Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-02
PLANS FOR THE sAENGERFEsT
Railroads Will Give Low Rates to the
 Worlds Fair City.


 Worlds Fair City,.
 More than 5000 singers, and more than twenty times that. number Of their friends, will attend the saenger- fest at St Louis June TYPO.
 Singers will come from as far east as Buffalo; from as far west as the country extends; from Minneapolis on the north and from New Orleans in the south.
 The saengerfest will be held in the palace of liberal arts on the world s fair grounds. It was in this great building where over 50,00O people as sembled oir April 30 to participate in .the dedication of the worlds fair bulid- ings, President Roosevelt delivering the dedication address.
 Since that time the interior of the building has been practically remoo- eled. At the dedication the acoustics were found to be imperfect. More than S12,OO0 has been spent in remedy ing this defect. The officials or the saengerfest at whose request Director of Works Taylor caused the alteration to be made, say that seats are now provided for 10000 persons. Q So satls- factory are the improvements that each chair commands an excellent view of the great platform. while the acoustic properties, are perfect. The festival will open on Wednes- day evening, June IT. with local cho- | rus of 4.OOO mixed voices, eminent so-
 loists and an orchestra of 200. There will be addresses by the national pres ident, by the mayor of St Louis. and by the president of the local ooara' On Thursday night will be given con- cert by the national male chorus or D. GOO trained voices. A matinee Will be given Friday afternoon and the H. nal session in the liberal arts building l will be held Friday night. On Satur- day all societies vill participate in
 "volksfest'' at the St Louis falr l grounds. .....- A concerted movement to make the festival the finest ever held in the Unit ed States Is in progress, and the off1-
 cers are sanguine of the result. All railroads centering In St Louis have agreed on cheap rates for the fes- tiva1. All who are to engage actively
 as singers will be lodged, fed and en- tertained by the local festival authori- ties This rule appnes u1 all the bi-
 ennial meetingts of the North Ameri- can Saengerbund.
 Among the officials. of the festival association there-is a keen rivalry over the honor as to who shall entertain the
 trio of great singers who are coming from abroad. r The prinna donna. Mme Katharine Fleischer-E the tenor. Herr Willie Birreakeven, and the basso. Herr Max
 Lohsing, are to visit America for the | first time. They are expected to reach St Louis June 12.
 Srnoe Louise Homer. contralto, from 1 the Metropolitan Opera company. with the three, mentioned completes the ] greatest quartet ever engaged in Amer lea at a national saengerfest.
 One of the features of the song fes- | tival will be the chorus of 5000 school | children of picked voices. William l H. Pemmer. the director of the chil- dren's chorus. has faithfully trained
 the chorus and the officia1s are delight. l ed with the results attaired@ j. #.,.. 1 Already there Is a rivalry for choice | seats in the liberal arts palace. All
 persons who contributed to the S50, ,0o6 l guarantee fund are entitled to reserved seats. and already many have been se- | cured