The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-12-21
COMMUNITY CHORAL
PAGEANT PLANNED
MUSICAL FEATURES IN CONNEC.
TION WITH THE MUNICIPAL
CHRISTMAS TREE
VIII be Directed by Eugene H. StOrer
-Rehearsal Wednesday Night
Public Invited

As was announced in yesterday IS
Star-Mirror, activities have begun to
make the Municipal Tree of this year
an even greater success than that of
last Yuletide, and to that end more
elaborate program is being prepared
and an entirely new note in the
Christmas festivity will be struck
The novelty will consist chiefly in
the manner in which the music is
presented and in the putting on of a
simple pageant to commemorate the
events which are celebrated on this
anniversary.
generously accepted the task of handl-
ing singers and pageant, makes an
interesting ana significant statement
in reference not only to this event
but to future good things for Mos
COW community life.
For some time past said Mr.. Stor-
er, II have been deeply concerned
over the matter of starting in Moscow
what has become so successful a
movement in eastern cities during
the past three years-a community
choral and orchestral society. The
idea is that the whole city shall unite
in producing music, in order that the
love Of good music shall be instilled
in every PERSONS mind by having the
public at large actually participate
in choral work. The formal launch
ing of such an organization we hope
Christmas holidays.
1.-THE setting up of municipal
tree and the singing of the Christmas
carols about it suggested itself as an
excellent opportunity to make at this
time our first effort in developing
community spirit with reference to
music In our formal organization,
as in this first elementary attempt at
a pageant, we hope to have the CO.
operation of all the church choirs and
all the secular musical organizations.
The cooperation of the university
music department and that of the pub
lie schools is assured.
"Our idea in presenting the frag-
ment of pageant which we will put
on Friday afternoon is to portray in
the simplest dramatic form, with
musical interpretations, those episodes
which will bring vividly to the mind
OF the people the events which the
whole world celebrates on Christmas
eve. Our program will include the
prophecy of the coming of the Savior,
the episode of the shepherds keeping
watch over their focks by night; the
coming OF the wise men with their
gifts; the appearance of the angel,
the shining of the guiding star. Be-
tween the episodes of the pageant |
will be sung the familiar Christmas
carols in which all the people are ask
ed to join.
"A rehearsal of the carols to be
used will be held on Wednesday eve
ming at eight o'clock in the high
school auditorium. To this the gener-
al public is invited. Our first at
,empt will be necessarily simple, per-
laps crude, but we hope to make the
story clear and appealing so that the
esson of the Christmas season may
,e fitly taught at the Municipal Tree.
dr. Carey and Miss Kendrick are
heartily cooperating with me in this,
,ur first attempt at community Choir
i work"
After the presentation of the page
mt Santa Claus will distribute his
,ags of candy to the waiting children.
The program will be given on Fri
ay afternoon at four o'clock sharp.
IONEYMOONERS ARE PROTECTED