Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
CHORAL EVENT
HUGE TRIUMPH
Large and WeIl-Trained Musical
Society Makes a Highly
Successful Debul.
PRAISE FOR MISS HARRINGTON.

LOOKED FORWARD 10 WIN Ofcht
Interest, as Last Nights Concert
Earned Verdict of Approval.
The first concert of the Perth Am
boy Choral Society last night at once
placed that body on plane excelled
by no former musical organization in
1 this city.
A magnifieently trained chorus of
seventy-five voices and several highly
accomplished soloists presented a
musical program that equalled any,
thing of the sort ever heard here, and
proved Miss Augusta M. Farrington's
4 capabilities as director to be far
ahead of even the most sanguine ex-
pectations of her friends or of any
who expected to hear a choral con-
cert of only the usual character.
Directing the large chorus with a
world of feeling and expression and
with keen sense of technique and
harmony Miss Harrington brought
forth every touch of color needed for
perfect rendition and earned a
unanimous verdict of approval.
The soloists were Miss Jennie Rae
Moore, of Railway; Lewis Potter. of
Woodbridge; Walter Lawrie, of West
New Brighton, S. L., and Ernest Hills
dorf, of this city. Ali received much
, applause, but Miss Moore and Mr.
Hilsdorf scored especially. Mrs. Will
liam H. Hesser was the organist and
Mrs. Samuel j. Mason, pianist, and
their work was flawless.
The Christmas decorations in
Simpson M. E. church formed a
pretty setting for the large platform
erected at the front of the auditorium
for the singers.
The final chorus had to be repeated,
SO continued and hearty was the APP
plause which greeted it's close.
The society will give another con-
cert, probably, during Lent and an
other after Easter.
| The Program.
The program was as follows:
Part l..
1. Choral Fantasia 80. Beethoven
| First Soprano. -. Miss Moore
| Second Soprano. ....
..... Miss Nellie Hartshorn
Alto. Mrs. j. H. Mulchahey
First Tenor. Mr.. Lawrie
| Second Tenor. ....... Mr.. Potter
| Bass. Mr.. Hilsdorf
u. Ave Maria. ......... .Gelbke
Tenor Solo. -. Mr. Lewis Potter
| With Women's Chorus.
Part IA Cantata.
| Cantata-"Holy Child" ..
| ........... :. Horatio Parker
Soprano. ....... Miss Moore
| Tenor. . Mr. Walter Lawrie
| Bass. .... Mr.. Ernest Hilsdorf
With Full Chorus.
The Angel. Mr. Lawrie and Chorus
Night in Bethlehem. .... Chorus
The Visit of the Shepherds. 49,.
$685.. ......... Mr.. Lawrie
The Manger Throne. ..... Chorus
Cradle Hymn. .......
!. Miss Moore and Mr.. Lawrie
Procession of the Magi. Male Chorus
The Prophetic Song. -. Mr.. Hilsdorf
Hymn of Praise. Chorus
The Members of the Society.
The members are Miss Jennie r.
| Moore, Mrs Harold l.. Hall, Mrs.
Stuart r. Audsley, Miss Salvatore NJ.
Van Wyck, Miss Anna Van Name,
Miss Mabel Rossi, Miss Nellie Hart
shorn, Miss Adele Williams, Miss
| Marguerite Boughton, Miss Edna
Christopherson, Miss Myrtle Snyder,
Miss Harriet c. Hill, Mrs. Eva Edgar
Burnett, Miss Lulu Dunham, Mrs.
Walter HI. Dey, Miss Agnes A. Ward,
Miss Krista Yepsen, Miss Hannah
Hustler, Miss Carrie Arner, Miss Elsie
| Mercer, Mrs. Percy Palmer, Mrs.
Harold e. Pickersgill, Mrs. J. A.
Blow, Miss Emily Larson, Miss Marie
Jensen, Miss Alice Hegstrom, Miss
| Edythe Boehm, Mrs. Franz Nelson,
Miss May Valentine, Miss Helena
| Nelson, Miss Katharine Nelson, Miss
Emily Trout, Miss Anna Germs, Miss
Katherine Humphreys, Miss Martha
Rankin, Miss Rersis Snodgrass, Miss
Carolyn B. Neer, Mrs. John H. Null
chahey, Mrs. James Chalmers, Miss
Della Van Name, Mrs. G. H. Aldrich,
Miss Lavina Colyer, Miss Mary Mer-
GER. Miss Edna Coutts, Mrs. Edward
Tunis, Miss Eta r. Lennox, Mrs. v.
P. Christofferson, Miss Anna Dover,
Mrs. Frank Easterbrooks, Mrs. Riley
Snodgrass, Miss Anna Holm and Miss
Evelyn Remmicke.
Walter Lawrie, Lewis Potter, STAN
| ley A. White, George Sniffens. r. T.
Laubach, Arthur. Hope, Samuel ].
Mason, Stuart r. Audsley, M. f..
Audsley. Arthur Colyer, James e.
Noe. Edmund de Monseigle. DR.. John
II. Lund, Viggo L. Yepsen, Fred BRIGGS,
w. l.. Richardson, c. H Aldrich.
Jesse Colyer, Ernest ailsdorf, South
r. Harrington, G. g. JFllman. KEN
Euttorf, K. Chapman Martin, William