Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-04-27
That Musical Festival.

liz COnIHS "aJ "uS1Cal L oS-
tival, under the auspices of th
Goldsboro Choral Club, will be
undoubtedly, the greatest musica
event of the year, if not at al
hereto fore, in the State, 1t will b,
a notable social event, too, for i
will attract here on the occasion
the presence Of many of the lead
ing musical, ard otherwise intel,
iectual, personages CT North Car
oiira a-from every town, city arc
section, and its success, therefore
should be close TO the heart OF ev-
cry citizen and lively interest
taken by each and every one in
making its assured success the
more brilliant, And as much CT
the future progress 'of our c ty
depends upon the manner of this
coming Fest val as upon any other
feature for which Goldsboro is
already distinguished. It is not
manufacturing industries alone,
nor commercial traffic alone, nor
material development alone thai
will attract people 20 this the
Gem City Of the Plain and hold
them The schools, the churches,
the intellectual character of our
citizens and the vehicles of pleas
ure and cultivation are as much as
the former proper and fundao
mental part of city's possibil-
ties, It's happiness rnd lis progress.
All work and no play makes
men dull and a community plod-
ding and narrow and selfish. TIE
May Musical Festival will lend 8
departure from the affairs Of COM
merce and the daily grind for ex-
istence.
1t will come, too, at q particu--
'arly fortunate period, when all
nature will be attuned in harmony,
when the Song of birds and the
breath Of flowers will mingle with
the whispers of love-the old, old
story that has beeu told over and
over again for a hundred thousand
years, and will be told with inf
mite tenderness SO long as the
gocd God rules and loves us all,
for God is love.
Love and poetry and music goI
hand in hand, and the "Queen
month of the year, balmy
breathing May, is their favorite
time,
1t is the laadible purpose of the
promoters of the May Festival to
make It a permanent annual event |
OF such magnitude-as to center IN
it and held the ever growing in
terest of the best musical talent |
Of the State, and the nature of the
music to be rendered at the coming
Festival is we'll calculated to do |
this, being of the highest order of |
composition and requiring a large
of voices for its rem
dition, and these have all been Sc,
cured and have been diligently re-
hearsing for weeks until now they
are thoroughly conyersant with
their respective rales, and by the
day of the presentation they will
be absolutely perfect.
To make this Festival success
means to make it permanency,
and its permanency means the
keeping of Geldsboro before the
eyes of the intelligence and cul-
ture of the State all the year round,
and the ever increasing reputation
of Goldsboro as a city of thought i
and culture and refinement as we'll |
as busy center of manufacture
and commerce.
1t behooVes US all, therefore, to
lend our lively interest and best
efforts TO make the May Musical
Festival go off with distinguished
and sustain, thereby, the
we have hitherto en-
joyed in the outside world. Of be-
ing cultured, refined, music-lov-
ing and genial people, as we'll as
active, sagacious progressive bus
mess men. 49, |