The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-12
PUSH PLANS FOR
BIG SA[NGERFEST
Directors of St. Paul Board Ex.
pect Attendance to Pass
$4,000 Mark

Between forty and fifty thousand
persons are expected to attend the
saengerfest to be held in ST Paul on
June q, %, 3d. 1906. from the north
west Several thousand are expected
to be present from eastern points If
the expectations of the board of di-
rectors of the st. Paul Saengerfest
association are met, the attendance
Will be greater than that at the Mil
waukee saengerfest, which broke all
previous records
World famous soloists, among them
Gadske and Nordica, will be invited to
sing, and a special matinee will be ar
ranged to be known as the artists
matinee, at which a quartette of ia
nous vocalists will sing.
AT meeting of the board of direct
orS or the association held last night
in the office of Louis Betz, city comp
troiler, ways and means were discussed
to successfully carry out the plans OF
the organiZat ton. To SaengerfeSt So
cieties and vereins throughout the
northwest will be sent artistic greet
ings and invitations to attend. OF these
greetings 1000 are to be printed in il
Illuminated German text on heavy Japan
paper and mounted on unSiZed deckle
edged stock Later the greetings will
be sent to every singing society in the
United States.
Saen9erTeSt journal
The association will also print a
monthly, saengerfest journal to keep
alive interest in the project which will
be mailed to every member of singing
societies invited TO attend. A commit
tee to have charge of the publication
of the journal will be appointed by
President Betz.
Hereafter five will constitute a
quorum of the music committee num-
bering eleven. The committee will Sc
lect the musical numbers to be sung
by the choruses and soloists, and the
musical directors and orchestra.
A rough programme, drawn up by
the committee in charge, arranges for
grand reception concert on the even
ing of Thursday, June 81, which
local singing societies. including Min
neapolis, will sing. Church choirs will
also take part in the singing on that
date. On Friday afternoon will be held
the artists matinee. On Friday even
ing will be held the first grand con-
cert participated in by all the singing
societies and organizations in mass
choruses. On Saturday evening the
second grand concert will be held.
Saturday afternoon will be children's
matinee, when 1000 school children of
the city will sing in chorus. There will
also be solo singing. On Sunday aft
a great picnic, to be held at one of the
large parks.
Not an Exclusive Affair
The saengerfest will not be an ex-
clusively German affair, as Scandina-
Wan singing societies have been in
vited to join in the celebrate They
will sing two selections in male mass
choruses, one a Norwegian compo-
sition and the other Swedish.
The fact that the saengerfest will be
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the formation of the saengerbund
of the northwest is expected to have
much weight in securing a great at
tendance. Upwards of 100 societies
constitute the saengerbund, having a
total membership, active and passive,
of 10000, and independent of the other
societies. like the district saengerfest
associations.
The next meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the association has been set
for May 8. The directors will meet in
the mayors parlors in the city hall.