Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-01-09
4LOCAL GIRLS
SCOREBlG HIT
Make Professional Debut, Di-
vide HonOrs With Serbian
Tamburica Orchestra.

There we're two outstanding features
in the program presented at the Grand
opera house Thursday night when four
Great Falls girls made their professional
stage debut in connection with the ap-
pearance there of the Serbian Tamburica
orchestra. The one which especially I'M
pressed itself on Great Falls people was
the excellent artistic talent some OF the
girls Of the city possess while the other
was the musical skill and generous ma
ture of the Serbian players. The or
chestra offered a program of selections
which gained for them frequent. enthu-
siastic and general applause and left a
favorable reputation for them IN the city.
The girls who made their debut were
Miss Anna Kocasek, interpretive dancer;
Miss Mary Longmuir, coloratura So
prano; Miss Florence koWaleska, con-
tralto and Miss Margaret Babcock, plan
ist. They each had generous evidence
of the favor in which their numbers
were received and each received flowers
and applause and praise of friends. 1t
was big night for those four girls.
Miss Wocasek First.
Miss Wocasek was the first of the
four to appear. 1t was her initial bow to
a Great Falls audience as classic
dancer but it took the audience but a
few seconds to appreciate that her three
years in school had developed her into
real artist She is especially clever
in her toe dancing, girl of graceful
poise and delightful stage appearance
and she executes her numbers with a
finish and artistic touch that leaves no
doubt about her future. She presented
two numbers and was compelled to re-
SnnnH III a for each
Miss kowaleska sang two numbers
following the appearance of Miss Wo-
casek and she once more had a demon
stration of the fact her friends enjoy
her voice which is a warm and pleasing
contralto, of delightful modulaton and
satisfactory range. Miss kowaleska ap-
peared some months, ago on program
for the American legion and then scored
a bit second only to the favor in which
she sang on this occasion.
Other Score Hits.
Miss Margaret Babcock, who is pu
pi of Miss Lorraine Laliberte of the
Great Falls conservatory of music. play
ed number that thoroughly delighted
all and she was compelled to respond
with an encore. Miss Babcock dis
plays the quality of a true artist and
plays with charm that wins her instant
appreciation and holds her audience in
raptures of musical delight.
Miss Mary Longmuir was the last of
the quartet to appear. She, as is alss
Miss kowaleska, is a pupil Of Miss
Louise Valverda Kelley of the Crsu-
line academy school of music and Miss
Kelley played the accompaniments for
both Miss Longmuir has charming
soprano voice of pleasing compass and
always in control of it's owner who
used it with splendid effect in rendering
four selections. She was especially
pleasing in the rendition of a little
Scotch ballad and the lit of her voice
caught the audience for great favor. She
was compelled to respond with another
and still third encore.
Miss Wocasek appeared in her Sec
ond number after the vocalists and Miss
Babcock had appeared and the orchestra
then concluded the program which was
one of general delight to a large audi
encc.