirits. Tue
chief draw backs 10 the rendition OF
our programs were the different ar.
rangcments OF placing the singers
which every diiiefelt hall necesailaIed.
Indeed when | think VI how In some
places the entire chorus had to be
placed one behind another on a
Hat floor, accompanied with u
plano aud organ but indificrently
atluned TO each other, II IL surprising
TO mo that we aid 40 we'll. Our accom-.
panists, too, wero placed In 90 many
now positions that It 10 marvel they
were able 10 aid us 40 etisc,ually with
their Accomplishments. On three
different occasions, 10 Denver Choral
hall Fair gtOunus) aud Central mu.
sic hall was Pf0L Dnynos suddenly,
with no opportunity 10 study the in-
tticate combinations Of stops, called
upon TO manipulate great PHO organs
IN accompanying W, anu each time
suoouuded beautifully. lie and Prof.
Peterson M we'll, Prof. WUiha ana the
Christensen lif0s. have my sincere
gratitude Tor their splendid WORK.
What hsyo y0u u Say about the
oontesR
The contest Of male choruses was
| MAGNIFICENT, the winners from Wales
singinRus mover before beard m0Ttali
sing. Zone ~ pure shading 80 per,
feet aud lull Of deep meaning, enunoiG.
ton no broad anu yet distinct. II
made me moro delighted TO loEe the
prize than could nave been to win NJ
our present stage Of progress. And
the gTenlost compliment paid us-nOl
excepting the awarding us the second
| prIze in tue mail oOntcst-waH 20 dc,
clare us next TO these glorious choruses;
this, Adludicator J0nu Thomas did q
me personally at the last night OF IN,
CONTEXT, saying, "You were third In
| the male voice competition anu hrst
this side the ocu. an" Tho report OF tn,
adIudicators ON this contest WIS iail
and intelligent, giving each part Il,
due praise aud ceusufe'
THE MAIN CONTEST
though calling Tor a higher grad,
marx all around, was not 80 satisfactory
| ...... Tho Va.t.N.aa..a.