Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-11-01
QUAR- TET IS .G0 GOOD D.

QUARTET IS GOOD.
Second Number of !. lyceum Course
Gives Excellent Satisfaction /.
The saying. that the playing Of d.
wind instrument impairs the voice to
such an extent that It is impossible to-
produce a good singing tone with the
vocal chords, was demonstrated Mon
day evening to beza fallacy. At least,
in the case of the Chicago G1ee club
who. sang quartettes and interspersed;
their programme with slide trombone;
selections with a tone and finish to;
both which made the event one OF the
enjoyable musical treats of the com
ing winter :, 49, = -. > $s@E:f $@:.s
The occasion was the second num-
ber of the Lyceum course. Although
the first number was given only last
week--Father Vaughan's lecture:
goodly and representative crowd turn
ed out to greet the four young Chic.
agoans and attested, their appreciation
by encoring every single number. gs
f. The young men all possess voices of
the finest calibre, blending with each
other both in tone quality and texture.
Especially is this true Of. Messrs:
Turner and Henry, who sing first
tenor and baritone respectively. The
baritone solo !t:rIita, !" Of the Spanish
| bolero style, was given with a swing
and finish that completely captivated
the audience. Mr.. Henry was Obliged
to respond with an encore, a catchy
little waltz song, my Steady Girl = /
Mr.. Turner sang very. effectively as
a. solo, "star Tide" with. ballad horn
obligato by Mr.. Henry. The soloist IS
the posessor of a purely lyric, or sing:
ling; voice, which is a quality sadly
] wanting in most of the tenor singers
nowadays @ ss. T $ 4; y = !. s'> : So ss,
And then there: were the Hoosier
Representations Of Mr.. Dixon, the basso
of the quartette. He is a nephew OF
George Dixon of this; city at whose
/ house he was entertained while here,
I Els approximations were inimitab1e,
land his rendition Of some of James
Whitcomb Riley's Hoosier poetry was
most pleasing to the, audience He
| appeared in character. with q BILLY
Goat" beard, a bald head and an In:
diana hickory ghirt. "The Old Swim.
min Holea and the famous t'Raggedy
Man" were his best selections. :5: s. { .:.Ss y
The quartette themselves. How
i they sang and how the audience did
Ienioy II! Their best selection Of the
/ $leyening as far as larmonious blend
ling was concerned, was Dudley Buck
i arrangement of Lead, Kindly Light
this arrangement Of NeWman's beau
tiful words Is by far the best, and was
i given full Justice to BIZ the singers
j The selections which showed ON tht
tonic qualities Of the aquartette, how
& lever, were So aters Lii and s.sNWheI
8 the Tide Comes ii. B ii practically new
8 arrangement OF al famous solo. The
last named EN- braced probably th1t
! closets harmon Il and Was - altgoethe
Z the most dif1cult selection of$ the even
3 ING. AS encores they sang seyera
!. humorous u and opu1ar ections
which were full appre reclated, one a
1.-The prettiest and atchiest being !;
quartette arrange cement ofs t.G GOD Bye
Lady Love
The gem of the evening sas far q,
the trombone q,uartette was concerned
Z was Wagner,s grim ii Chorus
/ from ranhause y The beautifu
I harmony of the four slides was en
ttrancing fro which the melody
played lby mr.. q url-ner. stood our para
mount. Messrss Turner, Henry AM
D Dixon also rendered d rio tha
( popular !. GOD Beloved, Goo,
Might. 1, muct to the dele citation Of sth'
audience.
Altogether was "a good entertain
!, !, ment and the Isyce eun COMMITTEES 81,
q 3 gto he ngratuIate on the procurinl
3. J. of such good attractions as me nav
!, PRESENTED thus ffar.
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