Evening journal., 1919-09-10
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PARK NEXT WEEK
Everybody Invited 20 Bring
Dinners to Last Outdoor
Sing on Tuesday
ELABORATE PLAN FOR
COMMUNITY YULETiDE

! a great outdoor picnic, TO be held at
Washington Heights Park next Tuesday
win close the outdoor season for the
Wilmington Community sings. 1t will be
similar TO the picnic held last year at
Rockford Park. as the closing outdoor
event. when ten thousand persons al
tended. NJ and Mrs. and Miss and Mas
to" Wilmington. are cheerfully invited
to bring their picnic baskets along
about i.30 o'clock 10 Washington
Heights Park next Tuesday, and join
The merrymakers. 4 fine day has been
ordered from the weather man.
Ali sorts Of doings are to be gotten
up for the big picnic There viii be
remcs. In the evening the Harlan ihd
VII accompany the sing All scraps left
from The picnic will be accepted with
pleasure by The zoo bears, deers. ducks
and other fauna
Aflcr a weeks intermsson. on Sep
tember 80, The community chorus viii
start upon an elaborate Christmas pro-
gram, designed TO give a real Christmas
festival TO the whole town. The singers
present at the High school last night.
went wild with enthusiasm at the pros
pect for a lne Christmas concert. 10
be given free to the public. 70 is plan
red TO make it a bigger event than th
splendidly successful performance of
'rhe Holy City" last spring The Buff
falo chorus. Mr.. Barnhart said. Is pre-
pairing elaboratelv for Christmas. They
will give Handelys Messiah :" there
Will be pastoral symphony by on
Of - pieces; and there will be /
a Christmas tableaux OF the Shepherds I
\ somewhat similar program may be |
taken mp for Wilmington. Music Of the |
Messiah" was distributed last night. !
and practice will begin on September 30. I
Something like 200 new members !
have been secured. for The chorus I'm /!
lhe last fortnight, and it will be a big |
ger aggregation than last winter
Although the inclement weather pre- /
vented the park sing last night those |
I'm the High school held one |
II the most enthusiastic sings on
'ecord Harry Barnhart was in happy |
mood, saying he felt like singing a
grand opera. Fred, as Mr. Watson is
always called by the chorus, put the
liano into the Schumann-Heink class.
md That CarusO feeling perVaded the
Ongbirds in The auditorium seats. All
evity aside, the quality of music last
light would make the local singers
acceptable candidates for the proposed
hOrus which Is TO sing with the Phila-
elphia orchestra in the Philadelphia
Onccrls this winter.
The most enjoyable event Of the even
ng was a magnificent Interpretation Of
'osti's "GOOd-by SUMNER by Mr..
'arnhart The chorus, stirred to its
epths by the beauty OF the song burst
ponianeously into three cheers for theil
irector w g. Guy springng to his
eet and leading the cheering
Mr. Barnlart also sang a fine bari
one solo from The Holy City" ac-
ompanied by The chorus
Most Of The evening was spent in
urning words and tunes into real emo
ion and music. Under the leaders
magic touch. "Al Through the Night"
rom a mechanical first performance,
rev into a song OF tender and dreamy
eauty. Alternately cOaXing and scOld-
y. Mr. B3rnhart forced the chorus
'Om a singing Of Men of Harlech." !
nat would not have disturbed the slum-
crs Of a ny into a battle-cry NJ TO be J
card in the great Pershng parade to-
3y.
The change made in a quarter-hour {
'hearsal Of a song was well-nigh mir !
culOus. and liberal education in
lcthods TO any choir leader or teacher
T school singing
III America has not the rhythm OF
ght and color, and sound in her SOUL
le has not the things worth living for" Z
aid the leader