Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09
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The junior choir of Holy Name Church
closed its season with a musical ana
awarding of prizes for faithful attend
ance during the year. The program was
given by members OF the choir, under
| the direction of Miss Anna Doyle, with
Miss Marie r. Melting as accompanies.
Medals and prizes were presented by
Rev. Thomas j. kervick, pastor of the
church, who, with his assistant. KEY.
Andrew Carey, were the guests of honor.
Gold medals for attendance were award
ed to Miss Marie Woolnough. Miss Rose
| Clark and Miss I1oretto Healy, and a
second prize to Miss Agnes Healy.
Among the soloists were Miss Marie
Woolnough, Miss Edna and Miss Marie
St-udley, Miss Margaret Burne. Miss
Rose Clark, Miss Helen and Miss Nora
McLane, Miss Anna Rossiter. Miss Mary
McCallum. Miss Loretto Healy. Miss
Katie Hoffman and Messrs. Bernard
Carlin. William Widing. Douglas Glib
son. Dominck O'Hara, Paul Peverone
and Harry OMeara. Very few local
! churches have the manifold choir service
! with which the Church OF the Holy
Name is equipped. Three separate choir
organizations are in regular rehearsal
|
| the church A choir of mixed voices
sings at the high mass at 1870 Sundays
except during July and August, choir
of male voices renders the vesper serv-
ices during the season ana the junior
choir furnishes the music at the chill
dren's mass at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ings. To Miss Anna Doyle, who trains
all three of the organizations, is Que
the credit for the work. and TO any one
who has tried to manage a volunteer
| choir her success in keeping such a
number of singers in regular attendance
several consecutive years is little short
of marvellous
| A pleasant recent event among music
students was the closing recital given
| by pupils of Mrs. William Scantlebury,
jr. Miss Anna HaEan opened inc pro
| gram by playing Nendelssohn's Con
| ISOLATION and "Vaise Lente. op 23 by
Dolmetsch, and Miss katherine Havenef
| gave Gurltt's Loss" Nevins Con
| deieri'' was well rendered by Miss Aiice
Scott and kullaks Rope Dancers by
Master George Basler. Master Harold
Satterfields rendition of Knight Rupert
was we'll received, as were Dream anu
| Les Syphes' BY Miss Ruth Osborne.
Others contributing to the entertain
| ment of the guests were Miss Dorothy
| Lutz Miss Alice. Scott. Miss Melissa
Campbell. Miss Beatrice Satierfeld ana
Miss Annie Hingley. who closed the pro-
gram.
| Harold Davis. a young baritone OF TINS
city. will be tie offertory soiolst TINS
morning at the Westminster Memorial
| Presbyterian Church. his selection ne
| ing Rodney's Sion The anthem will
be Some Day" arranged by Parks for
male voices, and sung by Messrs: Jas
/ per. kahlert. Byrtm and Mcklliurh.
! Mrs Frank Byram. organist and director
Of the choir. will spend her vacation in
the Adircndacks. whore she viii be joined
| in August by Mr.. Byram. During her
| absence Miss Aileen Miller will preside
at tie organ.
Another organization for ensemble
| work has been launched in local mu-
| steal circles with Mrs. Blanche Muir
Dalgleish as the moving spirit IL mas
| been christened the Euterpe quartet
| and is composed Of the Misses VIOLA
| Schippert. first soprano; Caroline Bur
| mitt. second soprano; Mildred Hoge,
| first alto: Augusta Hill. second alto.
rector. and they are already rehearsing
| preparatory to making their debut IN
| local affairs this coming fall.
DR.. II. W.. Jaeger. tenor of the ST.
| Paul Episcopal Church. returned re-
(, Gently from a trip to Savannah. Ga
| While in the latter city he was the
| guest of his medical fraternity he
returned to Washington via the Ocean
| Steamship Company, sailing from Savan-
nah to New York. and was among sew
| eral soloists who were heard in concert
! while at sea.
Miss Mary A. Cryder. who was
Obliged by illness brought on by over
work to spend the early spring
months at a sanatorium is much I'M
proved and after a short stay at her
| home on n street has joined her Ia
| ther. W. w. Cryder. at the Hawthorne
Inn, Gloucester Mass, where they have
| spent several summers.
Miss Katharine May Brooks. presi-
dent of the Music Study Club. Is spend
| ing some time at Mount Salvat. near
| Bluemont, where she is the guest OF
Mrs. Huron W. Lawson and her 1ather,
| Josef Kaspar
| Mrs. Blanche Muir Dalgleish. contralto
! of the Washington Heights Church. re-
turned Wednesday from trip to Bal
| timore, where she accompanied her
| mother. Mrs. Muir, who, after a short
visit to relatives in the Monumental
city. will go to CAMBRIDGE, DorGnes-
| ter county, Md, for the month of July.
| Mrs Dalgleish will be in her place at
! the church today and will sing BY the
| Waters OF Babylon" by Abbott. MRS.
/ Harry Cunningham accompanying, as
/ usual, on the organ
Harvey Murray, organist Of the Church
Of the Covenan. is spending the hea.eo
! term at Cape Cottage. near portland Me.
I
/ him the first two Sundays OF his vaca-
| ton, and Miss Annie c. Holden took
charge Of the music last Sunday and
! will continue to fill his place through
out the summer At the Covenant tent
/ services. at which the music is made a
/ special feature, the preliminary program
\ is given by different soloists each Sun
! day, chosen from among the most promi-
nent OF local singers. This evening Miss
! Flora McGill, soloist of the First Church
| of CHRIST GScientist), will give number
| Of contralto songs. and there will be also
/ several selections by cOrnetist and
futist from the United States Marine
| B; nd.
Miss Edna Sheehy, soprano soloist of
| st. Mary's Church. is spending the sum-
mer at Corvallis. Greg. Miss Sheehy
4 made several visits to friends while en-
route for her destination. one at Chalet
/ Lake Louise, at Saggan on the Canadian
| Pacific and one In Seattle, Wash. She
will not return to her home In this city
| until autumn.
| Miss Alice Burbage will leave tomorrow
| for Buena Vista with Miss Myra Hend-
/ ley and Mrs. Hendley She will remain
| there through the month of July and will
divide her time during August between
| land and Bar Harbor. where she will be
| the guest of Miss Matide Townsend.
| been appointed to q place on the faculty
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