New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
BRILLIANT PROGRAM
 HAS BEEN PREPARED
United Parents and Teachers Assn. Opens Season Dec. 12

On the evening of December 12 the first of a series of five entertain ments is to be given in the Grammar school hall under the auspices of the United Parents and Teachers as- sociation. Tickets and preliminary announcements were given to the children today.
 Opening Entertainment Dec. fl.
 me entertainment at this opening assemblage will be provided by the boston quintet heard at the South church year or two ago. These singers are among the foremost male Vocahsts in the country. This quintet IS made up of Walter B. Anderson tehor' John E. Daniels, tenor; Robert NICHOLS, tenor and accompanist; Dr. Arthur Gould, baritone ,and Angus JUS T. Beatty. bass. MT. Anderson's 5 Volce mas a range as high as the ma- Jorlty or lyric sopranos. Their pro- gram Will contain not only songs from current popular plays, but also as spe- clal arrangement of favorite classics such as the quartet from "Rigioletto" ana the seXtet from Lucia di Lam mermoor''.
 oSSOAAN will be presented on January 23 when Raymond Havens and Miss Cora Sapin appear as the artists MT. Ha- Vens IS a brilliant young Boston plan 1st and Philip Hale, we'll known music critic, says of him: He is evil dentally musical by nature; his mech anism is polished; his taste is refined; he is modest. not self assertive. MT. O n h1 >lo in the local group of the younger pianists." Madam Sapin is a member of the Boston Opera company and is an American singer with a rich con- tralto voice. She has sung at the Metropolitan Opera House with the Philharmonic orchestra, the Russian Symphony orchestra, the Damrosche orchestra and the St. Louis orchestra.
 Others on Program.
 Burlington Schurr, curator at the New Britain Institute museum, will give lecture on February 20, en- titled '"The Winter World" MT. Schurr has been called the naturalist of the Berkshire Hills and he needs no in troduction. A visit to his museum is sufficient to convince one of his in timate knowledge of the great out doors.
 Edward Avis, famous as bird imi- tator, who is said to be without peer in reproducing the songs and calls of birds as they are heard in the woods and fields: will be heard on March 20. He will also give a special after noon entertainment st o'clock for the benefit of the school children. Not only does MT. Avis use his voice, but also his violin to give the desired eff fleets.
 The closing number of the series will be presented on the evening of April "A by local talent the Musical Art String Trio having been engaged for that date These musicians are Theron Wolcott Hart, pianist; Herbert E. Anderson, violinist, and William Miller, 'cellist. MT. Hart, organist at the First church and recognized as a pianist of great ability, Is well known to music lovers. MT. Anderson and MT. Miller are both members of the Hartford Philharmonic orchestra and have been heard in solos throughout New England.
 This will be the fourth consecutive season during which the United Par ents' and Teachers association will have given a series of high class en- E tertainments, and the one just ar- ranged is by far the most elaborate.