Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-06-17
CONCERT WILL BE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Famous Singing Masters of
South Are on Program
THREE SESSIONS DAILY
Five States Represented in Mus
ical Gathering

Id SdllcIluS
Fitzgerald is host to the song
lovers OF five states today, Saturday
and Sunday. Song sessions are be-
ing held each morning and after
noon during the three days The
annual concert, the biggest event of
the year in South Georgia singing,
will be at the court house Saturday
night at $50 o'clock.
Singers and singing masters from
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South
Carolina and Tennessee started ar
irving in Fitzgerald last night and
their numbers continued to swell all
day today. Sunday Will be the big
gest day of the convention and prob
ably FIVE hundred of the sections
sweetest singers will take part in
the music.
Judge J. B. Clements called the
convention to order at the court
house at 10 o'clock and the three day
program began with the great old
religious songs that have stirred
mems souls for hundred years Old
fashioned organ music accompanies
, the vocal music More enthusiasm
and spirit is expressed in the volume
OF song than in the greatest of grand
opera
Among the song masters who had
registered early this afternoon were
the following
J. J. Covington OF Flcox county,
Reason Tomberlin OF Fla, ?. Hor-
ton of Ben Hill, George Covington
of Turner, w. J. Royal of Irwin,
w. O. Bush of Mozelle, Miss, w.
M. Clark OF Dublin Alton Watson
of Dublin, J. J. Padgett of Fla, DIR.
J. H. Wilmington of Pineview, B.
E. Percelle of Irwin, E. Q. Dormi-
ny of Ben Hill, A. w. Morley of
Ben Hill, J. A. Royal of Irwin, J.
c. Wilson of Wilcox, E. G. McClen-
don of Dublin, ]. J. DuPree of Tai
lahassee, J, R, Braswell of Seville,
L. S. Crosby OF Douglas. In addi-
ton to these leaders many other
singers are here
The program committee is J. B.
Clements, J. A. Royal and Lewis
Tomberlin. They have arranged pro-
grams to begin 1000 Saturday morn
ing, 4;30 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
9:3O O'Clock Sunday morning; 4 o.
clock Sunday afternoon and the big
concert at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
night.
Among the singers at the concert
will be Mr.. and Mrs R. M. Gresham
OF Greenville, S. c., C. w. Vaughn
of Lawrenceburg, Tenn, J. NJ. Al
len of Fort Valley, A. NJ. Worley of
Ben Hill.
Secretary T. ]. Luke is handling
the details Of the arrangements bF
the sessions.
The delegates to the convention
were entertained at dinner today by
members of the Ben Hill county
singing association and by hospita-
bic Fitzgerald people. The slogan
for Fitzgerald people for Saturday
and Sunday will be-"Don't eat
without a delegate"
Practically all the homes of Ben
Hill singers have been filled and
Judge Luke issued an urgent appeal
this afternoon for Fitzgerald people
to open their homes to the delegates.
Come to the singing tomorrow and
get acquainted with the visitors"
Judge Luke asked, "and pick out one
or two to take home with you. Fitz-
gerald can not afford to fall down on
entertaining South Georgia's sing
ers."
A small admission charge of Is
cents will be made for the concert
Saturday night to help defray some
of the expenses of the convention. A
packed house is expected and song
lovers who wish to attend should 90
to the court house at least a half
hour before the time set for opening
the program $50 o'clock if they ex-
pect to get in.
The star of the convention is little
Miss Elizabeth Gresham, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M.
Gresham, who has inherited all the
music of her talented parents. The
little girl drew repeated rounds of
applause with a delicate alto part
this afternoon. She will sing at the
Saturday night concert.
| Among the early arrivals today
were trio of singers from Florida
who are we'll known mere where they
used to live. They are r. R. Tom
berlin Of Jefferson county, J. ]. Du-