The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-30

The Herald Our great musical con-
test, the eisteddfod, is over and the
people have departed for their homes.
The affair was a splendid success from
every point. The committee having the
affair in charge worked assiduously
and the result is that Scofield will more
than likely hold an annual eisteddfod
for the encouragement of the divine
art. The adjudicators were authorized
in our circulars to divide prizes, and
they exercised this authority with a
vengeance, as the report will show.
AS a consequence, the people from the
different places, friends of the con-
testants, all think they are the favored
ones, which is happy state of affairs
and an extraordinary one for the ad-
Indicators to produce. They seemed
to strive to please everybody, so that
the committee might be induced to
continue eisteddfod work in future
years.
The officers selected by the COM
mittee all arrived on Tuesday and at
3 o'clock Ex-Governor Thomas, j. J..
Davis N'enan DdW, Prof. +. BeeSley,
Prof. L. D. Edwards. Prof. II. E. Giles,
together with members of the COM
mittee, mounted the stand and the
eisteddfod was declared open. y. l..
Thomas, as president of the day, was
introduced, and he made a speech
extolling the Welsh people to a great
extent and ended by wishing success
to the eiSteddfOd.
AT the conclusion of this address J.
]. Davis addressed the Welsh people
in their native tongue.
Mr.. J. R. Sharp, of Scofield, then
called the contestants for the tenor
solo forward, and the following gentle
men responded: w. T. Evans, Winter
quarters; Thomas Snowden, Scofeld !;
Thomas Parrish, Castle Valley; r. j.
Thomas, Salt Lake. The solo was AN
chored," and Mr. Thomas was de-
clared the winner
The tenor and bass Duet, "The Two
Sailors" was the next number, but
there was only one entry, w. T. and
r. T. Evans, of WinterquarterS. They
were highly cOmpImented for their
rendition and were awarded the prize.
The recitation for adults, 1.-The Po-
lish Boy" called forth two contestants,
Mr. Hector Evans and Mrs. Hannah
Anderson, and the prize was equally
divided.
The next number was the ladies'
chorus, Mothers Lullaby" Only che
chorus entered, the Scofield ladies'
chorus led by Mr.. John Hood. The ad-
Indicators declared their rendition to
be very fine and extended compliments
to them.
Second Session.
The second session opened with Mr..
J. r. Sharp as president, A. l.. Thorn
as having been urgently called to Salt
Lake.
The first on the programme was the
comic song contest. There -weres five
entries, and the prize was awarded to
Peter Elliot, of Salt Lake. The songs
caused a great deal of enthusiasm.
The contralto solo, HE Shall Feed
His Flock" from the Messiah. was
the next contest. Mrs. Mary Hood was
the only contestee, but she gave an eX-
cellent rendition of it, and was highly
complimented by Prof. Edwards.
The choir contest on the Welsh
Glee, ''The Summer. was the next
numbrr. The entries were Scofeld,
John Hood, leader; Winter Quarters,
T. c. Reese, leader; Castle Valley
Thomas Hardee, leader. The prize of
$50 was divided between Scofield and
Castle Valley. The former had six
points against them and the latter had
four points. The decision was very
unsatisfactory and not in accordance
with the marks placed on the copies
of the adjudicatorS. The copies show
that Scofield was entitled to the prize
by heavy odds, but they took their
medicine as it was administered.
Third Session.
This session opened on Tuesday
morning at o'clock with J. r. Sharp
in the chair. The first on the pro-
gramme was the adjudication of Welsh
and English poetical composition. j..
]. Davis, the adjudicator, gave the de-
cision on the Welsh poetry in Welsh.
The subject was, 1.-The Freedom of Our
Country" but only one composition
was received. However, the adjudi-
Gator gave the composer a good adju-
dication, pointing out the errors and
praising the good points in such a
style as to show the poet how to i'm
prove.
There were two compositions on the
English poetry, subject, Freedom of
| Our Country" The prize was awarded
to James Dunn, of Tooele, who ten
dered a fine composition on the SUBJ
ject The adjudication on this was
also delivered in an excellent manner.
The next contest was the bass solo,
'sThe Wolff John Hood was the only
entry, but he won an excellent report
from the adjudicators, who said the
rendition was such as might have been
expected from professional
The recitation for children was won
by Annie Snowden, of Scofield.
The male voice catch was the next
number The Huntington (Castle
Valley Glee club was the only entry.
They sang call John,'' and were
awarded the prize.
The impromptu lecture called forth
eight contestants The speakers were