Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-05
ECHOES OF THE
EISTEDDFOD

The big Eisteddfod went out in tri-
uInpant fashion Saturday night al the
tabernacle. The audience was equal to-
! IL not larger than that of Friday eve
nlng when the big contest was on, and
| the applause was even more terrific.
The attractions were the first prize.
winners during the Etsteddfod and.
they all gave fine satisfaction: in q
| number of instances the singing was
even better than on tho contest nights;
In several other cases it was not quite
so good
Many people who had expected to
| hear the Denver chorus were disap-
pointed as the singers had left for
home In the morning, but In their place
the salt Lake chorus the winners of
the second prize, appeared. They re-
peatsd the sylvia and The Challenge
of Thor selections with as much beau
ty as ever. and had great welcome
Other prize winners who appeared We're
the Ladies chorus, under their direc-
tor Alr. Mcclellan; Miss Barnes. the
scontralto soloist: Mr.. Summerhays. the
tenor; Mr.. Halsett, the baritone; the
Schubert Male quartet: Morris Andrews,
violinist Edna Evans. soprano; Mo-
ROM Gillespie, pipe organ soloist. and
the male chorus under MIR. Arthur.
peared. and took the place of the Dem
Yer prize winners; the local people
gave a. fine account of themselves AS
grand finale, the tabernacle choir rem
dered the ever beautiful "fnflammatus''
with the solo by Mrs Lizzie Thomas
Edward. who was in her best voice.
Miss May. Hawley, the piano soloist, al
SO gave her number with rare ability,
and 1t was announced that gentle
man In the audience had sent her
2o-dollar5 bill, In appreciation of her
work. Another special feature was the
appearance Of Prof. Schettler's guitar
and madolin club, which gave several
numbers. one of them by Mr.. Schettler
him self, all of which brought down the
house.
The baritone solost, Mr.. David Ev-
ans. repeated the deep impression he
had made on previous occasions, and
was applauded to the echo for his fine
rendition Of 1T Is Enough" from ELI
jah;" he followed it with the beautiful
song Farewell
Hon. Arthur L. Thomas called the
assemblage to order ana introduced the
president of the evening, Hon. c. w.
Nibley, who made Il brief and telling
address. in the course of which he said:
Ever since the art of singing was
discovered. the world has been wonder
Ing how II Is the Welsh as nation
sing so well. I take it that no one who
Is fond of music can be .whollys bad and
the fact that the Welsh people are
among the worlds greatest musicians is
IN Itself tribute to the nation. Out
here among the fields and valleys of
Utah. we are building up a new Welsh
nation. and right here in Utah we want
to form the nucleus of the home of
music. We have the best material in
the world, and the highest objects and
% ,It-,,,
to an extent whore the eyes OF the
entire musical world will be focused
on Utah. and that within a very short
time"
The Cambrian People. say that it Is
too early a $ yet to state what the f.
nancial outcome of the E.isteddfod viii
be. The receipts for the five sessions
were in all ways gratifying and. ex-
cept for the bad weather which was
constantly in evidence, the total would
have gone beyond the superb figure of
1885: as it&is. the receipts will be s,,f-
ficientlE handsome TO defray expenses,
which Is about all the committee hoped
for The expenses We're very heavy
due to the cost of importing three men
like Evans. the baritone. Protheroe,
the Adjudication, and Apmadoc the
manager, to say nothing of the financial
inducements that had to be given the
Denver chorus to induce them to make
the trip
a pleasant echo of the Eisteddfod
came to Hugh Dougall yesterday in the
shape of a handsome gold seal ring,
presented to him by the five of his pu-
pills who were among the prize winners.
They We're: Edna Evans. Hazel Barnes,
3Laurinda Poulton. ]. ". Sumnerlays
and Louis Halsett.
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MI. David Evans. the Welsh baritone.
left Sunday mornng~feturnng directly
to Norwich, England, In order to take
part in the great festival there He
went away with a most enthusiastic,
opinion of Salt Lake people generally,
and the Cambrian association especial
.iy.
Eisteddfods undoubtedly leave their
sore places but The good so largely
predominates that they cannot be ad
judged as anything but beneficial
Nothing could have stirred up musical
interest in a way that the recent ses-
sions have done. One strong evidence
is found in the decision to make the
Salt Lake Choral society a permanent
body, to enlarge it's membership TO 200
voices. and TO go TO work at once on
the oratolio of Elijah with a view
to Christmas production. 1t is to he
hoped that the enthusiastic feeling at
present so strongly ineyidence Will last.
In the meantime. Prof Mcclellan and
his singers announce a big program
Gle. the proceeds to be devoted to OBJ
tanning musical equipment for the new
organization.
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