The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-07
SONGS OF LONG AGO
Were sung last Night at Ye OIde
FOlkes Concerto.

FOlkes Concerto.
A large audience filled the Parish
| Hall of st. Johns last night for the
! Olde Folkes Concerto. and a most de-
! lightful evening was spent. Supper
was served at O'Clock on the first floor
About $50 guests were seated in the din
ing room which was attractively deco
| rated. Bamboo was placed over the
windows and twined around the chan
deliers, and on the tables were dishes
of Violets and candlabra with pretty
colored shades. A large roast pig, elab-
orately adorned, was placed on a small
table and furnished much amusement
for the guests, who were asked to est-
mate the number of cloves stuck in its
| fat sides
The programmes for the concert were
| printed on brown paper with old-fash-
! Toned spelling and wording, suggesting
| the leading idea of an entertainment
most cleverly conceived in all its de-
| tails. The curtains in front of the i'm
provised stHge, revealed, when drawn
aside, quaint and pretty picture. The
| singers We're seated in demure rows
all the ladies' with powdered hair and
| wearing kerchiefs over their sober
| gowns, and some of them busy knitting
and, in the rear, the men in white satin
coats and knee breeches and imposing
periwigs. No songs were sung except
old familiar ballads, and all the soloists
We're forced to respond to an encore.
! The choruses. too. were warmly re-
| ceived.
An attractive number not on the
programme was the singing by Mr.
! Banks of THE Palms." while Master
| Carter barrow posed in choir bows
gown in the background, making a
! charming tableau. Some other pretty
tableaux were introduced, Gibson
head by Miss Irene Withers. a GiIbert
head bv Miss Nina Crane, and an old
fashioned miniature by Miss Mamie
! Wilcox.
Among those who took part in the
! chorus were: Miss Pritchard. Miss
Wilcox, the Misses Remshart, Mrs. M
| {. West, the Misses Won Gundell Miss
Brantley, the Misses Hunt Miss VALID
nauer, Miss Falligant, Miss Orme. Mrs.
| David Wesson. Mrs. r. H. CornwelI.
| Mrs. F. R. Clark, Mrs. L. A Bowers
Messrs. Fa1ligant, Conner, Hall Black
! and Banks.
The programme, in full, read as
| follows:
Ye Olde Folkes Concerto held in We
Halle of ye Parish of St John in We
| gcode city of Savannah, We 9Th day of
February, in the year of our Lord
| 1902
Ye listeners are hereby requested to
keep very stille and pay strieht heed
to ye parte that are sung solo.
Ye young men and maidens will
| Please conduct themselves in a SEEM
| ly manner and refrain from any
| frivolity during We singing of ye
! musick. They can walk to their homes
| by ye longest-way after concerto is
| over.
Cousin Jedediad, John Banks, Esq.
| and we Chorus.
Robin Adair, Mistress J. ]. Gaudry.
! The New Jerusalem, By Ye Chorus
Massa's in de cold, cold ground J
NJ. Black, Esq, Assisted by Male
| Quartet.
Annie Laurie, Mistress NJ. E. Will
son.
Nearer My God to Thee, Ye Chorus.
While We singers are resting We good
| people will be amused by We new
tangled deviced called Ye Living Pic
lures.
| Strike the Cymbal, All We Chorus.
Kathleen Mavourneen, Spinster Won
| Gundle.
suwanee River, Mistress Smith,. Mis-
tress Wilson, Mistress Gaudry, Mis-
tress Hubner.
'Tis the Last Rose of Summer Mis-
! tress s. F. Smith.
Aud Lang Syne Ye Chorus.
| All we people in We halle will please
rise and help We Chorus. Those who
! do not know We words will sing La
! La-La. Those who do not know We
! tune will sing not at all.
| This Concert is given for We raising
! of money to pay for We new harpsi-
chord for We use of we Sabbath School.
! After We have heard We musick, if
! there be any who think they have not
paid enough for the same, they can
| send such sum as they may desire to
| Mistress Keep.