Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04
nens Reviews Sixth Tour of Tabernacle Choir

y was the Salt Lake Tabernacle choir
mat was on every tongue As neoni,
hasteued faster and faster To the oreat
Amphitheater Long before eight o'eiort
~ was great mass OF humanity from
the bottom OF the ravine 90 tho ton
And there was charming order and al
tcuton that made it seem nppronrfat.
for the sacred day. II is said bv tbose
who should know. and printed bv mn.
Seattle papers. that even far back of
the top rows were crowded a..
thousands who could get no seats ma
sound was heard. hut ever. ono in
tently trying To- catch every note .f
the music, coming from the far down
platform. Every word I am told
could be heard from tho ton scan.
Thirty-hve thousand people had rn-
tered the grounds and nearly am of
them crowded near the Amphithoaicr
10 listen
The band WAS received with rrc.,
favor as n deserved. for overy artist
was on his mettle; never before bad
they played TO such an audience II.
numerous and 80 intent
our first chorus was done withu
rehearsal. preparation or COMICS. o.
was rapturously encorcd. and repoatc.
Then again the band played charm.
ingly. then their baritone. "a magnin.
cent singer OF Italian opera. received
nm ovation from our singers. as vru
AS tho monster audience. our Mr. Fn
sign was decidedly hoarse and fenr.d
for him a little IN such p vast plsc.
after such an artist.
AUDIENCE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Well, we opened the second mart v.ttt
wales OF Descret' with only pion.
aceoinpa niment. The great audionoe
received II with Wild applause aud ,vc
responded 60 demands with the r,,,
song Twilight" IN placing tho bsn5
In front OF us We were stretched clos,
across the platform, our hassos holm.
about so straight feet from our e,
pranos, and In singing this. the nitrn
got badly mixed giving our enemies
had we had any In the vast multituda
me chance 10 roast us. We got to-
gether in the second verse and did ID
fairly. and were applauded. Then cam.
a magnificent band number Carmen DO
after which Srhe Little Gypsy Sweet
heart with Ensign and the choir
Ensign was hoarse. but held up we'll
and delivered his lines carefully and
sonoriously, and the chorus accountant
ment added. brought the first verse
10 grand close, we were not through
with the final chord before applause
rang from every quarter. The second
II was "a roar of shouts and appiaus..
Ensign felt he could not sing another
verse, so the chorus was repeated. Tho
demand for another repeat was iusf
as imperative at the end OF this time
as at the first. so he came back again
and we sang it over
There we had to 60 on with the
Soldiers, Chorus" without the ans.
plause coasing This at it's clos.
was received with shouts, three
fourths of the vast multitude standiuo
We after a long wait struck up the
star Spangled Banner" then as the
people neither dispersed nor ceased
their ovation to us we sang "Am-
erica"
SEATTLE SONG.
Then still our tenors and bsssos
struck up How can [ hear ia icayo
thee and interpolated a verse as fol-
lows:
Seattle, Home OF beauty
II is pleasant duty
with heart and voise TO prise thee
A song of love 10 raise thee
Grow long. grow strong,
Grow full OF song,
Grow on, five hundred thousand
httle squib OF my own. the BOYS
had caught on.
BY this time is was a veritable love
Ieast out we had TO break away
as our train left al II n. m ami
we hardly had an hour in which to
reach IT, Getting out and IN the hin
py a side way We rachel the Utah
building, and there hastily Reformed
and sang heartily Let the Noun
talns Shout For Joy"
The cars Especially which we had
ordered had been pressed into service
by the immense crowd so after some
ueiay we had to board the regulars.
and our train had to be held over
time to enable us to catch II.
CHOIR sERENADED
The boys from Ohio had their train
Ilsht across the platform from ours
ana serenaded us charminrlv our
boys returning the compliment. These
gentlemen sing splendidly and I urge
oaIt Lakefs 70 turn out 10 their con-
cert and enjoy a treat.
me return trip was constant sorv
upon the train. and the whole choir
SANG Ior me people at PendIoton and
NJ DsWey motel al Nampa. We would
nave done the same az Pocatello. but ~.
were so far behind time we scarcelv
TOOK time TO eat there.
OF course, arriving home TOO toto 90,
Car service, was unfortunate and nm
PHEASANT. But II was but a sombcr
frame TO magnihcently bright picture
so we made the best OF IL.
Am / satisfied? / cannot be other
WISE A nicer more faithful lot of sing
sIs never sang together than nv two
hundred proved 10 be. Not one absentee
al any concert during the trim (onlv
by permission, when we had no room
Tor them), Soloists aud chorus MEM
bers aid everything reasonable. and
Mlthin their power, TO make my labor
as conductor, and the one IN charge OF
the artistic side OF the tour. successful
ana pleasant. l have nothing but love
ana gratitude 10 them. one and an My
accompanies likewise. We're one with
me IN doing their best In every num-
her. The tourists, while under mo-
such favorable conditions 20 enjoy our
company on the trip as In the Califor-
MA excursions, because there our con
certs were free for them 10 attend with
US still ! think most Of them helped
themselves, and got the pleasure they
were in search or I cannot say too
much OF the advance press work our