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

confined to five minutes, but some
only occupied half a minute. The
adjudicators declared for D. {. Wood
ward, of Castle Valley; John James,
/ Salt Lake second; and r. w. Gibbs,
Scofield, third.
This number caused much laughter
and applause.
Only one brass band entered the con-
test-the Castle Gate band-but they
rendered the contest piece, ''The Witch
/ Dance" in excellent style.
/ Prof. Edwards paid them glowing
tribute for their rendition. The S45 and
metranome were awarded to them
Fourth Session.
The interest of the whole contest
centered in this session. The building
was crowded to suffocation and many
could not obtain admission. After an
opening selection by the Castle Gate
brass band, the male chorus contest
was announced
There were two entries. Scofe1d and
/ Winterquarters the former led by
John Hood and the latter by T. G..
Reese. Both chOruses were horribly
rendered, but the former was by far
the best rendition. The points were Il
against Scofield and % against Win
terquarters; but the adjudicators. in
vain effort to please all. divided the
prize giving SIS to ScOfield and $40 to
! WinterquarterS. This caused great
deal of Indignation.
The baritone solo was next an
nounced. Four contestants appeared;
W. T. Evans. r. T. Evans, Andrew
Hood and John James. The adjud1-
/ Gators were not satisfied as to John
James and r. T. Evans, and they were
/ requested TO sing again. The prize was
awarded to Mr.. Evans, but here again
/ the adiudicators were cenSured. Mr.
James is a cultured baritone and gave
/ an excellent rendition, but the prize
was awarded to Mr.. Evans, although
! there is no doubt in the minds of any
! listener as TO Mr.. James superiority.
The excitement at this point was in
/ tense. but suppressed. The choir con-
! test on the chief piece was the cause of
! the excitement The same choir which
sang in THE Summer" entered for
this contest. They sang in the follow
/ ing order: Scofeld, Winterquarters.
] Castle Valley. The adjudication was:
! Scofield four points against; Winter
| quarters six points against; Castle
Valley six points against The prize
/ of $100 was then divided as follows:
/ Scofeld, so; Winterquarters, $50; Cas-
/ tie Valley, $40. Anyone can see that
/ there is something wrong here. The
| choir with the least points against got
/ the least money, while the choir with
! six against received the most. The
/ Scofield choir sang the piece THE Last
! Rose" according to the metranOme
/ time marked on the copies. The first
movement is SO; the second movement
| SO and the third movement IS. Castle
! Valley sang it: First movement As; sec
ond movement 106; third movement
/ As or so This was not taken into con-
| sideration at all by the adjudicators-
/ The copies used by Mr.. Edwards in
/ adjudicating show only four points
/ against Scofield, while they show sew
/ en- points against Castle Valley. Win
/ terquarters rendered the piece In q
horrible style and consequently should
! not have been considered at all, but
/ they were awarded the same amount
as Scofield Aside from this Prof. Ed
wards said to Mr.. Hood, the leader OF
| the Scofield choir, before leaving SEQ
/ field, that he did not want any feelings
/ to exist, and that Scofield would expect
TO have another eisteddfod and he did
not want to hurt ii. He added: 1t is
enough for you to know that you are
the best man, and the prize will make
little difference to you. You are a
young man with a bright future be
fore you" When this is taken into con-
sideration there is little doubt as to
the fairness of the adjudication. The
people here and at Winterquarters are
indignat over this work.
The concert in the evening, in which
the successful contestants took part.
was also crowded and the songs were
all excellent If it were not for crowd
ing your columns an extended report
would prove interesting.
Prof. H. E. Giles proved an efficient
accompanist and deserved the excellent
opinion in which the people of this
place hold him. By the way, Provo
does not appreciate the excellence of
Prof. Giles as it should do. He is a
gem of a musician, an accompanist of
extraordinary ability and withal mod
est in his accomplishments, which adds
greater charm to him as man. He
has earned laurels here and a warm
| corner in the hearts of the people
The railroad company generously
rendered the committee the use Of the