Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-15
PRIZE SINGING CONTESTS
How the Societies are Divided and the
 Prizes Awarded.

Monday afternoon at o'clock ir Polls theater will take place the prize singing contests of the Ger man state sangerfest and many peo- pie have asked just how these con- tests were arranged and how the prizes were awarded. This is one of the important features of the two days assembly, in fact the most im- portant and great care has to be ex- .ercised to see that no partiality is shown and that each society is given the same opportunity as the other to display the ability of the singers. It is this care and attention to details this year which will make the name of Waterbury memorable and have the names of the local German pro- meters heralded as gentlemen who accorded to all aa equal chance to obtain one of the pr2es.
 The prize singing contests aIn sdi- vided into four classes. according to the numerical strength of their .o- cieties. The fourth class which opens the contests consists of those socie- ties with any number up to sixteen; the third class from seventeen to twenty-four; the second class from twenty-five to thirty-two and the first class from thirty-three to any number above. The fourth class starts the singing and the order in which the societies sing Is decided by lot, each name being drawn out in rotation. This method is also fol- lowed in all the classes. The socie- ties comprising the fourth class are the Rockville Liedertafel, Arion of South Norwalk and the Stamford Liedertafel. In the third class are the Thomaston Liederkranz, Teutonia of New Haven. the Lyra of Meriden and the Germania of Union City. The second class comprises the Germania of Bridgeport the New Britain Quartette club and the Concordia of Seymour. The first class has the fol- lowing: Hartford Sangerbund, Hart ford Mannerchor, Arion of Bridge port and the Hermannssoehne of New Haven.
 The three judges are musicians of national reputation. but their names will not be made public until after the contest. Each one judges on diff ferent points of the song. The same composition will be sung by all the societies in their respective classes. The prize song for the fourth class will be Der Mutter Wiegen'ied. for the third class 'Heimathssch- ner." for the second class "Lieb Godesberg" and for the first class "Rheinische Brautfahrt." The prize singing will begin at o'clock sharp on Monday afternoon. The orchestra will open the entertainment with the festival overture by Leutner. There will be no reserved seats for this part of the festivities and admission will be 50 cents to all parts of the theater.
 The decorations are rapidly grow ing and the city will present a gala appearance on Monday morning when the visitors begin to arrive and everybody will be here who can catch a train. From the west. the east. the north and the south they are coming. The competition is SO keen this time that every German in the state and every lover of music realizes that the judges will have a very difficult time to pick the win ners. The concert program to-mor- row evening is such an elaborate one that the people are coming from long distances to hear the soloisis. Mrs Cumming and Mir wegener. The 500 male voices in the chorus will fIl that theater as it was never filled be- fore. You will probably never again have an opportunity to listen to such concert with 60 many trained voices.
 The sale of seats for the concert xiii start tomorrow morning al S.3e at Polls theater box office. Al tickets can be exchanged for reserved seats or reserved seats can be par chased at the box ofice without tick cts.