The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-09
YASSAR GIRLS DELIGHT Big
AUDIENCE AT STAR COURSE
Final Entertainment Of Season
Proves to be One Of Much
Excellence.
MUSICAL Program PLEASES

one OF the largest audiences yet to
ratronize one of the entertainments
given by the Star course, under the
auspices Of Grace NJ f. church OF
Houghton, sat for two hours last eve
ming at the Kerredge theater and list
ened TO the musical numbers furnished
nv the Vassar girls and, even then,
this audience seemed lOath TO leave
the playhouse, applauding vociferously
after the curtain had been rung down
on the finale. The eight young women
who form the company rendered the
selections OF the admirably pleasingly
arranged program i'm a delightful man.
ner and were quite liberal with their
encores, which greeted each number
given.
The program opened with selections
from the opera Faust" and Gounod's
music sounded especially well as ar
ranged for the sextette of saXophones
in the hands OF the six of the Nassar
girls appearing in this number. The
entire company of the eight girls par
ticipated in the second number, play
ing popular music, each girl having a
different instrument and making a very
clever little orchestra. They received
great applause for their first num-
bers and introduced a couple of spe-
cialties. onefof these being a whistling
and dog combination and the last one
being the Vassar chant. This last is a
solemn affair, much like an old Greg
orlan chant and is sung by the girls at
the great girls school I'm the east. The
theme is IA the nature OF a wall that
there are no men NJ the school and the
final words. which are quite ludicrous
when rendered 10 the tune and meter
of great sacredness. are ~World with
out men. An, me-"
cornet and Vocal Solos.
The next number on the program
was a cornet solo by Miss NJ. Grace
Callahan and she was called back to
give the audience more than one selec-
ton. Miss Callahan was followed by
Miss Gilda Mccoy, who sang Arcadia"
wi good effect and came back 10 sing
a late popular song entitled, when
the Moon Plays Peek-aBoo being
Joined by the entire company in the
singing Of the chorus. Miss Hazel NJ.
Gary played most pleasingly and sooth-
ingly a theme with variations and re-
sponded 10 the encore Of the audience
The closing number Of the first half of
the program was the famous Quartette
from Verdrs "Rigoletto" and the man
ner in which IT was rendered by the
young women on their harmonious
saxaphones was especially pleasing.
The second portion Of the entertain
ment opened with an especially fine
arrangement Of airs from Victor Her
berts Wood Wind" which probably
contains some OF the best of that IA
nous American composers work. This
was followed by Miss Martha Wash
ington Hall, who gave several delicate
pieces on the soprano saXophone and
the next artist 10 claim the attention
Of the auditors was Miss Martha San
dagger, violinist, who first played Belas
"Son Of the Puszta" and as an encore
rendered my old Kentucky Home" on
two strings. Miss Mccoy again sang
at this point first giving the vocaliza-
ton of Strauss Blue Danube" and re-
turning at the encore TO sing Annie
Laurie" and other pieces, acting as her
own accompanist on these latter selec-
tons. The "Sextette from Lucia was
next played by the saXophone choir
and for an encore Miss Gary stepped
To the front OF the stage and gave a
is such a universal favorite, Asleep