Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-04-27

his studio, made a tour of Scandinavia
and later by royal command played be-
fore the king and queen of Denmark,
braved the submarines and, with two of
his precious instruments taken from his
large collection in London, came to this
country, where he has been meeting with
great success. This is his first Chautau-
qua tour. He wears the costume of the
early seventeenth century MINISTRIES and
sings some of the old songs that were
sung in that period, acting them out as he
sings and playing his own accompaniment
on the lutte. Wifred's first royal COM
mand performance was before the king
and queen of England. He played before
them in Buckingham palace few weeks
before the outbreak of the war.
The Band a Big Feature.
The Band will of course be an out
standing feature. The organization is
under the personal direction of Signor
Lacerenza and is one of the leading bands
in Chautauqua work. Lacerenza himself
is graduate of the famous musical con-
servatory or Naples and was director of
the Venetian Marine Band in Venice,
Italy, when only lad in his teens This
is his eighth season among the Chadtau
quas.
Two other strong musical numbers are
the Schubert Concert Party, three talent
ed young women featuring in their pro-
gram the marimbaphone. They play a
variety of instruments and appear in sew
eral changes of costume and present read
ings together with their music.
The SaXophone Band, comprised Of six
young men formerly of the University Of
Chicago, promises program of special in
terest. This will include vocal as we'll as
instrumental features. Special numbers
will be the saXophone seXtette, saxophone
duet and quartet, male quartet, piano
monologue, ocarina seXtet and minstrel
part consisting of these old favorites
"Mammys Little Coal Black Rose, "
"Doan You Cry, Nah Honey" Hallelu-
jah Camp Meeting Song" and Wood
man, Spare that Tree" The minstrel
part will not be given in black face, but
the dress will be appropriate. A negro
sermon will be feature; also solo on a
cigar box fiddle.
The company that perhaps will prove
to be of as great interestas any is the Ha-
waiian Singers and Players. There are
five native Hawaiians in this company.
All are singers as we'll as instrumentalsts
Their program will be happy mixture of
both instrumental and vocal music and
it will be Of strong Hawaiian flavor They
play the ukulele, the violin, the steel gui-
tar and the harp guitar. They will wear
| Hawaiian costumes and will make a par
ticularly striking appearance.
| Robert O. Bowman, character delinea-
tor and makeup artist, will present his
Imported Americans" a number that
will be of special interest to the boys and
girls.
Byron Piatt has an interesting lecture,
in which he has met with big success. 1t
is a lecture that already has come to be
known as classic among the Chautau-
quas of both the east and middle west.
Platt is comparatively young man, full of
energy, and he has put energy and en-
thusiasm into scores of communities that
were not as alive as they might have
been. He has developed most interest
ing theme out of these words: Dead or
Alive.
The lecture by DR.. Poole is on China.
The doctor has spent fifteen years or
more within the Chinese walls and is re-
garded as one Of the greatest authorities
in this country on things Chinese He
will wear the gorgeous silken costume of a
Chinese nobleman and tell of his life in
China. This presentation he will call
An Evening In China"
Wednesday evening, the 18th, Carl H
Turner, manager OF the chautauqua cir
cult met with some of those interested in
this work and organized for the local
chautauqua J. w. Thurston was elected
chairman, w. F,Morong, secretary and
the following officers and committees
were chosen: President, DR.. A. E. Par
lin; vice presidents, Mrs. w. L. Currier,
A. j. Parent; secretary, w. F. Morong;
treasurer, L. A. Cobb; chairman ticket
committee, F. E. Beyce; advertising COM
mittee, G. G. Lord; grounds, G. s. Fos-
ter; superintendent of junior chautauqua,
W. F. Morong. The president was di-
rected to appoint vice presidents other
than those elected, in surrounding towns
wherever he thought best The splendid
work done by Mrs. w. L. Currier last
year was greatly appreciated and in rec
ignition of her work and interest she was
elected first vice president.
The season tickets will go on sale a