New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
SAENGERFEST WAS
 COMPLETE SUCCESS
Unanimously Declared Best in
 History of Organization

Britain again yesterday when at the close of the Connecticut State Saen- gerfest the presidents of the compet- ing societies unanimously voted that the saengerfest was the best from all points in the history of the Saenger- bund. This vote was taken after all prizes had been awarded and when if any dissatisfaction existed it would naturally be manifested. Although the weather was not exactly ideal during the stay of the German singers it was a great improvement over the condi- tions that reigned during the recent convention of the Swedish singers and there was scarcely~a hitch in the pro- gram as announced.
 Prizes to Hartford.
 Hartford took first place in the com- petitive work, both in the singing contests and in the parade. Tho Hart ford Saengerbund won first prize in the competitive singing and the Hart ford Maennerchor first in the parade. Second hOnOrs were reversed, the Maennerchor being second in the singing contest and the Saengerbund second in the parade. It was easily I1dIllOIu udy. AIlHOullCol1leI. Ol the winners was made at Scheutzen park at the outdoor carnival yesterday afternoon, the sealed decisions, which had been placed in the vault at the National bank being brought to the the winners was received with cheers and the members of the Hartford so- cieties were naturally jubilant over their victory.
 The complete list of prize awards was as follows: Singing, first class, Hartford Saengerbund, first; Hart ford Maennerchor second; second class, first prize, Arion of Danbury (only one prize in this class); third class, Turner Liedertafel of Stamford first, Liederkranz of Thomas ton, second; fourth class Liedertafel of Rockville, first (only one prize in this class); parade prizes, state societies first, Hartford Maenner- chor; second, Hartford Saenger- bund; third, Germania of Bridgeport; local prizes, Austrian Singing society, first; German War veterans, second: The judges of the competitive singing were Carl Kapp of Newark, N. J., F. Alecke of New York, and Hugo Stein bruck of Brooklyn N. Y., and the parade judges were Herman Fleischer, Captain c. H. Beaton and c. J. Muller of Berlin.
 Many View Parade.
 The parade yesterday morning in which all the visiting societies and clubs took part was reviewed by thou sands of people and proved a welcome addition to the Fourth of July rele- bratiOn. The line formed on Frank lin square at 10 o'clock and almost to the minute the first division, headed by Marshal A. l.. Thompson, who was mounted, moved nOrthward toward main street. There were five divisions each headed by a division marshal. Mayor Quigley, President Louis Lehr of the general committee and mem bers of the council rode in autOmO- piles. The route of the parade car ried the marchers to the upper end of Main street around the triangle in font of No. 3 engine house and back front of West Main street where it dis banded
 Handclapping and favorable com ments along the line attested the pleasure of the crowd as some pretty float Or original device swept by. Tho Geman Kreiger Verein made a line appearance dlu was aug lHoltGA ny sixty young women who appeared as Red Cross nurses. The Austrian Singing society wore costumes illustra~t ing their nationality. One float which called for special applause was oper- ated by six bicycle riders, three for ward and three in the rear, while two young ladies rode beneath a canopy of ribbons and flowers.
 Following the grand concert at the Lyceum Monday night, which was graced by the presence of Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, there was a grand ball at Turner hall which was largely attended, Dancing continued long after midnight and for hours Arch street was gay with merry-mal1- CTS. The whole event from start to finish was planned with care and that it proved such a complete success is an added triumph for the New Brit ain Quartet club, under whose a1ls- pices the saengerfest was given