The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-30
UTAH SINGERS WIN
PRAISE AT BIG FAIR
Continued from Page I.

learn that because Of somebody's blum
der the Tabernacle choir had been IN
suited in Seattle and in consequence had
refused to compete in the EisteddIoq-
Most of them were CutspOken IN their
declarations that the affair was an out
rage and they commended the action OF
the choir in refusing to sing.
Several of the people OF Salt Lake VINO
had relations with the people OF the
EisteddfOd declared that they We're sure
that the action was due to a misunder-
standing, that the fault lay with some
offiCious underling. One or two blamed
the management Of the choir for not
making the proper arrangements for tick
cts for the choir earlier IN the proceed
ing.
Salt Lake has had several large and
successful EisteddfOds and at none Of
them has there been the suggestion Of
any trouble such as embarrassed the
mana cement Of the Seattle Eisteddfod
and the Tabernacle choir. Seattle people
wera at the last Salt Lake EtsteddfOd and
were treated royalty. They were enter
tanned and given free tickets to each Of
the sessions of the EisteddfOd.
OF the Seattle incident Postmaster Ar
thur L. Thomas president Of the Cam
brian society, under whose direction the
Salt Lake Eisteddfods are conducted,
said:
In the absence Of detailed informa-
ton relative to the action of the choir
in declining to sing at Seattle, l prefer
10 withhold judgment OF the situation.
CambTian society of Salt Lake, which
has probably held the three largest and
most successful EisteddfOds ever held
in the west, to have tickets for contest
ants. These tickets were specially print
ed for the contestants and differed from
the other tickets Of admission. These
tickets were given free to the contest
ants"
John James, secretary of the Cambrian
society, is inclined &c think that there
might have been another side TO the story
and that perhaps the management Of the
choir was partially to blame. He suggest
ed that the members Of the choir might
have paid their way to the EisteddfOd I'M
der protest and that afterwards the mis-
take could have been Tectified and the
money refunded. II the choir had COM
peted he IS sure that the prize would have
come to Salt Lake. He said;
IT do not know the reason why, the
Seattle people refused admission to the
choir, but it occurs to me that there must
have been some sort of a misunderstand-
ing that should have been remedied sOOn-
er. I cannot understand why the man
ager Of the choir did not make arrange
ments for tickets for the choir at the time
the contract for their appearance at the
fair was made.
ITO charge admission to contestants is
not without pr5cedert on the contrary,
it has always been the custom in Wales
TO charge admission to everyone, inClud-
ing the contestants, and 1 know that II
has been often done ia America"
7. +. Thomas, Tor many years a direct
or and travelling representative Of the
/ Cambrian society is UnreseryeG in his
/ censure Of the blunder of the Seattle
people:
"The action Of the Seattle people in
attempting to charge TIE Salt Lake Tan
ernRCle choir admission 10 the EisteddfOd
choir did perfectly right in declining 70
enter the contest