Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-30
CLOSING SESSION
At WAAOAnERE
Largest Audience Of Entire Mu-
sica| Chautauqua Was
Present Last Night.
RESULTS OF BIG CONTESTS.
Prize Awards Announced as Decided
BY the udicators--Tibcrty
Choral Society Gets Piano.

The largest audience of the entire
musical Chautauqua attended last
evenings closing contests at wanda-
mere, filling the entire pavilion and
most of the porches outside. People
kept arriving until the contest was half
over, though the ushers prevented their
trooping in during the rendering of the
numbers There We're giggling girls
and squalling babies to help the unrest,
SO that Chairman Mcclellan was forced
10 stop one of the singers to call for
order. Several women with babies
were considerate enough to retire to the
porches until their charges could be
quieted. During the evening, Manager
Graham announced the prize awards
as they were decided on by the adjudi-
Gators. and as general thing their
Judgment was concurred In by the au
dience. However, no award was made
for the baritones, as the judges did
not consider the quality of the per-
formances in this class as sufficiently
high to warrant awarding any prize.
This so angered one or two of these
parties that they stated their objec-
lions to Chairman Mcclellan and some
Of the adjudcators in manner more
forcible than polite. No attention was
PAID TO such protests. Several of the
contestants were so nervous as TO al
low tnelr cOuulllOn 10 WIFI
their work, and there were several dis
appointments whore considerable of an
effort was expected. a feature of the
evening was the Poulton chorus, made
up entirely of the Poulton family 81
strong, thus illustrating a case of
Emusic in the family" that can hardly
be equalled anywhere else than in Salt
Lake. The Liberty chorus was, how
ever, given the prize. Misses Marion
Cannon and Title Flamm in the senior
piano contest astonished the audience
by the excellence of their work.
THE AWARDS.
The awards In full as announced were
as follows:
Mixed chorus, Liberty Choral society,
Joseph Poll, director. grand prize.
Kimball plano; Poulton chorus, w. j.
Poulton, Jr director, second prize OF
$50
Male quartet. Arion quartet, first.
S25 Apollo quartet, second. Sl5.
Soprano solo, Edna Evans, first;
Winifred Smith, second; Kathleen
Fitzpatrick, honorable mention.
Contralto solo, Halle Foster. first;
Beatrice Crismon-T Thomas, second;
Elma Young, honorable mention.
Tenor solo. William Holmes, first;
James Sheldon. second; John L.
Hand, honorable mention.
Peterson, second; lver Brlnd.
honorable mention.
Piano solo (seniors), Marion Cannon,
first Title Flamm, second: ester Rob-
erts. third.
piano solo (juniors), Mae IFnwley.
first Rosa Durrant. second; Ethel
Beesley, honorable mention.
Violin solo tjuniors), Romania Hyde.
first; George Klink, second; Clarence
Burton. honorable mention.
Violin solo (A:riorsl. Morris An
ond; Helen Hartley. honorable men
ton.
In each of the above solo numbers
the first pirze was SIS and the second
prize was $40 with the exception Ut the
plano solo and violin solo for juniors,
in which case the first prize was $40
and the second prize was S. For third
prize in each contest where three
awards We're made, certificate OF hon
orable mention was given by the board
of adJudicators.
There is general concentration OF
the scheme OF the Musical Chautnulua.
which was planned by Messrs McClel-
Ian and Graham, and even more than
what was expected of 1t. was accom-
plished. For one thing, II is a strong
incentive to local musical talent, 70
work and accomplish sonletning' !,
brings OFT promising musicians. ana
ertei;ans the public. This first ef-
fort included only three classes. sing
ers. rinnists and violin,sts. II might
be we'll 1T the 1908 Md5i al Chauliit-
qua. to include In the contestants per-
formers IN the clarinet. cornet. from
ore vlolont clio and Flen II horn THIS
would vary the program and lend n
variety calculated TO highten the pub
lie interest Messrs. Mcclellan and
Graham have worked hurd and long on
this scheme, often amid discourage
ments, but with undismayod confidence
they kept on and finally succeeded In
making great and pleasing success
of the Ch6utauqua. u IL practically
a settled thing that this viii now be
an annual event, and the projectors
OF the enterprise are receiving nuiner-
GUS congratulations on the realization
OF their hopes, and the establishment
Of this new and valuable musical enter
prise.
Al the next Chautauaua some
changes will be made In the pavilion. in
the closing up of the openings In the
platform which will help the accous-
tic properties, and there will be nrE-
err organ.