The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-07
THE SAENGERFEST
is In PROGRESS
New York MaennerchOrs the Guests OF
ScrantOn's Liederkranz.
IS FOR MELODY AND PLEASURE
Visitors We're Banquetted Saturday
Night and in Turn Entertained the
Host Society in Music Hall Last
Night..SOme Singing Of Rare Ex.
cellence..Will Go to Fagview
Today.

The Lackawanna river is the Rhine
now and will be until the visiting Ger
mans with their entertaining Scran-
ton fellow-countrymen have ceased to
own the region hereabout and have
stopped celebrating that all-absorbing
saengerfest.
The Scranton LiederkranZ is the
host and the first session was hald
Saturday night at Music Hall. 1t was
called "KOmmers" and Is form of
welcoming the visiting singers who
will take part in the fest. The Franz
Schubert Maenherchor, of New York,
accompanied by their ladies'. reached
here in a special train over the Della
ware and Hudson road at 7:45 o'clock
Saturday evening. The Scranton Lied
erkranz met the New Workers at the
station and with Bauer's band, the
Maennerchor, $50 strong. and the
Scranton contingent, marched to the
hotels where accommodations had
been secured for the visitors
Music Hall was a bower of flags and
bunting and emblems and flowers
when at 10 o'clock the "Kommers" be-
gan. On the stage We're the officers of
.ho 60. -, -,
"'' i'"",' ''usicia''s. 'aih
Leuthner,s president of the Lieder-
M So ,"ue '''' ""u, 20" VI Weic''iie.
Nv '"'Me' ""s ny tue sehiai august
~ '"I o'',o,a, neao vi .he Maeh-
-, una" was .ne" i'i.'o-
saa.,', 90 u MY piesiotr over 'he hisht
festival. The exercises were chiefly of
u WIN" hlahes th'hSs merry
anu .'e 'a'' never he'd It's sides as IL
"'o SATURDAY night
co,,I, 1r>,,, e,>,,
~, mere was some very tne singing.
ne south side Saengerrundc gave two
seiectlohs IN a manner which displayed
tne tra'hinS or the party John IL.
"dcKer OF the New York Maennerchor.
s"'s soio WIN u rich pass voice. His
repeated selections met with great favor
III the auuience. "A qnartette from the
franz schubert Maennerchor sang sew
erai huhor-ianeh songs. After this there
was CHORUS Hehfy l)alehemer. or New
i"rh' gave the next number, solo.
hauer pahu played as a variety rest
"ho' ioIloWlhg' was given the "Sala-
hlahoer' Ihe pand again played, and
ai'er several choruses the hrst part OF
'ne iestiVai was over.
yesterday afternoon was passed in
siSht-seeihS. fartes OF the visitors
were escorted 10 the different points of
interest ABOUT the city. Last night
there was chahSe about, the visitors
uoihs the entertaining. Music nan was
IN" place, ana sacred concert the
''i'aiS. ihe lame OF the Schuberts had
Sp'eau p's"hd the hmits OF the German
rir''e ana as result many prominent
neIah'"hia's not OF German nativity
hs'eheu 10 the meiouy.The concert he
gan win an overture by Hauers or
Bruch bv the Schuhsr,s
-""' l" i'ia"uiS Tue laHl"uS New
sop'n'o' captiNa'tu h"r auoitors
WIN se'cc''oiis from i'ohn anu Meyer
iie'"iuiio' MISS hrau"is mas voice "l
eA'ep'iohai eNceiiehce' ana the result Oh
'i,os' t"'eiui ,ra'hihS was SHOWN III her
e'oI' last hisht' d. II. Wacker' OF Ne"
,o.h, was ''e next entertainer HIS
'f" ''HS N"i.e was nearu I" s""h ad-
vantage roiloWlhS MI. Wa'kers So
iectioh tne united Scnlpefts, scranton
o"e"scrruhuc ana scranton Lieder-
franz, numbering III an ABOUT .oo sing
e'H' "''en '"e ia" WIN ciou"-purst oi
''"S. ine'e are 'c' ba!s vi i'os's
wac 'i'e H'iee'''I'.