The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-28
Throng. at Final Feature
in Music Memory Contest
Prizes Awarded, Main Prize
Going to West Brattle-
boro School

The vast amount of interest which has
been aroused in the Community Service
music memory contest, which closed
last night with the awarding Of
prizes. was demonstrated by the large
crowd which went TO the Auditorium 10
hear the concert which preceded the
competition.
As early as $50 persons began to ar
rive in order TO be sure of securing a
seat and before the doors were opened
shortly after O'Clock the corridor of the
town hall building literally was packed.
At 7.25 o'clock, FIVE minutes before the
time set for the concert to begin, the
doors to the first floor We're opened TO the
public and the unoccupjed seats. which
had been reserved for contestants. were
filed quickly 4 good number Of per-
sons. unable TO secure seats. stood
throughout the concert.
When the concert, which consisted of
the last II music memory numbers, was
over about 9.45 examination. papers were
passed to the contestants, who were re-
lieyed at the same time of their pro
grams or other Identification slips. The
examination papers were gathered after
the demonstra tions were over and the
Judges found four of the contestants had
, perfect scores. They were. Rev. 4. ".
| Woodworth of West Brattleboro. Miss
Edith N. Douglas, teacher, Miss Mary
f. Fits. and Miss Elisabeth Cudworth,
who is staying at Lawton hall Miss
| Marjorie Pier, high school student. was
short but two points.
As the result of the contest in each
| group was announced the audience
| showed its interest and enthusiasm in
T5e canrert nrogram held the atten-
/ ton of the audience to a marked degree
and all the participants were well re
ceived. 1t included orchestral, mandolin
club and band selections, PIANO duets
violin and vocal solos, singing by ch99-
| ruses. and dancing of the Aluuet. 1t
was given in two parts, Il brief inter-
mission following the seventh number
| The choruses were directed by Kenneth
Wells director Of music in the public
schools.
After the playing of the last number,
/ Stars and Stripes forever, those who did
not care to remain for the contest were
given opportunity to leave. A few bars
from each of the "a numbers in the com
petition were rendered by Miss Jessie L.
Hawley, and as she did SO the contest
ants filed out their papers. When the
"a selections had been thus rendered
examination slips in each class were col
lected separately and the work of Judg
ing began While the judging was goins
on F. K Brown. until recently Commun
ity Service director, kept the audience
interested by leading in singing while
Miss Hawley presided at the piano.
Because of the excellence of the wort
i I'm the scrap books and of the interest il
them they have been placed in th'
Thomas pharmacy, where they may b
examined the rest of the week.
i While the decisions in some of tn
/ classes were made quickly it was neces
sary in other cases to compare paper
, carefully after the points had beer
totaled, the scores being SO close. In on
or two instances the papers We're gon
2 over hy several sets of judges TO max
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