The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-30
MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING

A music festival for ali OF western
Kansas will be given in Hays during
May. Never before in the history of
the school has 1t offered anything so
big to the people 1t serves as it viii
during the week of the festival.
The festival commences with a
jump Sunday afternoon, May the
fourth, with a concert by a world
famous vocalist The evening fol-
lows with HandePs Messiah with
a chorus of 800 voices and an orches-
ira of 40 The following Sunday the
Messiah viii again be sung, closing
the festival
Artists, some world famous, with
faculty, students and townspeople
will bring to Western Kansas, music
such as it never has heard before.
Henry Edward Malloy, general direc-
tor of the festival, plans that each
day will be a feature in itself. a
Quartet of nationally famous soloists
will remain the entire week, each Civ
ing one recital and assisting in two
other programs besides singing in the
Messiah"
Monday afternoon the faculty viii
give their recital followed by an ar
tist recital in the evening. A student
recital is to be the feature of Tues
day afternoon, again followed by an
artist recital in the evening. The
Hays band will give the concert
Thursday evening Friday afternoon
the program will be put on by the
children of the town. A pipe organ
ist Will come from Denver or Kansas
City to give a recital. An all star re
cital follows the pipe Organist. Sun
day afternoon of the last day a re-
nowned vioIinist will be enjoyed. The
last evening the Messiah viii again be
,given.
An exhibit of fine arts and applied
crafts is to be arranged under the
direction of Miss Wooton, each after
noon of the week.
One feature of the weeks enter
tainment is the program to be given
by the dancing class under the direc-
tion of Miss Flanders.
In about a month from now, Mr..
Malloy expects to give the Three
Springs" a cantata in which the ac-
ton is represented by dancing. The
cantata will perhaps be given at the
time of the festival
As it is now planned, there are TO
be no programs In the mornings dur
ing-the time-ef the festival. This viii
allow visitors to become acquainted
with the Fort Hays Experiment Sta
ton, old Fort Hays, the school, town
and other points of interest. The
schedule for classes viii be arranged
so as to give an hour before each af-
ternoOn program.
Under the supervision of P. Caspar
Harvey every person in every COM
munity in Western Kansas from the
Colorado line to Hays and eastward,
will learn about the music festival.
Mr.. Floyd B. Lee has charge of the
finances for the festival
The Sheridan Coliseum will be
used for the programs. 1t seats
$500 people. It is expected by Mr..
Malloy that it will be crowded for
every event The festival begins
Sunday, May fourth, and closes the
Sunday following, May eleventh.-Nor-
NAL Leader.
At a committee meeting of the Hays
Chamber of Commerce, last Tuesday.
arrangements were made to help finance
the project TO the amount of S6, 500.
If Prof. Malloy succeeds in putting over
this, for Hays, rather Herculanean IN
dertaking, and we believe he will, it
will be red letter week for Hays. It
will be worth, in advertising alone, all
it will cost.
P. Caspar Harvey will have charge
of the publicity work, which means
thoroughness in that very important
part of the undertaking; and with the
experience and pep Mr.. Malloy viii
bring into the affair, it will surely be a
success.
Let all who are interested in the
progress of the City of Hays and her
institutions put their shoulder to the car
of progress and push with might and
main.