Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-08
THE GREAT CHORUa
Eaeo1rasing Reports From Several of
the Su bdirecforp,


the Subdirector,
The work Of rehearsiag in sections of the
festival chorus. which Is to partictpa.s I'm
the exercises on the occasion of the cele-
bration OF the centennial anniversary Of
the laying Of the corner stone o. the Capf-
toll Is being actively pushed, under the en-
ergeuc direction Of Prof. y. DuShane Glow.
ard Already he has received encouraRlng
reports from . number Of the subdirectors
and by the end Of this week 1t 10 expected
that every section win be ready for work.
The subdirectors have taken great inter-
est In their work. and mos: o. them have
secured churches In which to conduct their
rehearsals. Among the reports received are
the following: Mr.. @. w. Lawrence the
director Of the north central division, re-
ports that he has secured the Mt Vernon
Place p. Z. Church for rehearsal purposes
through the hearty cooperation Of the
he has invited the choir. which Is q large
one. and others to assemble on ThurS0sy
evening next Tor purposes OF organization
and rehearsal He -Idds: Every one seerr.s
interested In the matter, and / have no
doubt that the chorus will be a success"
Mt. John A Roeder. the director for Ana
costa, has. as has been stated IN The Star,
already had one rehearsal. and with good
results Miss Cora Mclean il the secre-
kccompanist Mr. Roeder Will have at lea az
thirty voices. and probably more. There
viii be another rehearsa in Anaccstla next
present and inansurate his work Of super.
vision
Mr.. J. II. Hunter. director of the north
east section. has selected Miss Marguerite
Stone 20 act as his seer ,Iary. and his cho-
rus will rehearss at me Metropolitan Zap
list Chapel. corner Of sth and A streets
northeast His FIRST rehearsal viii be next
Friday night
Mr.. W. A. Donner. who has charge OK the
lexington section. his secretary
piss Grace Il. Lewis. and hopes to have at
his first rehearsal. which Will be held st
Miss Lewis residence In lexington tornor-
row night. at least thirty voice3
Prof s. n. Jecko. in charge Of the east
Ing material for his chorus, and reports
that he has called 4 rehearsal at Trinity
p. Z. Church. corner Sd ami - streets, to-
morrow evening.
ENCOURAGING reports have come from Ia
kona, where a choir of thirty singers, se-
cured by Miss Sue n Da Wis. the secretary,
VIII at once be taken in han1 by Mr.. Tneo-
dore Frfebus. jr.
The Alexandria Section.
Mr.. T. d. Cambria. the leader of the
Alexandria Musical Association. las in
charge the organization OF q chorus of fifty
voices to be Alexan1rta's musical cortri5u-
rfon to the celebration Of :hs centennial Of
the Capitol corner stone on the 18th Of Sep
TENDER next He is now actively engaged
in the work Of recruiting the chorus. which
IL Is thought can De easily obtained. There
are In Alexandria ten church choirs-Christ
church. with eight voices: trace with
eight: ST Paul's. with eight. Catholic. with
Methodist. with irtee1: southern Me sHhey
dist, with twenty; Methodist Prorestant
with ten: Second s'resoyteriln, with twelve
in addition to the plumber of Alexandrio
vocalists who are not attached 10 church
choirS. so that II would seem that Alex
andria's assignment can readily be fur