Arizona republican., 1921-04-03

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 The concert given at the First NJ.
 7. church Monday evening by the well-known organist Blanche Port Runyan, and the popular teacher of ,inging, Walter Hastings Olney, was one of the most pleasing of the many musical events that have taken place n the city the present season.
 This was the third in the series of organ recitals in which Mrs. Runyan
 las recently appeared, and each time her audience has been convinced that we have an accomplished artist at the pipe organ. Her playing of the Tschaikowsky Andante in B flat and the Intermezzo from Orchestral Suite Op 43 was very beautiful, and her interpretation of MacDowelrs Sea Song was exceedingly pleasing. MT. Olney, whose duties as head of the vocal department of the Arizona School of Music are very heavy, does not appear as often as his many friends would have him, so that his singing Monday evening was indeed rare treat. His strong basso-cantan- ta voice was heard to splendid ad- vantage with organ accompaniment And in the two numbers in which Cornelia Luscomb assisted with a beautifully played violin obligato, his hearers had the desire to hear him as sololist with orchestra aceompani- ment
 His opening numbers "Salve Resi- na,'' by Dudley Buck, and the great aria from Elijah Draw Near All Ye People" were sung in the dramatic style demanded, while his groups of songs Little Mother of Mine" by RurIeigh, Until Gods Day. and Vale" by Buck, Mascheroni's For All Eternity and The Day Is End ed" by Bartlett, were given with sweetness, tenderness and pathos and with dearest diction.
 The entire evening was one of real pleasure and both artists were heart l fly applauded and encored.
 Karola Prick, teacher of vocal at the Studio club. will sing on Monday night at the Musicians club when the evening section gives it's program for l the day section. Some of her pupils
 at Mesa are soon to appear in a re- l cital and others of this city will sing
 here for the St. Cecilia club at its next meeting.
 Frank Lloyd Sutchal is planning | three spring recitals. The pupils 1 from the piano departments of Maude
 
 | getting ready for their spring re- | citalS.
 ] They say Tt is an i'll wind which ] blows no one any good so the clos l ing of the dance halls has made it 1 possible to secure the American for
 an evening performance for or of the
 second annual celebration of Chill i dren's Mardi Gras festival The big stage will be the sylvan ] glade where King Sarival and his l guests hold court and where the peo- l pie who come to pay him homage are received. The ballroom floor is the
 valley" of the Salt River where the
 little flower children hold their ball
 after they have been received by the
 king
 The queen will be dressed as a 1 pink rose and wear a crown of roses
 her train bearers will he some tiny 1 dragon flies the attendants of the ladies in waiting will be flowers ] The king will be in green and in his l crown the state flower will form the 1 only decoration
 The whole program is an artistic i conception of Springs return to the 1 valley. The opening prolog intro l duces an ecstatic invocation to 1 Spring which will be sung by karola 1 Prick. Yua Sonstegaard King. who | is staging the performance, will not allow the extravagant costumes worn last year. and the order of the day are flower costumes made of satin crepe
 paper and tarletan
 | Gifted Helen O'Neil will imper- l senate Spring" Dorothy Johnson the Sun" and as there hasn't been
 any rain this season that character
 will be omitted.