Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-04-06
Grand Closing Concert.

Prof. Sturgis' second concert this
winter i'm Yale occurred Wednesday
night and to say that it came up to
everybody's expectations is to say very
little. 1t more than surpassed the
expectations raised. The program was
line one and every number was
beautifully rendered making the whole
evening one of pure enjoyment. The
ridiculous and the sad, the sentiment
al and the sweet were all so nicely
blended that the most fastidious could
find no fault, but all were satisfied.
The following program was carried
out. The first number was full
chorus by the class which Mr.. Sturgis
has so ably conducted. Their singing
showed marked improvement. solo
"Little Birdie Nine, by Beatrice
Springer was Il great surprise to most
of the audience, many not knowing
what sweet voice belongs to this
young lady. Bes trice is only young
girl as yet but her voice is that of a
singer. "Dreaming and Waking"
was double quartette much admired.
piano solo by Mabelle Moore, the
accompanist of the evening, next en-
gagged attention. We all know Miss
Moore's marked abilities rs II pianist.
"Singin' Skewl" was the next number,
sung as seml-chOrus. This illustrat-
ed the singing of olden days and was
most laughable. Leah Darcy favored
the audience with a recitation, short,
but very expressive and loudly re-
ceived. A violin solo by Lulu High
captured the audience as Miss Highs
music has a faculty of doing. "Guide
Me o Thou Great jehovah, solo by
Rada Rapley with full chorus by the
class was very fine. Miss Rapley's
voice grows better and better and it
was never better than on this evening,
as testified to by many. This closed
the first part. The second part COM
menced with songs by Mr.. Sturgis'
juvenile class. We think the parents
could not but be pleased with the pro-
gress made by their children. A
quartette followed called Moonlight
will Come Again" by Misses Rapley
and Palmer, Messrs Wallace and
Palmer which was indeed beautiful
and brought out the voices with grand
eff ect. A violin duet by Miss High
and Mr.. Sturgis was so good that the
audience could not refrain from giving
an encore and the viollnsts gracefully
responded with another selection. A
recitation by Ina Palmer brought
down the house. Ina is little girl
but she is perfectly at home before an
audience and knows how to please
them. A solo "Dear Heart" by Rada
Rapley was next greatly appreciated.
The next number was Il ladies chorus
"Wake not Dreaming Maiden" which
was well received. The hit of the
evening followed called THE Auc-
tioneer', comic song rendered to
perfection by James Wallace, as auc-
tioneer, Mrs. Wallace, Miss Rapley
and +. T. Palmer taking the other
parts. The closing number was a
full chorus "Song of Niagara" most
difficult composition but well rendered,
showing Mr.. Sturgis' excellent train
ing. We think that all regret that we
cannot have Mr.. Sturgis with us for
another term of lessons but he has
made plans for a trip to Europe, where
he expects to gain new ideas and
brush up his old ones in regard to
music and in the fall he has said ne
will return to Yale, nothing prevent
ing. He admonished all to keep up
with their music and if possible to
organize Il musical society, which will
probably be done, a. meeting has
been called for that purpose. We
trust the matter will not be dropped
but that when Mr.. Sturgis returns he
will find in the Yale voices still fur
ther improvement and not that they
have grown rusty from disuse. The
people showed their appreciation of
his labors here by coming out in full
force to the concert. The hall was
well filed.
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