Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26

TO GIVE CONCERT
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Community Orchestra Will Give First
Public Entertainment At The
Memorial Building.

On Monday evening next, at 8:15,
at the Memorial Hall, the Greenwood
Community Orchestra will give it's
first public concert. No admission
daily invited to attend Quite a num-
Der of the noted musicians and music
lovers of Greenwood are more or less
directly interested. Prof. Deal, the
musical director, is creating universal
interest and enthusiasm in his work in
this community, and is commanding
the support and influence of the music
lovers in every society and organiza-
tion in the city, without single ex-
ception. There is no question that he
will make Greenwood one of the mu-
sical centres of the State.
This Community Orchestra is an
amateur organization, educational in
scope and designed to form the neu-
cleus of Symphony Orchestra at
later date. 1t is also the intention to
use these features in connection with
munity Sings, and an adjunct to the
Choral Society, which it is expected
to organize in the near future.
The first Community Sing will be
on Easter Sunday, from four to six p.
M 1t will probably be held at the
Memorial Hall, though it's the in
tention, later in the Spring, to have
these in the open air, on the Court
house Square.
Plans are also underway by Prof.
Deal for a May Day Celebration, and
in this he is having the active sup
port of the Music teachers Of the High
School, and others in position to aid
materially in featuring it strongly.
Mr. Deal is training High School
| Band and Drum and Trumpet Corps
among the school boys and scouts, al
so. In fact his influence and ability is
| being felt in almost every possible
line of activity in his profession. He
is also an adept in staging pageants,
cantatas, &C., and is an extremely
valuable acquisition to Greenwood cit
izenship. And it is the duty of every
one who has Greenwood's interests al
heart to give him all the support and
encouragement possible. It is a rare
thing that community, without great
| effort and considerable expense, is
fortunate enough to locate such tai
ented and energeting artist as Mr.
Deal.
At the time the Chamber of Com
merce interested itself in getting Mr.
| Deal to locate here, he gave satisfac
tory assurance that he not only coule
but that he would do all these things
and he is more than fulfilling his pro
misses and all expectations.
| Blythe Way, the Greenville theatre
under the same management as ours
is supplied an orchestra. Why can
not our theatre have one? This com
munity is just as much entitled to /
as any other, would appreciate it jus
as much, and no one could better sup
ply it than Mr. Deal. 1t would be
treat that our citizens would enjo,
very much, and we see no reason VIII.
it should not have it. No theatre Il
the country is better patronized thai
ours. The general public knows full
we'll just about how handsomely
pays, and feels there is nothing un
r reasonable in asking for it. In fact
it might be to the interests of th
, management in more ways than on
. to furnish this.
The Saenger Amusement Co. ais
gives the use of it's Greenville Thea
tre free, on Sunday evenings, for tn
Community Sings, and the Chambe
!, of Commerce is going to ask SIM
J. lar favor for Greenwood, and doubt
\ no tit will meet with equal liberalit
on the part of the owners.