Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-01-19
QUARTETTE AND BELL RINGERS
DELIGHT AUDIENCE

The music lovers of Wildwood were
given an unusual treat at the High
School Auditorium on Monday even
ing of this week, when the fourth of
the Lyceum concerts conducted by the
American Legion presented the Dun
bar Male Quartette and Bell Ringers
to a large and enthusiastic audience.
At the opening of the concert the
large stage was filled up with a long
velvet covered table on which stood
about $50 different sized steel hand
bells. The playing of these bells made
up the greater part of the evening
program and the tone of these musical
implements was indeed a surprise.
Instead of the blaring sound expected
the bells gave out a mellow tone that
filled the large auditorium.
The quartette consisted of Messrs.
O'Hara, Beckett, Rumbo and Wood.
Each of these men was excellent in
his respective line and they played as
a unit on the bells. Their opening
number was a combination of bells
and voices in the rendition of
"Jubilate."
The second number was a selection
on the bells. "Sweet and Low" by
Barnby, was the selection, and On
ward Christian Soldiers" was a well
deserved encore Number three was
another quartette number in which
Mr.. O'Hara, bass voice was a feature
in the rendition of Cooks Phantom
Band" For an encorse the quartette
san a humorous ditty about a farmer
who bought a Ford car.
Three piano solos followed by Mr..
Beckett. The first, "Lento," by Cyril
Scott, brought out a succession of
chords that showed Mr.. Beckett to be
as capable at the piano as he was in
singing and bell ringing. The second
number was 1.-TWO Larks," by Les
chetiszky, and the final number was
"Staccatto Caprice" by Max Bogerts.
Number five on the program was a
tenor solo by Mr.. Rumbo, with Mr..
Beckett at the piano. For his num-
bers Mr.. Rumbo used LA Dona Mo-
bile" by Donizetti, and 1.-THE Star" by
Regina. An encore to these two solos
was called for, but was impossible as
the music could not be found.
The quartette now returned to the
bells and gave the hit numbers of the
evening. The first of these was en-
titled "a Sunday Morning in London"
This was a descriptive piece starting
with the sound of big Ben" in West
minister Chapel; church chimes were
heard ringing, followed by hymns on
the chimes, and the selection ended
with a soft amen" supposedly com-
ing from a distant chapel. The selec-
ton brought a veritable whirlwind of
applause. For an encore the quartette
again used the bells in playing Nc
DoweII's ITO a Wild Rose" Another
encore was demanded and the men
then combined the bells and their
voices in a rendition of the popular
number, "Pick Me Up and Lay Me
Down." The fast time in this piece
made the bell ringing part of the
song very intricate to play and re-
quired much speed on the part of the
musicians in getting and bells and
ringing them in time to the air.
Another quartette number, "The
Boys of the Old Brigade" followed
these selections. For an encore Mr..
Beckett took the seat at the piano and
played the accompaniment while the
trio gave the Monk song from 1.-THE
Spring Maid" This humorous selec-
ton pleased the audience and was
well rendered.
J. M. Wood, the manager of the
-..- 49, ~1n-A1 1ovArn1 'nn11O
solos, accompanied by Mr.. Beckett.
Three violin solos followed this offer
ing with the same men at the different
Instruments.
Mr.. Beckett left the piano and his
place at the keyboard was taken by
| George Rumbo, who also proved an
adept at playing the ivory keys. He
natured bass singer, in the rendition Of
"Shipmates," by Sanderson, and
'Three for Jack" by Squires. Mr..
O'Hara's personality would make his
part of the program a success, but
coupled with his resonant bass voice
he is easily a winner. Fol an Moore
he gave his impersonation of the late
beTI WIliIdHlS, SAuSluS OOuleUOuy
Else, Not Me-"
The bells were now used in the
playing of "B~arcarole," from the
"Tales from Hoffman, For the clos
ing number of the program the quar-
tette gave their own version, by bells
and voice, of Nearer My God to
Thee"
The concert was a very enjoyable
one to the two or three hundred who
attended. This is the first appearance
of the Dunbar Quartette in this city,
but after their success on Monday
evening we would not be surprised to
see them return again next season in
the Legion concerts. They are excel
lent musicians both with the bells and