The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-03
SWEET SINGERS
Of S|[v|s MAKE
HIT IN CONCERT
Rock island Men Put Over Finished
Program at svop; House Crowded
10 Capacity to Hear shop
men Slnu.
WORK OF MEN PROVES
EFFECT OF TRAINING
Nothing of Amateur Shown In Per.
formanee: Miniature Minstrel
Scores peeId~d HI: Hal
Ray Takes Part


ed from the well known pit TO dome
with even standing room being nj
premium, the Sweet Singers of sil
sis appeared at the Sngg u.catrI
last night In concert. the merit o
which classes Il ON par with an,
like entertainment ever staged n
chlokakhn.
Though the performers were Roch
Island shopmen Of silyI. one lost
sight OF that fact entirely as the
program uafolded and only the idea
hat one was listening to songs sung
by professionals could be gathered
There was not the lghtest touch
of the amateur evident IN any mum.
Der by glee club. quartet or soloist
every number giving evidence Of
careful training. not only as to the
rendition OF the song itself. but as
10 stage presence and action.
Perhaps the proudest man In the
house last night was w. u. Powell,
the veteran director of the Sllvis
glee club He was proud OF the
work of his singers. and justly 80
as was shown in the finished man.
ner in which every detail of the
evenings entertainment was given.
Nor did Mr.. Powell's work stop with
the directing Job. lie himself, took
part In the program and his sing.
Ing OF the Welsh national anthem
In the native tongue was one OF the
feature numbers of the program.
The director was introduced by
Hal s. Ray. assistant to President
German of the Rock Island. In
stating that Mr.. Powell would sing
the Welsh national air in the native
tongue, Mr.. Ray called attention to
the fact that he referred to IL as
tongue and not language
when you have heard Mr. Powell
sing 1t, you will doubtless agree with
me that | am right in saying
tongue" said Mr.. Ray.
One Of the outstanding features Of
the program. was that part given
over TO the miniature minstrels.
With F. W. Beckstrom as interlocu-
tor, Tony Henchon, Fred E. Miller,
|. G. Morgan and David Peterson did
black face turns that would have
done credit to Honey Boy" Evans
or a "Lasses" White.
The four black face artists as a
quartet gave two numbers which
would have made the crowd COM
pletely surrender to the Sweet Sing
ers, had such surrender not been
previously completed through the
perfection Of other numbers. The
quartet's Kentucky Babe" and
TUCK Me to Sleep in My Old
lucky Home brought storms OF
applause which was as genuine as
the audience could make it.
Among the solos, that of Mr.. Carl
son, who is now a resident of Grady
county, was the equal of any given
during the entire performance. With
q wonderful bass voice, perfect
stage presence and professional
finish unexcelled, Mr.. Carlson liter
ally drought down the house. with
his solo. He was formerly an EN-
ploye at the Silvis shops and a
member Of the glee club. Recently,
however, he moved to Minco where
he is in business. When the glee
club appeared at Ell Reno, Mr.. Carl
son joined the troup again and will
appear in several programs with
the organization in Oklahoma.
What program A.pf glee club or
quartet is complete without Mother
Machree?' This favorite that never
grows old, was beautifully sung by
James Me{Htosh who thereby added
another success to the evenings
entertainment.
Audiences are courteous as rule.
What amateur performance has there
ever been where the songs were not
applauded? However, it was plainly
evident last night that the audience
did not applaud simply because it
wanted to be polite. Throughout,
it was the kind of applause that is
spontaneous and which tells palmer
than anything else, that the stuff is
getting over and that that audi.
ence wants more of it. And they
got it as the singers were very gen
erous with their encores.
Mr.. Powell, from 1000 employees
of the Silvis shops. has picked men
with truly remarkable voices and
r,o has showu hio ability oo a.