Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-24
Ely FRANK NJ. CRAY


Seated in the Auditorium of the
big, splendid Steel Works "Y'' build
ing yesterday afternoon a human
tom in an audience of 1 400 persons
occupying tho cosy opera chairs on
tho paruuet floor. in the gallery and
standing along the foyer walls,
marveled. as the lifting melody of
''rripoli" filled the theater sung by
the audience, at the inspiring per
sonality of Tom Christian as a leader
in community singing. Endowed
with well-trained baritone voice of
wide range, he has the faculty of en-
thusing large gathering and secur-
ing vocal help. As stated above
there was an audience of 1,4oo yes
terday that enjoyed a program OF
even professional excellence, and az
least 200 persons remained seated in
the luxurious lobby of the building,
unable to gain admission to the audi
toriun-
Mr.. Christians magnetism as a
community singing leader is unques-
toned. He also has an uncanny
method of introducing unusual stunts
during the rendition of songs that not
only interests an audience, but creates
good natured rivalry. For instance,
he divides the house into sections and
has each sing eeparately-thcn he Will
have children sing alone; then men
while tho Eentlcr sex whistles the air.
and vice versa as r result he has
everybody aging or whistlinE. and as
vocalists many make up in sound
volume what they lack in musical
knowledge.
There were unusual and interesting &
features on yesterdays program, and
rspturous applause was proof posi-
tive that tho big audience was moro
than pleased. One number deserves
special mention and that was the
aesthetic da.ncinE-or what might be
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Betty Black. an s-ycar- child that
gave, by graceful dancing three per
sonalities-an Oriental, a Chinese and
a Hawaiian hula dancer,-each in
costume The little lady was grace
full as a fairy. both in steps. body
movements and gestures, and when
it came to the Hawaiian dance-well
I've seen many of the alleged
Hawaiian nativo damsels do that stunt
that would improve their work by
taking pointers from little Betty
Black Sho was SO popular with tho
audience that she had to respond TO
each dance with an encore. Her best
hit was the Hawaiian miX-up of hulu-
la2sz-convulsions. Incidentally 1t can
be stated that the little one is pupil
OF tho Scott school, under instruction
of Miss Lois Kinney as teacher, and
tho child seems destined for a brill
liant future as aesthetic dancer.
James Daniel who presided at the
piano for Bcttys music. is an artist
with the ivory keys. and no received
meritcd applause.
The ten-minute talk OF executive
secretary of the ~. NJ. r. Shelton,
was along tho lines of AS a man
thinketh. This theme however related
10 mistaken Impressions. the cultiva.-
ton of enabling thoughts and lofty
soul Inspirations. A man cannot al
ways be Judged by appearance. and
clothes does not always make the man.
Mr.. Shelton talks sincerely direct. and
he was listened TO with close attention.
A generous applause accorded the
gentleman at the close of his remarks
ovinced tho secretary's popularity
with attendants at the "G'' meetings.
Charles Fuschinos baritone solo
evinced tho fact that the young man
is endowed with voice of broad
range and sweet timbre- He was ac-
corded an encore, which ho responded
to, but somehow he did not seem TO
be letter perfect on his selection-nor
tho music for that matter. It's too
bad that voice of such merit should
fall because of insufficient attention
and the lack of song rehearsal.
The piano duct by p. II. Murphy
and his daughter, Miss Gladys
Murphy was musical gem-"Mur-