The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-08

| ing, which she says should no longeI
be called community singing, but as
sembfy singing. Nothing c., brini
two peoples spirits together more
than to mingle in song. wonder i
you know that the. last stanza of ou
Star-Spangled Banner, the c 3s
one Of all, was not written by Franci.
Scott Key
On Friday morning Mrs. Steel helt
La meeting Of the delegates from al
musical clubs and would you believe
it, we almost broke up the genera
meeting, Seemed as if we would take
over half of those present
For over four hundred years Amer
lea has been without her peoples
music. The war brought the need
and nothing has SO uplifted music ir
4
America as the talking machines.
At the general federation of musi
cal clubs the following songs were
selected as songs that every person
| should know and commit to memory:
l. America the Beautiful 2. Star
Spangled Banner. 3. Joy to the
World, 4. Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie. 5. Who is Sylvia? Then three
folk songs 1. Swing Low Sweet Char
lot 2. From the Land Of the Sky
blue water 3. All Through the Night
a Welsh Song.
Now will give you some Of the
thoughts Mrs. Steel put before u.s.
Georgia should have her own songs
as other states are selecting theirs.
Every club meeting should be open
ed with one of the peoples songs,
known by all. She said that nothing
helped town SO much as to have pa
geants. If no one in the club could
arrange them, send to c. C. Birchard
Music Co., Boston, Mass. She alsa
said that it would be splendid work
for musical clubs to be entertained
in putting fine vocal teacher in the
school, and teach every child to read
notes by Do, ra, me system. Another
idea brought out, particularly for
mothers, stop child from
taking music because they do not
practice: two half hours week with
a good music teacher is worth more
than ten hours of careless practice"
Now for the Christmas Carols. She
said the best way to stimulate inter
est was have every church secure
ten carols and practice them. Then
sing them behind curtains and be
Judged by three good Judges. At
christmas have all sing these max
ing good leaders for. those who would
join in, who had had no practice, Al
so be sure to secure good carols. Send
to Miss Ada B. Fleming, CHM and Co.
Chicago.
BY all means junior musical clubs
should be formed, and for any infor
nation on this subject send to Anne
Shaw Faulkner, $40 Fine Arts Build
ing, Chicago. Children should be
taught hymns and have better congre-
gational singing every six weeks I'M
der a good leader,-hire one if neces-
sary. Be sure to mix the church
CIlGlIHs OlAS W tHC GOct puN4AeotAOIS
that can be secured is Community
Music Service" also Musical Moni-
tor" Both having the same address:
1895 Broadway, New York. She said
by all means get sample copies of
these publications
Now as yet the musical clubs have
not come" INTO their own in the Fed
Grafton of Clubs. They have no par
ticular place to fill at the conventions.
The Orpheus Club at Columbus gave
four numbers the first night, and Mrs,
Steele directed three songs at the
opening of every session. Mrs. Steele
said that the first steps to take
would be for the musica! clubs! I. to
demand of the district president to
appoint a music chairman, who might
communicate with Mrs. w. T. Bailey,
at savannah, who is state chairman Of