The morning times., 1895-09-18
THREE HUNDRED SINGERS |
Big Attendance at the Moody
Choir'S First Fall Rehearsal.
Is INCREASING IN NUMBERS
There Are Now 700 Members of the
izatiOn-Each One Wears IA
Badge-Director Fosters Words of
sreeting-Hour Spent in Singing
From the New Sheet Music.

The Moody Choir's first rehearsal If
the fall season occurred last evening in lGe
lecture-room of the First Baptist Church,
| Sixteenth and o streets northwest.
Fully 800 of the 700 members were
| present. For preliminary meeting so
early in the season this showing was par
ticularly gratifying. Instead OF decreas
ing, the membership has steadily increased
during the summer months.
This remarkably large choir of trained
voices is the product of the Moody evan
| geiistic meetings of February of last year,
for which it was especially organized.
More properly, IL is the result of Washing
| toms fine musical talent and the indomita-
| BILE energy of the leader, Mr.. Percy s.
| Foster, who has won for himself an inter
| national reputation as musical director.
MOST HARMONIOUS BODY.
Mr.. Fosters singers are devoid of the
proverbial choir malady pickering. 1t is the
| most harmonious body OF harmony makers
| on record. 1t is ruled almost wholly by the
governing committee. The decisions of the
| committee are enthusiastically carried out
| by the members.
Everything undertaken has been highly
| successful. The concerts have always had
| crowded houses. The Bay Ridge excursion
was attended by over 400. The treasury is
in splendid condition. The success of the
choir is assured.
Fhe present governing committee is as
follows: Percy 8 Foster, chairman; DR..
NJ. ID. Peck, secretary and treasurer, and
Messrs. P. NJ. Hough, Dr. F. ]. WoodnaD,
Frank A Wilson and w. j. Palmer.
Each member of the choir has a neat
celuloid badge, in the center OF which is the
singers number On arrising the number
is checked on lists previously prepared,
and thus credit is given for attendance.
The tenor OF bass, who forgot his badge or
could not recall his number, sang in vain
asst night, so far as the records go.
After prayer Director Foster extended
a few words of greeting. He congratulated
the members on their increase OF flesh as
a result of their summer outings, and asked
them to see how corpulent he had grown.
This and numerous other sallies of the
slender baton master, were keenly ap-
preciated. In fact the audience was in a
happy mood all evening, and sang as If
practice had not been suspended during
the hot weather.
HOUR SPENT IN SIN NGING.
AS a starter, No. II, the selection from
hymns and c, so often rehearsed, was
sung. An hour was spent in singing from
the new sheet music. The pianist was
Mrs Grace D. Brown. Messrs. Baker,
Elliott, Falmestock, Fitch, Fales, Henny,
Lindsay, Nyman, Paxson, Perkins, and
Rudy, and Misses Knight, and Ymgling
composed the orchestra.
Mr.. Foster announced the death of Miss
jeanette Smith, late = popslar member of
the choir. By UNANIMOUS vote the director
was requested to write letter to the
bereaved family, expressive Of the sym
pathy OF the choir.
number ofapplications for membership
were received. Musical references are re-
quired, and none but those giving evidences
o f musical talentare admitted.
DR.. Peck, the secretary, announced that
all changes in the addresses of members
should be sent to him at once. He further
suggested that ladies wis had changed their
names during the summer might report that
fact.
The choir will hold its annual reunion and
socIable, probably in Calvary Baptist Church,
about the middle o October.