Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-27
covENrRYs CELEBRATION.
Fine Weather on Second Day-Many Home Corners to the Old Town Cantata at North Coventry Monday EVeninu
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Special to The Bulletin.) North Coventry. Aug. 26.-The sec ond day of the Old Home week cele- 1 bration of the town of Coventry dawn | ed bright and clear In South CoYen- | try the last finishing touches were eff .fected and the various buildings of the | town, the private residences and the | beautiful streets appeared still more | inviting when the final decorations II were completed.
 At North Coventry everyone was working to have everything in readi- 1 ness for the presentation of the canta- ta The Haymakers in the Second Con- gregational church in the evening. 1 Charles w Lee, the manager and di- | rector, with able assistants, finished | the elaborate decorations in the church. l
 Many Homo Corners.
 Every train and trolley brought ar rivals for the remainder of the weeks | festivities The homes of the town | house guests from many cities and | towns in all parts of the country.
 During the day many a little family | reunion was held and on every side one could note the cordial handclasp | and pleasant words of greeting extend ed and exchanged.
 A Crowded Church i III LuS gaAlg evening GOAN ahSCb OA all sorts were headed in the direction of North Coventry-vehicles drawn by horses all kinds of automobiles, mo torcycles, bicycles and buses carrying people to the Second Congregational
 church, situated on the slightly Main
 street When the hour for the open ing number of the cantata--S o'clock
 arrived not a seat was available, and
 there was scarcely any room left for
 people to stand. It was without ques- ! tion the largest crowd that has occu- pied the church since its erection.
 Pleasing cantata.
 The setting for The Haymakers was very realistic and depicted a typical
 farmhouse, with all the minute detail l characteristic of the having season. The Haymakers is a beautiful operatic cantata by George F. Root and was
 given by local singers under the eff
 cient direction and managership of
 Charles w. Lee of North Coventry. Mrs Newell A. Hill presided at the
 piano and gave an excellent rendition
 of the instrumental portion of the can 5 tata.
 The Programme.
 All of the parts were finely taken ' by the different soloists and members D of the well balanced chorus. The chief s Character, the farmer, taken by MT :, Lee, was exceptionally well handled and MT. Lee received hearty praise for
 the success of the big undertaking. The programme follows:
 s PARTI I.
 Arouse Ye, Arouse Ye, farmer;
 Away to the Meadows, Away chorus; . Heighe! How Early the Folks Get Up, t Snipkins; Sweet Morn, How Lovely is n Thy Face, dueti To Him Who Made
 Us, chorus Now Steady Swing Your q Scythe, William; With Step Firm and e Steady mowers; Stay, Hold On, Snip !. kins; Grand March of the spreaders; r. The Sun Has Now Drunk Up the
 Morning Dew, Anna; Toss It Hither.
 Toss It. Thither, spreaders: Toss It
 ana with Step, mowers and spreaders;
 Higher and Higher Mounts the Sun, Mary; The Birds Have Sought the = Forest Shade, Mary; The Hour of
 Noon IS Near, farmer; 'Tis the Farm
 CTS Welcome Call, chorus; Sweet After
 Toll Cometh Rest, quartette and chor
 us; Refreshed Now With Vigor New, ? farmer; Toss It Either and Hark to ;. the Cheerful Sound semi-choruses; . Prepare We Now to Close the Labor | of the Day. farmer; Come, Follow
 While Gayly We Rake Up the Hay = chorus; In the West the Sun De $ clineth, Anna; When Wandering Der - the Deep, trio and chorus; A Dairy Maid Am l, dairy maid; Softly the Twilight Fades, quartette and chorus.
 INTERLUDE.
 Is Serenades: Mary Love the World = Reposes William; There's None So e Brave as Willie, Mary; My Katie, a st Girl Beyond Compare. Snipkins. )t PART II.
 s Good Morning. chorus: How Pleas II ant Are Those Cheerful Words, farm -e CT; Blithely Go We Forth, 'Tis our ie Harvest Day, farmer; Light Hearted
 Are We and Free from Care, chorus ;, and echo; How Like Some Tented II Camp, mems chorus; Joy It is Not the H. Tented Field, Anna: Scenes of Happi-
 ness, Love Ye, Anna; The Dew Now lS IS Off, John; No. Not Yet. wasps and
 laughing chorus; Toss It Hjther and 5l Hark to the Cheerful Sound. spreaders U. and mowers; How Good is He. the -s GlVer, quintette; How SuItrv is the tliS tS Day, chorus; How Flushed and Still ou' Iarmer; farmer; A Shower. A Shower. chorus = VIII Anybody Lend Me an Umbrella
 Snlpkfns; How Crea1s the Heavy Y Wagon, John; Shrouded is the Sun ls chorus; Lo! the Clouds Are Breaking q lp William and Anna; Rainbow! Rain r DOW! chorus; All Nature Now Re lu Joices, colo and chorus; Harvest Home LII % Iul chorus with Maypole dance and
 LORL1e 'e Schell, Annie Schell, Carrie Secor ? Ruby Slater, Elizabeth Kingsburv anc t- Mildred Hermanze at the streamers
 Presentations: Farmer, Mary. Anna
 William, John, Snipldns, Dairy Maid rs Summer Girls. trio of Women's Voices g. chorus of Mems VqNSes, quartette anC ed chorus, quintette,! semi chorus or Id Mowers, semi-chorA of Spreaders nt semi-chorus of Nike, Voices, fuI
 chorus of Haymakers
 ve Principals: Sopranos-AEs. Lucy R 1- Haven, Mrs. c. H. Schell, Dfrx. Wallace l. Mcknight, Mrs. Theron Dunham. Mis-, ry Bessie Breen. Miss Nellie ATbertin l. Miss Zoetje Schell. Miss Ruby Slater tn Miss Ruth Ohman ContraItos-Mrs ay s. N Loomis, Mrs. John Klngsburv
 Mrs. Walter s. Haven. Mrs. W + D. Armstrong, Miss Annie Schen. Basse n- Wallace Mcknight, John M. Wood
 Theron Durham, Rev. MT. Dodd. Rob on ert Pitkn. Tenors-R. A. Storrs. c t. H. Schell, c. W. Lee. Jr., Ed. Stanle, 1e Frank Tracy
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