The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19


Amorosa cSevIn). % Song Of the
Brook 0ack), Margaret Crawley; vocal
solo. ''Elerg1es CMassenet), Ethel Young;
Merchant Of Venice" Act /, Scene II
(shakespeare). Portia. Gladys courtrlght;
Nerissa, Corinne Thomson: vocal solo.
(a) "Kashmiri Song CWoodforde), Cb)
TIL Wake" (Finden), Gladys Morri-
son; plano solo,. Forest Sounds" (Den-
nee). Frances Hamil; vocal solo, CAD
Rosemary for Remembrance" (HllD. OBJ
"Good-by Summer" 0ynes), Rella VIM
Reid; harp solo, Barcarole "Gondoliers"
CHasselmans). Edith Hart
Oscar Franklin Comstock. dean of the
District Chapter OF the American Guild
of organists. gave an organ recital In
Trinity Church last Tuesday. with the
assistance Of a choir augmented to sew
enty, Charles E. Myers and Wilbur H
Peter, soloists, the occasion being the
dedication OF the new organ The pro-
gramme was a beautiful one, CALCULATED
to show on the fine points OF the in-
strun1ent While some Of the smaller
pieces accomplished this end. the first
sonata Of Mendelssohn and the Toccata
and Fugue Of Bach displayed Mr.. Com
stocks scholarly attainment TO full ad-
vantage. The choral work was especial
ly effective. the chorus Of Haydn
is the glorious work being deliv-
cred with a great breadth Of tone
and nicely OF attack. Reinecke's Even
ing Hymn" a superb composition. was
beautifully rendered, the solo OF Mr..
Myers being very effective. Shelly's
Even Song gave an excellent oppor-
tunity 20 display the training of the
choir in shading and Mr.. Peters small
solo passages left his hearers listening
for more. Mr.. Comstock wore the GRIM
son and gold hood Of a fellow Of the
American Guild OF Organists. Short Or
gan recitals are to take place at the
end Of the Sunday night services.
Scenes from the play "oId Andy the
Moonshiner." and the mountain pageant
of symbolic figures were given last We'd
nesday evening at the Washington Col
lege by the students. The Marine Band
played, and the performance was held
in the college auditorium instead Of on
weather. The entertainment, given for
the benefit of the Southern Indus
trial Educational Association among
the mountaineers and moonshiners, was
as follows: Old Andy the Moonshiner, !
Miss Millicent Cowan; Percilly, his wife, |
Miss Hettie Sibley: Sary, HIS daughter, |
Miss Rose Owen. McDavid: Sal, the little |
5EduuCIllu. MISS Rose owen MCDdNlOs |
Uncle Jack, Miss Zita Hoge; Bud Coul- |
ter, Miss Carolyn Conger; Donald Gray, |
Miss Edith Sloan; First oficer, Miss !
Electa Storrs; Second officer, Miss Cath |
crime Bentley; Judge Perkins, Miss Anne |
Sibley; Casey, prosecuting lawyer, Miss |
Maybeth Beddow.
The Pageant-ProIogue, the Appalach-
ans. Miss Airline Shackelford; tableau, |
at Kings Mountain, Miss |
Nellie Worthington; dance Of the firefies, |
Misses Baker, breckenridge, Menefee, |
Randolph, and Williamson; dance Of the |
Misses Brewington. Hess, |
Hance, Nicol, and Sebring; the bluebells |
Of the mountains, Misses Horton, Nor
ton, Anne Sibley. and Gladys GiIber- |
son: the Arbutus. Misses Beddow, Brun- |
didge, Brown, and Williams; Mountain |
Ferns, Misses Shelby and Charnstrom:
the Violets, Misses Campbell and Col
Inns; the Laurel, Miss Deyo; the Oak, |
Miss Gilbertson; the Pine, Miss Storrs; |
the Minerals, Miss Clanahan; the HUI
man, Miss McDavid.
A song recital was given on Tuesday
evening in Mrs. Belts residence-studio |
by Miss Adelaide Clements, fmezzo-so-
1rano, assisted by Mrs. Jessica Cowling
violinist. Miss Clements num-
,ers included: Floods of Spring CRach-
He is Kind, He is Good"
Massanet. Where Ny Caravan Has
Emory, The Cry of Rachel CSalter),
Me VOLTA Seule dams la Mutt" CBizeO.
My Dear CBalD. Damon" (strange),
Jean" (Spross).
Mrs. Thomas violin numbers were
'Salut d'Amour," by Edgar; Bolero, by
8ohm; ''Nachtstuck." by Schumann:
'Spanische Tango" by Moszkowski, and
by Wier. The accompan-
SITS were Mrs. Clara Moran BernheImer
md Miss Anna Belts.
Miss Louise Ryan, a pupil of Miss
Katharine McNeal gave a recital at
he Portner last Wednesday afternoon
Nth creditabIe programme. Little Miss
tyan is only eleven years of age and has
cen studying music for two years. She
ave the programme from memory, has
God technique, big tone and shows
ecided talent Her numbers included
. Bach prelude, Mozart's Sonata, C
lajor; a Chopin prelude, B minor, noe
urne, E fat major, and waltz, A minor;
'rimrs Twilight" Heller's Warriors
ong." Frimrs Romance" and Hunts
The Rebew Orchestra, under the direc-
ion of H. W. Weber, gave a splendid
oncert Friday night in the Metropolitan
BAPTIST Church, the soloists being Miss
}. Augusta Hill and Mr.. Raymond L.
Hilbert A very large audience was pres
mt and a neat sum was realized by the
idies Of the Gilbert Class, under whose
uspices the affair was given. Miss
NUS fine, mellow contralto voice, heard
l Heart Delight (GiIcrist), Little
lish Girl (Lohr), Dying Rose" CTunni-
,n), ''Mammy's Lullaby Gohnson), and
A Little Girls Lament Oohr), her
being particularly good. Mr..
ilbert's flute solo, ''Brillante Fantasia"
Popp), made a distinct hit, and in re-
ponse to an insistent encore he gave
he "Barcarole," from Honman's Love !
ales. The orchestra presented a pleas I
lg programme, consisting OF march, J
Durch Kampf yum Sieg'' Cvon BIon), Q
venture from the Poet and Peasant !
yon Suppe), Sounds from the Valley" q
altzes, selection from Martha (F'lo- Z
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