The San Francisco call., 1899-10-31
VESTED CHOIRS
WILL RENDER
SACRED MUSIC
Grand Festival to Be
Held Tomorrow.
SIX CHURCHES REPRESENTED
WILL soLEMNLY OBSERVE ALL
SAINTS DAY.
Rev. D. C. Garrett of st. Luke's Will
Deliver the Annual Address.
Programme for the Even
ing.
WILL soLEMNLY OBSERVE ALL
SAINTS DAY.

Tomorrow evening, on the anniver-
sary of the Feast of All Saints,
the seventh annual festival of the Vested
Choir Association of San Francisco and
vicinity will be held in the Church of St
John the Evangelist, Fifteenth street and
Julian avenue. The choirs of the follow
ing churches will participate: Cathedral
mission Of the Good Samaritan, Miss E.
Brown, director; st. Luke's, w. A. Sabin,
r K. G. O., organlst; st. Johns, Oakland,
Ray Hanna, choirmaster; Christ Church,
Alameda, j. de T. Teller, director and or
ganist; st. Marks, Berkeley, Rev. George
Il. Swan, precentor, and St Paul's, San
Rafael Fred Goldfrap, director-sx
choirs in all and embracing altogether
072 male voices.
Last year the festival was held in Trim
ity Church before congregation of 2000
persons. This year the size of the church
VIII not admit of more than one-half that
number of tickets being issued, the de-
mand for which is far greater than can
possibly be supplied. The last annual fes-
tlVal was the most successful ever given
by the association. The singing of the
poyS was magnificent and inspiring to the
last degree, accompanied by the great
organ of Trinity.
The programme for the coming festival
Will be highly attractive and devotional
and for weeks the different choirs have
been enthusiastically practicing in order
that perfect rendering might be given.
The professionals will be Hymns 176 and
l7S; service tallies and proper psalms III,
III, l49, composed by B. Jacobs and E. G.
Monk; "Magniffcat' and "Nunc Dimittis"
IN f, G; NJ. Garrett; anthemJ What Are
hymn IT'S. The address will be delivered
by ID. c. Garrett rector of st. Lukes
Church. Offertory, Send Out the Light"
Charles f. Gounod; Doxology will be sung
on presentation of aims. The professional
| hymns will be 1896 and 41S Some very
choice Instrumental music will be given
by the organist of the association, which
will bring out the very highest powers of
the beautiful organ at St Johns AS pre-
lude the AllegrettO in minor by Louis
Vierne and the Adagio from the sixth
symphony of Charles NJ. Winor will be
performed, and at the closing Joef
Rheimberger's Fantasie from Sonata II
will he played. a very large attendance
of Episcopal clergy will be present Each
choir will be separately arranged and
march to the chancel following their own
cross and with distinctive colors-purple
and gold for the Good Samartans light
blue for ST. Luke's, cardinal for St.
Johns, Oakland, purple for Christs Ala
media, purple and white for st. Mark S,
| Berkeley and orange for San Rafaeps
Seats for the members of the chorus will
be arranged in the spacious chancel of
st. Johns. an edifice which is we'll cal
culated 10 bring out to the best advantage
the marvellous purity and volume Of the
boys and mems voices
The Vested Choir Association has naver
in its history been so well equipped for
rendering the class of music to which it
devotes itself as at this time: and under
the masterful direction of Mr.. Sabin it
has progressed until 1t has reached very
high state of efficiency
The officers Of the association are: 1he
Right Rev. w. F. Nichols, DID, presi-
dent; Rev E. 3. Spalding L.H.D. Rev.
T. J. Lacey. D. D.. and Rev. w I. Kip Jr.,
vice presidents; precentor, Rev. George E.
Swan; organist, Harvey 10y; director, w.
A. Sabln. F. r. c. o.; secretary, j. de T.
Teller; treasurer. A. Y. Wood; librarian,
Enos Brown; executive cOmmittee-F. NJ.
French, Harvey 10y, w. A. Sabin, A. Y.
Wood.