The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-01-21
GLEE CLUB MEN
Delight AUDIENCE.
ANNUAL HOMECOMING CONCERT
PROVES WORTH OF STATE
WIDE TOUR

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University of Idaho glee club men
lived up to all expectations and de-
lighted large audience, Friday night
in the university auditorium, with
their homecoming concert. The club
is winner with it's 20 perfectly train
ed voices, excellent program, and its
varied offerings in the way of crack
ssix-piece orchestra, double quartette
and the varsity quartette. Each num-
Der Of the program was greeted with
approval and the club generously re-
spOnded to insistent demands for en-
cores.
Special Numbers Win Praise
Ii possible to select numbers better
than others from the almost perfect
program it might be said that the
appearances of the varsity Quartette,
made up of Cecil Boliou of Genesee,
Fred Veatch of Coeur d'Alene, Robert
Cummins, of Wallace, and Wendell
Palmer of Malad, and the six Jazz
Specialists" were the prize winners.
Members of the six piece orchestra
are Aerling Moe of Kellogg, Doy Nc
Kinley of Kellogg, Willard Rush of
Grangeville, Ulia Powell of Boise,
Robert Cummins of Wallace, and
Erick NJ Leithe of Coeur d'Alene
But the program as a whole as
given by the club reflects great credit
upon every member of the crack 1921
'22 organization and upon Prof. Edwin
@Orlo Bangs, head of the department
of music, as director The fine organ
ization is truly representative of the
university and their appearances in
the principal cities of Idaho on their
recent state tour must have brought
to glow the affectionate regard of
the people of the state toward Idaho
undergraduates and the states high
est educational institution
Rex KimmelI Stars
Claiming hOnOrs with the enthusi-
astic reception of the varsity quart
cite and the orchestra was Rex Kim
NELL of Boise, reader, glee club man
ager and member of the bass section
KimmelPs reading of Kipling's con
the Road to Mandalay" was we'll done
and his two subsequent encore ap-E
pearances, almost shouted for by the
audience, were equally good KIM
nell had clever things to work with
and he made them even more down
right clever"
One of the big features of the pro-
gram was the cleverness of the club. |
Every member was not only a singer
but in addition an actor Clever lines
were made better with clever inter
pretation. This was particularly true
of "The Student Soviet" rewritten by
Howard Mumford Jones and Professor
Bangs from Gilbert and Sullivan's
tuneful "Trial by Jury"
Idaho Songs Please
Starting in with Idaho songs as the |
first number, the 20 good--looking
young men, all faultlessly dressed in
full evening clothes, made striking
impression on the audience and they
sang their way straight to a sincere
appreciation with their Idaho songs.
"Oh Let Us Sing of Idaho" was the
first and the group was closed by
"Alma Mater Idaho We're Jolly
Gay Students" a rollicking tuneful
song was introduced for the first
time and should become favorite on
the university hill
Probably the feature Idaho song
was idaho We Dearly Love Thee"
with Fred Veatch singing the verse
and the club coming in on the chorus.
Veatch has one of the best voices in
the club and many would have enjoyed
more solo work from him.
Moscow Boy Sings Solo
Alfred Brigham, of Moscow, charm
ed his audience with his solo work as
the second number He was enthu-
siastically encored. Brigham has a
clear tenor voice remarkable for it's
range and his control of his voice.
Sea Fever" (Andrews) and "Cap
tain Kid (Murchison) were the next
two numbers of the club. Both songs
brought out to good advantage the ex
cellent harmony of the club and the
two songs told a graphic story of long
hours of preparation.
Big Laugh PrOyOker
ssThe Grasshopper" (Rando1ph) was
a big winner as laugh producer. The
members of the double quartette not
only furnished some excellent music
but the actual Interpretation of the
song brought howls of laughter from
the audience Members of the double
quartette, Alfred Brigham of Moscow
Cecil Boliou of Genesee. Harold John
son of Nampa. Wilfred Newman. of ,
Spokane, Arthur Guerin of Spokane,
Ray Allumbaugh of Boise Rex Kim
nell of Boise. and Wendell Palmer of
Ma1ad. proved to be worthwhile en- 7
tertainers f
The Jazz orchestra of six pieces was ,
an outstanding feature. Many foot +
was ting1ing to the music furnished by +
the bows and those who have wonder +
ed about the attraction of dance music T
were given an illuminating under +
standing as to one of the attractions :
of modern dance music. Harmony on d
piccalo. saxoDhone. trombone cornet- I
banjo and piano won And with the '
golden-voiced tunefulness of two a
trombones in "Wabash Blues" the h
audience was not satisfied until the 4
crack musicians had scored again :
with an encore number. f
Quartette Big Feature c
For genuine and perfect harmony.
and harmony is what is looked for
most in a COLLEGE g1ee club, the var-
sitv nuartette members We're there Z
The four students offered nothing but 9
harmony in the first song and that t
is all the evidence could have as1snS c
for Tn their first and second encorPs IS
the ouartette nut across in great sfvle s
some more harmony and clever SONGS. n
r. roscih1o most Of t1ln audience WOuld il