Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18
Royal Singing Convention.

FlCZgeralu, 3D. July 80
The Royal Singing Convention
held its Nineteenth Annual Session
at the Prospect Baptist church, urr
der the auspices OF the Prospect
Vocal Class, Saturday and Sunday,
July 18th and 18th.
Saturday was appropriated to
business of the Convention and gen
eral singing. Dinner was served IN
abundance at the noon hour, feeding
in the neighborhood of four hundred
people. And oh, the fragments that
were taken up and carried over for
Sunday. Well Mr.. Editor, you ought
to have been there and seen for
yourself
Sundays session was carried out
with class singing, there being ten
classes singing in the contest, as
follows: Bethlehem, Henderson
Chapel, Big Creek, Abba, mystic
Minnie, FIcrnoy, Dorminy's Mill,
Wray, and Prospect Glasses.
A conservative estimate of the
people present Sudday is twenty-five
hundred, and was given up by the
great throng to be the best conven-
ton held since the organization Of
the Convention.
Sunday session was opened by
scripture lesson and prayer, after
which class singing began, 1t is
needless to say that good order pre-
vailed. Those that were there
knows. AS the classes began to
people listened with attentive ear,
to see if possible which class render
ed the best music. Several classes
had sung before the noon hour, and
up until that time it was hard 70
tell who was in the lead, all having
rendered excellent music Neither
= class had much advantage over the
other. Promptly at noon the Con-
Tvention taken out for dinner. The
local class had prepared a table $50 it
long, which was filled to overlooking
and number after number of people
had to spread their dinner on the
ground. And from hundreds of peo-
pie came the expression that there
/ was the most and best dinner they
had ever seen spread at any place,
and it is needless to say that every
body had plenty and enjoyed. The
writer saw number of boxes that
was not half emptied and yet plenty
on the table, SO if any person did
not get what was coming to them,
it was their own fault
After dinner Convention convened
and class singing proceeded, and
everybody that could promptly re-
turned to the house, deeply interes-
ted in the final outcome of the class
singing, and as she classes began to
sing the people gave close attention
to the good music which was being
rendered. The home class, or Pros
pect class was to come last. This
class was being looked upon to rem
der it's share of good music, as it
was remembered that at the last
session of the convention this class
rendered the best music, and the
leaders of lhe other classes were an
xious to hear the concluding class.
The Wray class having sang and
rendered some excellent music. The
Prospect Class came in and formed
, the usual circle around the organ.
There was absolute quiet in the
house as the class began to sing.
After the second song sang, evil
dences could be seen throughout
the crowd that this class had won
the honors of the Convention.
The writer heard all of the sing
ing and declares that this was the
best session of the Royal Singing
Convention ever held, and the most
and best music ever heard. Every
body left for their homes feeling
greatful for having come out on this
occasion.
Written from observation.