Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-22
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
PAROCHlAL SCHOOL PUPILS SCORE
AN UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.

Greatest Exhibition Ever Attempted by
Local Talent in FreeIand Is Witnessed
by an Immense Audience at the Grand
| Opera HOuse-Wili lie Repeated.
When DePierro's orchestra completed
the opening overture at the Grand opera
house on Saturday evening the curtain
rose and showed one of the most splendid
scenes that has ever been beheld in the
town. Nearly 200 pupils of st. AIMS
parochial school were grouped together
on the stage in manner which pro-
duced picture as pretty as the eye
could wish to view. Ranging in sizes
from the little tots to the class of young
ladies whose school days are now over,
they filed the stage from the footlights
to the walls behind
The opening chorus was followed by a
programme which held the undivided
attention of the audience for three
hours, and the care given the prepara-
tion of every number was we'll attested
by the manner in which each was rem
dered
To cnumeratc singly the brilliant fea-
lures of the various and varied numbers
would not be possible and still give
the credit due. Suffice it to say that
the entertainment eclipscd everything
OF such nature that has been ATTEMPTED
on the North Side.
The marches, drills, songs and other
numbers were given with such pcrfec-
tion that the audience. which crowded
the house from the front row of the
orchestra circle to the top of the gallery,
simply marveled that local talent could
give IA performance upon lines of that
kind.
The cantata, "A Dream of Fairy
Land, was the principal event, aud it
is creditable to Freeland that VIC have
those in our midst who are capable of
instructing pupils to perform as was
done on Saturday evening. In that. as
in all the other rcndtons, the Sisters of
Mercy gave all the evidence necessary
to prove their ability as instructors.
The Delesarte pose drill, by the class
of eX-pupils, was an innovation, but it
captured the house. The sixty or more
poses were admirably given.
The varied costumes worn by the diff
ferent classes, added, with the help of
the calcium lights, to the briliancy of
the scenes.
The May-pole dance by twcnty-four
girls and the acting of IA dozen little
boys as minstrcls were two more num-
bers worthy of special mention.
The programme, which is given below,
can give the reader but faint idea of
the scale of magniliccnce upon which
the affair was produced, and it could not
he fully comprehended unless witnessed:
Opening chorus,....." "Fondy We Greet You''
by the Pupils.
Receding march. ............ Orchestra
March. Belle of Chicago
Misses c. Brennan, B. Curran, NJ. Sweeney,
h. .oDonncll, NJ. McGroarty, S. McNulty.
Doll drill....................... BY Little Ones
Accompanist, Miss B. Curran
March,. .........-......." Manhattan Beach
Misses G. Brennan, b. Curran, NJ Sweeney,
l.. ODonnell, NJ. McGroarty, s. McNuIty.
Recitation. Legend of the Madonna"
Lizzie Furey.
Canary Schottischc". c".......................
Misses X. O'Donnell, NJ. McGcehan NJ HAYES.
k. Mccarthy, NJ. Halpin, NJ. Capecc
Negro minstrels........... Observation-Disclosures.
Accompaniment, Orchestra.
icari "ulop .''... '..'.'..................
Misses s. McNulty, NJ. McGroarty, NJ McGil,
r.. McElwcc, X. Malloy, NJ Boyle.
Speciality lty...................M Masters NJ. Capccc,
l.. Mcdonald, j. Gillespie
f,nlon 'sNn Va nnp
X. O'Donncll, X. McElwce
Cantata, ..........."A Dream of Fairy Land'
Accompanist, Miss c. Brennan.
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