The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-03
WASA GRAND
EVERY INCH OF SPACE WAS
OCCUPIED.
The Mfd-Winter Concert of Salem
Academy and College-Brilliant
Efforts in Each Department
Will be Repeated Tonight.

Will be Repeated Tonight.
The mid winter concert of Salem
Academ and College WAS given last
Thursday evening. Fifteen minutes
before the time for the opening OF the
concert every inch OF space within
the hall was occupied even including
standing room. IL was quite appar-
ent to everyone hat this institution
needs larger concert hall and We
trust that the plans for the audito-
rum to be built on the occasion OF the
hundred the anniversary may be carried
out
The concert consisted Of great va
riety OF numbers and this made it the
more enjoyable. The choruses have
always been fine but we doubt If more
finely finished and artistic If Jrts were
ever given in the past There were
nearly two hundred voices In these
choruses, Prof Shirley directing. The
solo part in The Daughter OF Error"
was rendered by Miss Settle, whose
voice stood out clearly even though
accompanied by so large a number of
singers. There were large number
OF gentlemen singers connected with
formed an enthusiastic close TO the
evening.
The piano music was unusually fine.
We notice Miss Lee Beckham ard Miss
Valesca S effan in the opening selec-
tion and Miss Mary Trimb!e about
the middle of the concert. Miss Ruth
Clark performed concerted piece
with Prof Snirley at the organ. These
ladies not only did their parts we'll
but they deserve special mention as
performers Of unusual talent, re f.ct
ing credit upon their Instructor as
well as upon themselves
Among the vocal selections, Miss
Settles rendering OF . Love, Thy
Help" was Al artistic effort and the
various solos 10y hCr pupils Indicated
careful training The semi choruses
under Miss Settles direction were un-
usually fine, the one entitled sleep
Little Baby Of Mime" being a three
part song in which the parts OF the
lower voices were particularly well
sustained
The elocution department. was as
usual very popu ar. Miss Scriber rem
dered brief and pathetic piece en-
titled, THE Old Virginia Reel, (which
was enthusiastically received as was
shown by the persistent encore
Among her pupils Miss Irby brought
down the house with selection from
Uncle Ramus" and Miss Adamson's
munologue, When Jack Comes Late"
was equally well received: while TX en-
Lucky's Unregistered Record Breaker"
by Miss RpXie ID i'd, caught the at
tenttOn Of those who are Interested in
fas horses.
Prof. BrUckmann rendered very
carefully performed selection from
Prume, and his little pupil. Helen
Blown, performed very nicely the
somewhat diff cuiL part OF a violin
solo during the evening
The memorial pipe organ was shown
to great advantage by Miss May d sin
gerffeld, who has certainly made great
progress in this particular study.
Other pupils from our towns who
took prominent parts on the pro-
gramme were: Misses Bessie NJ
Smith, Annie Rooe, Bessie Whiting
ton, Marion Sheppard, Mary Jones
and Florence Barrow.
la addition to this brief comment
upon the concert we would add that
we feel certain that nowhere within
our old North State can so large
company Of musical talent be gath
cred together. The faculty is unusu
ally strong and what Is specially no
table Is that pupils can obtain instruc
tion under the most competent pro-
fesslOnal guidance on almost any
musical Instrument. There is no
doubt that Winston-Salem is the
musical center Of the State, and, as a
musician remarked last evening, when
he left the hail, this concert should
90 down In the annals of history as
one of remarkable merit
This concert was repeated Friday
night and large audience was again
present.