The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-11-08
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this, the citizens Of Farmville, who =,
member with great pleasure the e,
celient course of last year, have ever
reason TO believe that the pfogramm
to be offered this winter will be. Gel
tainly, equally a. delightful rs In
former series of entertainments. Thei
iallh goes "A step iuriher-lhey eNpec
The programmes 10 be even better.
In its effort la provide Who'll, SOM
entertainments of the highest order
the Association deserves, and has ;
right to expect, the sympathy anC
hearty support Of every one in town
From the appreciation already shown
II is safe to say the promoters of this
undertaking will receive the active co
operation of every citizen who wants
something good for himself and hi,
neighbors. If there is any one in town
who has not yet done his part in furth-
ering this enterprise, we are sure he
viii never regret his investment if ne
secures a season ticket at Ouce-in time
for the next entertainment.
The programme given by the Euro
pean Stars last week was thoroughly
enjoyable, in every respect but one. to
even the most critical. The most ex-
acting tastes did not find much pleas.
ure IN the numbers of Miss Breneman.
the reader, who, To say the least. shows
the lack of good taste and refinement
in her choice of readings. She makes
her selections even worse by pro-
nounced afiectatlOn and Over.act-
ing, Yet, il is only fair to say that, if
she did not satisfy all, she gave great
pleasure to large part of the audience,
Judging from the applause aud recalls.
Those who were disappointed in her,
however, found their slight displeasure
almost lost in their appreciation of the
artistic numbers Of the other members
of the company.
Miss Myra Olive Chase has a high
soprano voice of no mean order 70
some who are accustomed to praising
noise, she was, perhaps, not altogether
satisfying, but she gave real pleasure
to those who prefer purity and clear
ness Of tone to the mere lOudness of
Sound, and they gave her sincere APP
plause. Though her voice is not big
and heavy, il is sufficiently full for the
average concert hall. a few of her
loud high tones were somewhat sharp
but the soft high tones were of exqui-
site sweetness, possessing that floating
quality now SO much sought after by
great singers.
Mr. Alfred COwell Goodwin received !
better attention than any pianist we
have yet heard in Farmville Far too |
often an audience considers piano |
number but kind and special provi-
sion of an opportunity to talk. We |
felt proud of Farmville audience |
who listened to Hungarian Rhapsody |
ii had never heard before in most at !
tentiye silence. OF course it is the only |
courteous thing to do, ever, but we
have never before seen here a pianist
who, by the beauty of his selections
and excellence Of Interpretation could
make his hearers forget to talk aud
wish to be quiet. All honor to Mr.
Goodwin He was free from manner
isms, which often in others attract at
tention to the performer rather than
his beautiful work. His technique was
excellent, trills and runs being clear,
crisp, and clean; chords, full; and oc-
taves firm and true.
Miss Edith Van Wagner aud hel
violin were, undoubtedly, the most de-
hghtful features of the evening. We
are sorry lack of knowledge Of the
technique of violin playing prevents us
from speaking intelligently on that
point. Though we are unable to point
out the details which made them so,
we can say emphatically that her num-
bers were very beautiful. She is a mu-
stefan who is evidently in earnest, so
much so that she loses herself COM
pletely in her work and fOrgets to try
to make an impression, which, after
all, makes the best possible impression
on those who look as well as listen. In
some of her encnres her playing SEEM
ed without a flaw. In her inlerpreta-
ton of the Romance by Svendsen were
formed tones which combined the best
qualities of both violin and viOlincello,
the clearness and purity of the violin
blended with the deep, mellow tones
If the cello.
Altogether, the programme of the
European Stars was thoroughly artis-
tic. This company will be cordially
welcomed if they will return to Farm
vile during some future season.
Farmyille Graded and High School.
Roll of honor for the week ending
November s.: d
High SchOol-Bald win, Farrar, Gil
lam, Lindsay, Wall, Lillian Thomp- c
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