The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-29
oCAL4 SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Recital Witnessed by an Immense
and Well Pleased Audience


and Well Pleased Audience
Wednesday afternoon and evening
were devoted to the closing exer-
cises of the 4Ocala School of Music of
which Miss Mary Clayton Connor is
the proprietor and director, ably as
sisted by Miss Annie Laurie Perry in
piano and Miss Lille Preston Bailey
on the violin --
As is always Miss Connor's GUS
tom, the exercises took place in the
Temple Theater and owing TO the
very large class the program was
divided, the afternoon being devoted
TO the priamry grade. A general in
vitation was extended TO all friends
and patrons; in fact, TO all the music
loving public and for the afternoon
exercises the opera house was COM
fortably crowded and the little folks
did themselves proud indeed and
reflected great credit upon their
sweet and accomplished young teach
err Every member on the afternoon
program is entitled to special men
program consisted of fourteen piano
and violin pieces, solos, duets, quar-
tets, sextets, etc. Many of the little
tots were only ) and years old,
while the baby of the class, Webster
Gillen, was only four and a half
years old. Cute and dear as could be
were these little people, with their
hearts and souls aglow, with one up
permost thought, TO please everybody
by doing their very best and they did
it thoroughly.
Miss ConnOr's programs were
pretty littls booklets in green and
white, her class colors. and the stage
with its three pianos was banked
with lovely ferns. In the evening with
the lights aglow the scene was indeed
beautiful when promptly at 8:15 the
program begun with an overture by
a thirty-six piece orchestra, compos-
ed of twenty-five violins and other
instruments. 1t was wonderful. and
Miss Conner directed the orchestra,
which included the following, in a
most magnetic manner. First violins,
Fred Meffert, Lille Bailey, Gladys
Martin, Irene Toffaletti, Mildred
Pyles, E. c. Smith, Jr., Sidney Perry,
Earl Hester. Miriam Connor, Cevie
Roberts, Charlie Fishel, Nat Mayo;
second violins, Annie B. Fuller, Nan
Brooks, Lillian Smith, Alice Colbert,
Mary Brooks, Comyns Hester, Mel
Vile Little. Fred Malever, Maiorie
Burnett; pianos, Annie Laurie Perry,
Marie Burnett; flute, Floyd Coleman;
first cornet. A. E. Gerig; second cor
net, Harry Cole; clarinet, Leon Fish
| ell: first horn, NJ. A Ten Eyck; sec
Ond horn, w. w. Condor; trombone,
F. &. Mathews; bass horn, Fred E.
Weihe; string bass, Mr.. Carpage;
drums. G. w Martin; bass drum,
Usher Norwood.
The house was packed, galleries
overlooked into the street and every
point of vantage possible was used
to see and hear. There were double
piano duets, seXtets, quartets, piano
and violin solos, and the program
was concluded with selection by an
orchestra composed of twenty-one
violins and three pianos.
In few chosen words Major L. T.
Izlar presented the diploma to Miss
Lille Bailey, who is a graduate in
violin study. She accepted it most
gracefully amid cheers and good
wishes of large concourse of friends.
Too much praise cannot be given
Miss Conner for the great work she
has accomplished in our city and
who has made the Ocala School of
Music what it is. She is most capa-
BILE teacher and her class of 1928
was a splendid success.