The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-06

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Nse. DAN n. ROSS: "Missopla's
first community song meeting could
not have been more successful. Sure
~ the custom Of gathering regularly
for such affairs will become cstab-
lished after this excellent beginning.
Genuine enjoyment should be found
as the meetings continue and all be-
come better accustomed to singing to-
gethcr."
w. F. CoaeAN: "A fine thing!
Let us by all means have more OF
them. l have seldom enjoyed myself
more than at the song meeting. and
hope to refrditf the pleasure. We are
fortunate In having the services Of u
leader us capabit an DE Loss Smith,
and under hiY guidance community
singing should become d permanent
MissOula custom"
J. W. eUFoRD: Il can't say that
enjoyed the singing; l was one of the
hundreds unable to get into the thea
ter. But l do think the idea an ex-
ccllent ono. The meetings will be cs-
pecially pleasant during the summer
months. when they can be held out-of-
doors. where there is room for all and
where one can meet and mingic with
his friends ana neighbours
A. 1. STONE: Everything which
tends to develop u closer community
spirit Is valuable. For this reason.
even IL there were no others, such song
meetings as that of Sunday evening
would be well worth II lot of effort.
But the first sing did more than
bring .nefghbors together; II afforded
real pleasure to Il large gathering and
gave outlet to the love Of music that
Is in all singers or not
L RICHARD r.. SMITH, I have felt
for Il long time that something of the
kind was desirable and am sincerely
pleased that the promoters of the
great gathering of last evening were
able to make it Il reality.
| LEONARD LARSON: Mrs. Larson
says it is q wonderful start upon Il
beautiful custom. She says that witt,
the inspiring leadership and the en-
1
| continued, Missoula will be leader
of all the west i'll fine community
spirit
| n. J. MORRISON 1t was the best
time | have had since i came to Mis-
soula; and the public spirit was bet
ter than have seen it at any time in
MissOula. ! tell you, the Missoula band
can't be outclassed in this state or in
many others. I would have gladly
| paid $3.50 to hear 'Fhc Golden
Dragon" alone, as the band rendered
it last evening.
MRS. CLARA LAWYER: Indeed.
it was beautiful The effects gained
by Professor Smith in his mastery
leadership were good Sabbath day up
lift. The voice Of Miss Myers. com ;
Hy mS a4t '1R' j 'Fs 81 sSSs's asaf
| ay-
/. M. ALLEN: 1t was q grand per
fornancc and mighty good crowd.
There was less discords than might
be expected from such an immense
gathering and the folks seemed to
know the songs, too. Everybody did
the best they could, and seemed to
appreciate the opportunity.
II. T. WILKINSON: That certain
~ was u very fine get together song
| meeting. 1t is TO be hoped that the
municipal song festivals are repeated
, ut frequent intervals. for they arc
> | certainly great and help to Improve
, | the community spirit immensely. I'll.
$ crowd was surprising and so was the
$ singing. 1t is too bad that we lack
an auditorium seating a couple OF
= ! thousand. There We're many people
: turned away last night that would
have helped in the singing consider
ably.
: n. Y. GEPHART: The song festi-
] val was one of the best meetings we
ever had in this city, and should be
" | repeated at frequent intervals. The
J | crowd was immense, and showed great
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