The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
FULL APPRECIATION
OF FINE CONCERT
Crowded House Heard School Children in
Varied Program of Songs and Saw
Youngsters Execute Intri-
cate Folk Dances.

The work being done in the music de
partment of the city schools was exem
plifed TO the keen pleasure Of large
audience at the Barre opera house last
evening; and it is safe to say that the
demonstration was revelation TO the
greater part of the audience, particularly
as regards that phase OF the work which
embraced folk dancing. For nearly two
hours the people were kept on tip.toe OF
expectancy as one after another OF the
pleasing little dances were put on by the
young people, while none the less enjoy
able was the chorus singing by seventh
and eighth grade pupils and by high
school students.
The program was arranged to bring
out the diversity of the music instrue-
tion in the public schools, the chorus Sc
lections covering a wide range and the
dances being decidedly dissimilar. The
choruses were finely balanced and the
music was remarkably well interpreted.
The results showed that distinct advance
has been made in the singing, both in
the high school and the grades.
More diverting perhaps because OF
their novelty were the folk dances par
tcipated in by about $50 boys and girls,
ranging in age from those Just entering
the public school system to those about
to go into the high school. The young
sters were dressed in costumes to suit
the dance numbers and they made
very charming appearance on the stage.
What is more, the youngsters seemed to
enjoy their work and entered into it with
all the zest OF real enthusiasts. As each
group tripped its way off the stage it
was greeted with volley of applause
which indicated in no uncertain manner
that a repetition would have been appre-
ciated had it seemed best to the manag.
ers TO respond to encores.
There were German, Swede, Dane,
English and Dutch figures together with
a mingling of aesthetic dancing. Little
Germans" so far removed from the tur-
moil of the fatherland, skipped onto the
stage with an enhancing children's
polka, to be followed by the neutral
Swedes In their wooden shoes and "clog |
ying" it like veterans These were all |
irst graders but in spite of their youth |
hey executed the dances splendidly. |
Next came the Danes tsecond gradersl |
n their intricate dance, "The Ace Of |
and back again came more
>wedes of somewhat advanced age over
heir brothers and sisters who had pre-
-iously appeared, doing the "Bleking."
they were pupils of the third grade and
hey did their steps with somewhat
.reater precision but in no more pleasing
manner than the others. Fourth grade
upils made their bow in an aesthetic
lance that was called "Mary, Mary,
lutte Contrary" and it was one of the
aintiest Of the lot Dressed in gorgeous
tire. fifth grade pupils executed the
iinnet with graeefulness that was sur
rising for such youngsters Finally |
anne rollicking Dutch swirl in ''Where
las My Little Dog Gone" which was a
tting climax to the series of dances.
he audience, through the whole series,
iughed with real pleasure at the nimble
,oted, eager children.
The folk dances embraced the second
art of the program. The first and third {
arts were songs by the pupils OF various 8
yes. The Spaulding high school glee {
ub. of both male~and female voices, Q
ing Roeekel's "The Storm Field" OF J
nbach's "There Is Perfume" Strauss $
Blue Danube" Sullivan's "When the |
brennan Bares His Steel" Knights t
Rocked in the Cradle OF the Deep and n
sch- -Gounod's save Maria" In the last G
lmber they were accompanied by Miss
a Carusi on the violin in addition to
e piano accompaniment by Miss
anche Russell, who also played for the \
her parts of the program.
The girls glee club at Spaulding sang
borne's "a Cake-shop Romance" and
c seventh and eighth grade pupils did &
with Veazie's "The Bees and at
'rdi's ever popular "Anvil Chorus" In oil
rspersing the program were selections p,
the high school orchestra which won NJ
srited praise for its performance. The q
lole program moved along with COM re
.ndable snap and there were no weari- VI
ne waits such as sometimes mar pres NJ
tations in which there are so many m
rticipants. A large measure of credit NJ
the prompt succession of the parts is fir
e to the grade teachers, who, in addi- de
n to assisting in the training of the HI
ldren, also acted as monitors for the tn
ldren during the evening. IT,.
The direction of the entertainment was ex
charge of Miss Josephine 4. Hovey,
,ervisor of music, and she also trained M
participants in all the departments, NJ
ng ably assisted by Miss Blanche Rus be
!. who last fall became assistant to We
supervisor. tn
The concert win be repeated at the WI
'ra mouse TINS evening, and another ar
ye house is assured The proceeds arc -
be devoted to the work of the music IN,
of the schools. an
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