Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-04-20
The WILLIAMS WORLD FAMOUS
JUBILEE SINGERS AGAIN

Denver will again be especially Ia
yored By the coming OF the famous
williams Jubilee Singers, who Will
he presented by the Zion BAptist
choir. Monday evening, April 2sth, at
the new church. Twenty-fourth ave
nue. and Ogden street.
This remarkable organization is
vtthout the peer of any musical com
pany OF Its kind in this or any otnef
country During their visit last May
they sun gthemeeives into the hearts
of the Denver public as no othet
,roupe of musicians has ever done.
while last year was their initial ap-
pearance before colored audience
in this city. lions old building was
unable to accommodate more than
,vo.thirds of those who desired to
hear these artists sing. and though
the seating capacity is more than
doubled In the new church. 1t Is eN'
pec,ed that this concert Will tax IL TO
utmost.
In presenting this company TO the
nublic the management has made
specIal effort to have high moral as
we'll as musical standard. The mem
hers have been selected from the best
Christian homes. and have been tram
ed I'm some of Americas best schools ;
Rust University OF Mississippi, Knox.
vile College and Fisk University OF
Tennessee, and Oberlin College OF
ohio are represented in this COM
pany -,. -.
organized in the summer OF lsus'
owes its existence to Chas. +. VIII
liams. who had many and Varieu eH'
periepces in the entertainment neiu'
This company has succeeded from
the very first. They began their "orh
in the West, where competition was
not SO keen. and have had the pleas
ure of singing in or under the au-
spices of nearly all the colleges,
NJ. c. AS and Normal schools on ,he
Pacific coast. Their personnel has
been practically the same throushou'
their history. and 1t has become IA
common saying among applicants
that n member must die before there
ia n vacancy among the Williams
Jubilee Singers.
To wears of constant devotion 10
the,r li.e's work in the United States
and Canada. they have added year
of travel and study in England, Scot
land >Wales, Holland, Belgium. Ger
many and France. They were eight
,Sau weeks In London, where they
gave 1870 performances. singing in
many of its best-known theaters,
among which was the wor'd-famous
Coliseum. While in London the en-
tire company was under the instruc-
tion OF one OF the worlds greatest
vocal teachers-Miss Ira Aldrtdge,
who is a scholar of the London Royal
Conservatory OF Music. and whose
early teacher was the famous Jennie
Lind This experience added to nat
ural talent and former years OF faith
ful application enhances the ability
of each Individual singer. and has pro-
duced In their case remarkable mu-
sical combination. The company Is
now stronger than ever, and they are
glad to be again touring America
their native land.
1t is certain that few OF Denver's
colored population, who can avail
themselves OF this opportunity to
hear this premier Jubilee troupe OF
the world will miss 1t.
Tickets are on sale at the follow
/, ing places:
Harry Jones. barber shop, 1924
Nineteenth street; Elite drug store.
Twentyfirst and Arapahoe streets;
Westv Aos. Cafe, 2741 Welton street,
and Knight: Campbell Music Co., 1851
California street.