The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
SAENGERBUNDERS IN NEWARK
TEE GREAT JERSEY TOWN OPENS
ITS. ARMS TO TEEN.

when President August Goetz Tries TO WEI.
come Them In the Auditorium Al He
Can DO 10 70 Open His Arms Also, but IL
IL EnouSh--A Sacred C0ncert To-day.
n With fireworks. torohlights and booming
sHail, saengerbruders,' q thousand mem
bers Of the Newark United Singers and
turner societies last night welcomed tho
incoming trainloads Of singers who came
to participate In tho twenty-frst national
saengerfest Of tho Northeastern Saenger-
bund of America. Last night was the
inaugural festival Of tho five days carnival
Of music and jollity that IL to mako Newark
and all It's suburbs choral during tho coming
week.
All day yesterday trains from Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, New York and points
throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware had discharged carloads Of Ger
mans. In the evening q special carrying
the Junger Maennerohor Of Philadelphia,
present possessor OF the "Kaizer Prize,' and
the crack choral society Of all the saenger-
bund, drew into the Pennsylvania station.
All that had arrived during tho the day
Joined with the local united singers and
the turner's in a torchlight demonstration.
With the Junger Maennerohor at It's head
the column Of singers marched to Kreuger
Auditorium, where Mayor Doremus Of
Newark and August Goerts, president
of the saengerfest committee, welcomed
the visitors and extended the freedom OF
the city to all 'saengerbruders.'
The visiting songsters did not wait Sor
any formal delivery Of the keys Of Newark
TO find themselves at homo. From the
station to the auditorium the streets were
feetooned with tho red, white and black Of
the Fatherland. German script, two feet
high, proclaimed O "Willkommer Saenger'
from store front and window. Every
bierhalle announced itself a 'hauptquar-
tier" for visiting saengerbunders.
When President August Goerts took the
stage at the auditorium 10 assure the visitors
of their welcome all that he could do In tho
face Of the oommotion Of tongue wagging
and chorusing was to spread wide his arms
in O comprehensive gesture OF invitation.
President Goertz was not misunderstood.
The Newark United Singers estimate
that between 5000 and 5000 members OF
the various choral societies In the North
eastern S~aengerbund have como to Newark
to participate in the five days feast Of
music. When on Monday night all these
voices unite In the first grand concert at
the Newark armory there will be music
worth going a long way TO hear, say the
saengerbunders.
@You come to that concert said Herr
George Herman and you hear the angels
sing. I promise you
Olympic Park, where the outdoor sing
ing and the "folkfeet' Of the saengerbund-
ers are to be held, has been made q place to
warm a Germans heart. Under the naples
and the beeches long tables have been
built. Tents where various societies may
make their headquarters have sprung up on
the nearby meadow. At close range the
places where Woernerbrau, Hofbrau and
other 'braus' that Stake a singers thirst
are to be dispensed have been duly
aligned, and the distance between barrels
Is not great.
There in the theatre the singing for the
KAISER Prize" will be heard. Six choral
societies, the best by composition In all
the Saengerbund. arc TO render old folk
songs and sacred and operatio choruses
before a staff Of judges, tho reward Of
achievement being the solid silver minstrel
standing over the bust Of the Emperor Of
Germany, a trophy dedicated by Kaiser
wilhelm to the Northeastern Sa~enserbund
on the occasion Of its golden jubilee meeting
in Brooklyn In 1900. The clubs to compete
are the Junger Maennerohor Of Philadelphia,
present possessor Of the trophy: the Con-
cordia ofaWilkesbarre. Pa; the Arion and
Germania OF Newark, Schubert Maenner-
Choir Of New York and the Kreutzer Quartet
Club of New York.
Closer is the interest n keener the en-
thusiasin that attaches to this choral oom-
petition than to any other feature Of the
Ave days afest." Groups Of Saengerbunders
out emphasis upon with a stein bottom
and grow eloquent ove the merits Of the
several champions. Philadelphia Junger
Maennerchor has Fritz Won, Tieglemann,
whose bass Is like the booming Of kettle-
Of the Newark Arions, whose leader. julius
Lorenz, composed the Kaiser Prize song.
And Wilkesbarre Conoordia has q surprise
up its sleeve which will bring that Kaiser
prize szuverlassig.' Picking the winner
Of opinion than does choosing the winner
Of the Kaiser prize in Newark.
There Is one singer In attendance at the
~saengerfest who has the homage OF all the
singers. "Unser Fritz. sohlmmei OF Ger
saengerfests and still sings. .Unser Fritz
organized the Germantown Maennerohor
fifteen years ago, sang ct the saengerfests
In Cincinnati, Kansas City, st. Louis and
Xxi ana was AZ Ono Iulo iodOoT Cl Iuo
little German band Of South Chicago which
he boasts led the parade at the opening Of
the Columbian Exposition. Yesterday. -Un-
ser Fritz" was busy studying the homo
brews Of Newark under the careful tuition
OF selected members Of the United Singers.
He sang sew eral solos In Papa Krueger's
biergarten.
Aside from the mass choruses Of all the
saengerbunders and the choir Of 1000
school children OF Newark, under direction
Of Miss Louise Westwood, rare music will
be given at the Amory Hall n Olympia
Park con oerts by ~soloists whose names
command high salaries In opera season.
Nine. Sohumann-H eink has come from
Germany to sing In Newark. Campanari
Is scheduled to sing the best Of his repertoire.
Beddoe, the tenor; Rudolph Proll, the
barytone; Miss Maude Powell and Miss
Camilla Urso, the violinists, complete the
Iist Of special attractions. These we'll
known musicians will appear at the matinee
and evening concerts.
The saengerfest committee announces
that President Roosevelt and Baron Speck
Won Sternburg, German Ambassador, arc
to be guests Of the saengerbunders on
Tuesday, when the seoond grand concert
Of the series will be given at olympic Park.
TODAY the United Singers OF Newark will