Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-01

oL a royal treat sthroughout. - Z
Dr. Daniel fProtheroe, adjudicator !.
!. at this mornings competitive 1.
tests.
5Bnlletin-It Was reported unofficiaily
at 2.20 p. IN, that the sopranos had
Z done Ions, SO remarkably well at the morn
Ing; trial. that Or. Piotheroe deemed 1t
only fair to admit five, instead Of three
70 the formal. contest Oh the regular
program; and that the five would be
Miss Nj Greason. Miss Loose Miss smith
MISS Evans Evan and Miss Davis: though it
Is possible that there may be ttr, error
8sof one ne name. as the friends Of MISS
s. Gardiner asserted that she was one of
1 the Ave. 4 ~
lf the Salt Lake public could have
any adequate idea ofgthe worth and
generally interesting nature of this
mornings trial OF candidates for the
Z g ran q or and violin contests Or
the 4 lsourt n ttonai Elsteddfod, The
u Tab j, here he trial tools piaee
would have siieid an audience worthy
#of its capacity.
The contests We're for the first three
positions In the fina competition be-
fore the Eisteddfod in soporan, tenor,
and violin solos The program was
. to have begun at 10 o'clock but DR..
Protheroe. the adjudicator was unabl
to reach the tabernacle until 1925.
when the work was Immediately taken
y In hand, with Prof William Apmadoc
of Chicago as conductor and director.
The professor was IN his ahppiest
nutnor, and pushed things along as fast
as he could, so no further time was
lost spacious platform had been
erected as a front extension Of the
choir gallery, on which was two con-
cert grand pianos and a large cabinet
organ. The candidates We're lined up 4
in the choir gallery, and there was
present also Prof Lund OF Provo and
sSConductor Ballantyne of Ogden Prof.
j. ]. Mcclellan was the official ac-
companist, assisted in his arduous Ia
bors by Mrs. Sanborn and Prof Lund,
a few Of the candidates also furnish
ing their own accompanies DR.. Pro-
theroe took station in the middle aisle
la third OF the way down at a special
table provided for him, and David
Evans sat with him
The tenors We're called first and sang
'The Lovers Leap, by Il. s. Hughes.
This is not only a composition IN
high order OF sentiment, but It gives
wide range to ones powers in descrip-
tive song and intelligence of intefpfe-
tatIon as 4wcll as vocal abilities. 'illere
were five entries, w. David Reese OF
Provo, C. w. Brown of Denver, JACK
Summerhays, j. y. Burke and William
Charles OF this city. The sopranos
numbered 20 entries and all sang Hay
Making BY Alice Needham. a com
position well adapted to bringing out
the powers of aong. the best Qualities
and range of the soprano register. The
contest lasted until 1880 p. m.
The soprano entries were as follows:
Mics Myrtle sBallentyne, Mrs. Claude
linn. Ogden; Miss Vera oviatt. Farm
inEton; Miss Fay Loose. Provo: Miss
Ruth Parry, Scranton, Pa; Miss Eunice \
ID Belden. Los sAngeies: Miss Howell, |
FLORENCE. Colo, Miss Jennie Camp.
Provo. Miss Hilda Greasorl. Miss
Esther Davis Miss Edna Evans, Miss
Bess smith. Miss caribel Gardner, Miss !;
Margaret Cali, Mrs. Sathieen Is At
kins. Miss Florence Locke. Miss Sofa
Bagley, Miss Maggie q Vincent.
Ianrinda Poulton. Miss Addie Fletcher,
all of Salt Lake.
VIOLIN CONTEST
There were seven entries IN the
violin contest, as follows; Emery Ep-
-arson Of Provo; Ralph Booth OF
Nenhf: Master Merrill Wagner Al.i'T
nIch, park city; Miss Roum mani s4Sae,
ceci, c. Hogan. Morris =, ANDREWS.
r,dwarf, Fitzpatrick Salt Lake me
sslsc,ion given them was sophr's
"EIegie ~, ,no,nit,g
M protheroe, Prof Apfiiauos
andsrayid Evans expressed themselves
& ~ re highest terms in appfee l't
-, he work Ttit5:sii three ciass
- contests; Prof. Apmadoc reil' ~.
,nat there must be something IN the -.
,,osnt,ese of salt Lake that breeds me
..a,sss The latter was quick anrlns
nc singing 10 note the good points
made. and remark them TO frienas WY
,,stabt be near him. Dr.. Prothefoes