The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-06-25
rrrPS FROM THE CHAUTAUQUA
OFFICE
,,count of the Recent Chautauqua
An Dress RehearsalS.

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NAM Dress Rehearsals.
- rbautauuua is on its way to
~ i,ster Last week all the
Mes .ln1 companies and entertainment
niusto nriae for the two circuits Of 166
colnpaL net in Swarthmore for rinal
loMna rahearsal. This inaugurated a
81 - nj excellence in Chautauqua
neN cement. for in no previous case
hans s1ch Y dress rehearsal been con
hid .ad before the beginning of the
season. yax,5a.. ,,,a+ W,
artbmore for four days OF rehear-
or they lived i'm tents pitched
- the central auditorium tent
Whole looking not unlike tenn
lnorv DMoyie" town. For commits
po rT department the College Tea
San sa.y was called into service, and
~" nsuaI mode Of "fussing" In vogue
tLe ,onq the students had to be aban-
alI while the invasion was on.
A. the tent there was most pic
.,resoue sight Drays were passing
s NJ, the nearby storage-house to the
siding, in process Of loading the four
taan ears which it takes TO move
III equipment. Repair men had
sreat spreads of brown canvas laid
out ON the grass and moved sewing
machines around, busily stitching at
them. Loading crews pulled and
GRAINED at the heavy rolls of canvas.
From inside the big top" came weird
sonnds connected with informal re
learsals.
With the opening Of the formal pro
oram IN the afternoon it became evil
Sant that Chautauqua il better and
more attractive than ever. The
chantauuua Entertainers, Crawford
Adams with his own Company, Col
angeIors Italian Band, The Soiree
singers, the Varkony-Hines Company,
The Oratorio Artists-well you should
haye seen the directors smile when he
bald his Talent Conference" at
1870 in the evening.
The Soiree Singers" are openers
W. The "A" Circuit and they are a
peppy crowd Each member Of the
company initiates some well known
actor W singer. For instance Lucy
price reproduces Lillian Shaw in the
cIayerest stunts that famous actress
ever staged, and Harry Longstreet
brings Harry Lauder with his almost
irimitable mannerisms right into your
presence.
they can sing too. The tenor solo
farm The opera Pagliacci, the quart
cite from Rigoletti, travesty %
the ouartette for II Trovatore are
some W the grand opera they do. The
Goose Girl for Straus' Comic Opera,
Lucy Price in "Mulbarree Strit" are
great. Longstreet's Harry Lau-
der " wonderful. ''Wi DOT Wife"
IN Love Lassie," and then Koko's
Song from the "Mikado,' Tit Viii
low" sets the audience wild.
The Chautauqua Entertainers fol
low the Soiree Singers, playing the
second day in all the towns OF "a"
Circuit. Their task-to live up to the
high standard set on the opening day
is difficult indeed. Of course the
program they render Is entirely diff
ferent from that of the day before. 1t
is pitched in different key Miss
Ethey May Gordon reads Riley's II
amt agoin to Cry no more" until the
audience has a peculiarly moist feel
ing about their own eyes. Wa1no
Kauppi, the boy cornetist does some
excellent work, getting tonal quail
ity into his solos that is seldom
equaled. Miss Lyndon's songs or
the Southland" are somewhat In the
nature of the only approach to folk
songs that we in America can truly
call our own. Mr.. Fuller renders
capable support as pianist with the
Company.
Then comes the famous Colangelo's
Band. If We told you that ColangelO
has better band than the Victor's
Band of last summer you would smile
up your sleeve. We therefore won't
tell YOU. Wen let you find 1T out for
yourself. Some new variations in the
program are great. There is string
sextette in native Italian costume.
Then comes Miss Ethel Bentley and
Signor Guarino with their soloS and
duets. They also are in native Ital-
ian Costume. Miss Bentley's voice Is
clear dramatic soprano, and that Of
Signor GuarinO is splendid tenor.
Do not miss Colangelo's Band.
The Hines-Varkony Company, and
the Oratorio Artists each produce
their own peculiar thrills. MT. Var
kony, with his staggering pirate
songs, Gabriel Hines, prize-winning
composer and pianist, Elizabeth oil
yer, soprano The Oratorio Artists
make most of their appeal through
the association of long ago. Songs
our Grandmothers Sang bring Up
many pictures to the mind, touch
many intimate heart strings.
The Rehearsals over, these COM
panies have started on their long
Journey to eighty-four towns-those
of Circuit +'A" They have already
started at Denton, Maryland they
are coming to our town. Steady az
time itself they come, town a day
il their schedule, and thus each day
brings them nearer. When they come
We are sure they will bring with them
the full measure of JOY which makes