The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-31
THE BAPTIST
CELEBRATION.
FULL REPORT OF THE BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTMAS entertainment.
LIST or THOSE WHO PARTlCi-
PATED, ETC

The Baptist church on Monday night
WIS taxed To its utmost caphcity {" .
commOdats the HAPPY, merr!I expectant
throng. young and old, To wlturss tne
childrrn's Christmas cantata, santa
Ilaus' Arrival
Before tue hour arrived for thu enter
tainment TO begin, the superintendent,
Capt ; j q INN, announced that no
more could Oe admit ~ ~ the maln al
dience room Of the church aad only lew
could secure standing room ~ the gal
lery.
The superintendent called f)r q1ie, and
attention while the pHstOr read "a psalm
d. d Offered prayer, alter which the super
iuttn lent announced the NAMES OF the
,cholars entitlej To prizes i.r the year.
Al the sound of the Introductory music
the 80 chorus girls Tile iutO their respec
tive places. aud upon the entry OF the
dialogue girls the opening chorus, lie
Coming" with solo BY Dorothy RI, ?
man, Was renderci with spi'it and PIE.
cision. which electTiii J the large gather
ing. Immediately following wfs Ex-
pectation." IA solo by Lon Clark, with
chorus, which was bright and pretty
Thi. was followed 10y aulscusrion among
the children as TO the chsnce OF Santa
Claus arrival, his character, &c-, con.
cludiDg with beautiful solo, We AV
Believe by Ehz sbeth Layton, with II
strong chorus
Again the children talk and wonder es
where old Santa lives, " hen Pearl Stone
tells them in the solo, w mere Santa
Claus Lives, concluding each verse with
bright chorus.
The words of command, Attention,
Forward, March, were then given and
eeyen boys with draw swords, with
col, r, and stripes march ~ military
procession, and fronting sang Ia good
style soul stiIing march, cOuclud'ng
with a mihtaIy movement and exit,
which delight ole auu All Margaret
Sacreg then tells Ot the delightful nrist'
mas season aud how sw' NY the Dlrds
sing. Sac thea tells IN The Christmas
Bird Song how il blows, how II SHOWS,
Yet can hear him singing clear, Merry
Chnstmss to You An Again the chill
dr,n are o. the lOOL out for old Santa,
when the music introduces i've little
E.auimos, quaintly but sWestly attlred,
/ .inging Their song oi kOOkemah Leeloo
/ Loo in good style This ives immediate
I ly followed by Songs OF JOY, a chorus
faely aud impressiyely rendered.
1 Tie children again group together to
see IL they caDnOt play trek on santa,
when Miss Nora Willis, taking the part
OF teacher, gave them the Information IN
the solo. The Plan for Surprise,
which was nicely rendered, each verse
closiug with y strong chorus.
A bogle cal brings iurth Santa's work
men. in the song u "1be Workman
Song" Some with saws nnd some win
hammers and other articles, dressed In
red, green and yellow, varied 10 Gil these
but together in their song. ss they sang
| in chorus, "Hurrah for Sautz Claus, the
Grand Old Man"
The chorus, Merry Christmas was
then rendered 10 the same bright man
ner. The music instantly changed TO
that dreamy emotional style which IN
troduced the queen Of the fairies, Ethel
Genther. and eight q her train salutiog
her. and as they grouped on either side,
they sang, Christmas FaiIies,' with
Ethel Genther "a solOist
Tne brownies claim our attention next
az they bounce in TO the music, which
seems as we'll adapted TO them as their
picturet que costuming.
Then comes "Santa's Warning" a solo
by Doris Pates, who sang her song
s@6etly aud correctly, and each verse re-
spondt 1 TO by an Invisible chorus.
A grand parade fOllOwC bringing into
view ali the children at one time, about
one hundred.
"Children's Delight" bright song and
chorus, followed.
The children again assemble, and as
the clock strike pine, the hour Oi Sauta
coming, the rustic Of sleigh bells Is heard
and santa arrives :, aud with children
autophoBal re, porse and chorus bripge
To the waitiog and wishing children II
bAppv termination Of all their plans
santa, whJ was in maLe op p'l u he
desired. greeted the children Oef0re him,
and then By signal caIleI to the i'ont
and their respective places, sutc lvely,
the Fairi s. lie Brownies, the Work
men, the Parade Boys aud the Esq iim -,
aud thus grouped
All la one grand fail song, Good Night,
CLOSED one Of tn, most successful aud
nleasan. entertainments ever held III the
church. ,
Mr.. s. B q iirD, taking the character Cl
old Santa. d,li htel all Ia his eOus AM
character.
The uecjra,ions were tasieluliy
execute and n, II scted credit upon those
rendering that important service.
Thanks are hereby tehGercd 10 Mr.. IL.
Wallace Garner for the use Uf his piano
The music was in charge oi Professor
A. Is BJwering.
Tae following is list of those who
took part 10 the entertainment.
FAIRIES
Ethel G nther, qIte Doris PAtes'
Helen Franklin, Mary Ii Hin, Florence
Htfin, Elizabeth Taylor, Ethel Nash,
Margaret GoodticS, o i've Mills.
BROWNIES
Randolph Stone, Wilmer Williams, Arthur
Jones. Carr G julJmsn, Mercer Franklin
Reginald Il W., George rawlings, Floyd
Davenport, l. ward Bl Ike.
EsQUIMAUX.
Annie @ wens, Mabel Armstrong Lucil'
Rawlings, Evelyn Crismund, AJrtl'
JOnts.
sANTAs wORKMEN
Edward Tompkins, Horace Cole, Kay
q mopd Jones, Enmet Sacrey, ii Irol'
I Genther. Clinton Colbert, Elwin Rose
Josiah Rowe, Bernard Melton.
PARADE BOYs
Beni Bowering, Stuart Williams
Thos. Burruss, Alfred Payne, Carolinn
Pits, Harvey Thomas, Schoolf-ld Thon
as. Maurice Rowe, Ward Freeman, Fran
Jones, Willie Snehings.
DIALOGUE GIRLS.