Evening star., 1922-06-02
CONTATA WINS PRAISE.

The National Community Chorus.
Charles NJ Wengerd conducting, pre-
sented Cowen's tuneful cantata. THE
Rose Maiden" last evening in Central
High School Auditorium before an
audience that gave repeated evidence
of it's appreciation. the enthusiasm
seemingly increasing with the prog
ress of the performance. The solo
parts were slstained by Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw GHwler. soprano; Lillian
Allen Bot. tenor, and Benjamin Y.
Morrison. bass, with Fannie f. Buck
at the piano. The Accomplishments
We're furnished by an orchestra COM
posed mainly of strings. in addition
to the piano. The Rose Maiden" is
composition of unusual merit
among choral works in lighter vein.
abounding in charming melodic
themes. Mr.. Wengerd handled his
chorus with a skill and poise that
comes only from long experience, and
in each of the choral numbers, rang
ing in spirit from grave to gay, the
singers gave instant response to his
baton. Perhaps the most effective of
these numbers was the chorus "'Tis
Thy Wedding Morn" which was
given in truly triumphant spirit and
well deserved a repetition. The trio
Hast Thou Wandered" sung by Mrs.
Brousseau, Messrs. Bell and Morrison,
audience.
Among the solos. Mrs. Gawler was
most effective in Bloom On, Ny
Roses" Mrs. Brousseau in yet Chime
They So Sadly" Mr.. Bell was most ac-
ceptab!e in For From the Summer
Blossom" and Mr.. Morrison's best
success was made in Where Gloomy
Pine Trees Rustic" Special mention
should be made of the orchestration
of the work, which is exceptionally
beautiful and added much to the at
tractiveness of the performance as a
whole. The personnel of the chorus
includes: The officers-Robert C.
Starr. president; Nancy w. Stiliwell,
vice president; c. o. Fischer. secre-
tary; John A. Gallagher, treasurer;
H. G. King, librarian; W. r. Schnuck-
er, assistant director; Fannie Buck,
accompanist; Mabel Rowlands, as
sistant acccompanist: Emma Greene,
assistant librarian. Sopranos-Alma
Allen, Nancy Boland, Miss ]. T. Ber-
ger. Martha Brant, Miss f. Bryan.
Dorothy Babcock, Rose Babcock, Miss
+. d. Bouldin. Lillian Bennett, Mrs.
D. s. Corser, Alice Chinn, Ines Cam
eron. Miriam Chambers. Wilhelmena
Clissold, Elsie Donneberg. Irma Dea-
ton, Mrs. II. j. Devoe, Nellie Davis,
Mrs. Daniel II. Edwards, Ellen B.
Foster. Laura L. Griffith. Mrs. H. c..
Grimes, Lillian Green, Emma Green,
Addie Gilbert. Mrs. B. NJ. Gessford.
Ruth Gessford, Marie Grund, Miss A.
X. Holzschuh, Mrs. H, E. Johnson.
Nellie James, Merf H. Kimball, Mary
Keller, Mrs. Joseph kaufman, Miss
f. NJ. Kaufman, Miss Kildun, Mrs. w.
w. Lincoln. Glenn Lumpkin, Fannie
Langford, Grace f. Tolson, Blanche
Ward, Lois Wells. Grace w. Womack,
Miss Webster. Isabel Langford, Nancye
Lake. Matte Morrow, Miss L. E. Miller,
Marie Moss, Margaretta Meyer. Emma
Moxley. Mrs. A. F. O'Brien. Mrs. J. S.
Perry, Josephine Ryder. Mabel Row
lands, Lucille Steele. Miss C. B. Sin
clair. Margaret Stewart, Margaret
Taylor, Miss E. P. Wild. Maude War
ner, Winifred Wengerd
Altos - Nellie NJ. Baxter, Laura
Burnside, Gertrude Borst, Mrs. j. NJ
Borders, Louise H. Compton, Grace
Clark. Cora Donneberg, Bessie Doolan,
Hattie M. Herfurth. Emma Kahl, Mrs
Joseph M: S. kaufman. Ida Lee, Mrs.
Mitchell. Mrs. L. H. Odell, Harriet
Pfau. Eleanor Spencer. Rosa L.
Townshend.
Tenors-E. G. Arzberger, Morton
Brapt, Mr.. Brumbaugh. Archie Davis,
Mr.. Duck, c. o. Fischer, John A. Call
agher, Dennis Gartner, C. r. Hanan,
A. B. Keefer, Clarence Lee, F. H. Ran
dali, A. Jay Replogle, Archibald Smith,
Robert G. Starr, Emmett Trice,
Basses-Walter Barnes. John Black
mar, Mr.. Bundy, George Fernstrom,
g. w. Guernsey, r. l. CARRIER. w. NJ.
Hallman. w. E. Kuentzel, H. G. King,
Joseph Kaufman, Judson Kline, N. B.
Medley, L. H Odell, Carl A. Ohlson,
w. NJ Richan. ]. l.. Smith. j. R. Ven-
ming, o. A Witt.