Imperial Valley press., 1925-02-03
Form Nucleus to
Sponsor Valley
Wide Eisteddfod
Continued from rage y

Continued from rage y
. 3ren. GaeT mU>t realize that Il
child play is Lis work. l. Is his
business in If, They must rea-
I lie that boy. differ from girls in
! .aeir reefeatioAal needs aal that
rl;ldrc:l 5 requiremcu,, change with
advancing wears.
Adults Eeci Play
.tn5 finally 'ncrc : the a6u}r :
nee4 To- play th#- Mu>. be salts
ticd. GrowuuT> as wcl as children
! must haze healthy emotional oG,-
.c@s N reareatioaal .ctiyit:"s aHI
.Foa' ere offered IN ports, 11mes.
and music
u want yon 10 think cf music
] - being e social force and having
=. youa.t;s Y value. This ! par
. Iicularlv trac since tn" W WhcH
I III, wave Of community singing
hat zseIs the country ~1owe +.
/ eacherS, performers and iaymeu
: that music is broad enough - take
! n lie tastes Of all \. George
Adc t;s said ''Sou." here ln the
fIowsr dp.tad fields bete,e cr
I Braams and the Maidcn's pr.ys.
thora is room for a,r.
'Gosm9nitv singing slart5l
during tEe war, H. ,eiaEe5 So
far that there are singing alo3ps
doing four pant work and eeMmaa-
i.r chofuscs in Aihambra. and Epl-
Iywood hollis regular aaa1ai pr
.naiHg contests.
~. s. rvart weNt ,n ID tel
something of the M,;or" # 7ht e;~-
t"ldfa5 from g .e-Il,os; Develop
m.rr H. Wales 9. p "..t'.e, in
Of 1seIs i" contests e. mas. aut
poetry. - It's imuse uaf'oa~i1a
,iguiticaac ia wakes today aao il
transplaata1ion 10 this country.
Last wear Ozp.r5, Il town C.
rboat 7e51 p-IIla-ion, cr-aaiz.j
the whole Of Ventura count" in aH
eis'cldfo2 which culmiuated in =
week # music uch as the count
l.} oe.pr before dream 3 -. There
Were co1.- for violin.-+a. piau-
i.js. singers. cAarLse, and choral
societies orcl' strJ,. bands and fo.
such comIUai1v singing a%aaega-
tiou~ rs Lice,, Ro.arr and k:vrc-
r.s clubs. There Was 20 u..dic"arE
4pd contest Of amateur deamat,r
offerings. For finale the ei>tcdt-
fed brought the el'irn OrfAeus
club If los Angeles for Il sa.ctial
conc r.rt lcil i'm an immense sugar
beet factorv which vas fitted Up
with stage aud seats for ,be Ccoa--
ion. The ci,tci5fod proved success
fcl bovaud the rosicet hopes of its
nromulg ors and tbia wear $ #rti-
viii $ are already we'll financed.
OXHag} busiaes> men s#Y it is the
grcatcst thing that ever happened
30 Noufura county.
Enthusiastically Received
SO markedly adapted to fill com,
mum ue.is was OXnard : eisteid-
fod that the Civic Music and Art
Association of Southern California
resolved - pass the idea or aad
accordingly. an cisteddfUd depart
maut WAS formed which now tAreat-
ems 10 swamp the rcs' Of tn ass1-
c,atiou work. The whole Of
southern california is reaching out
for rhc work, declared Mr. Stewart.
and il is now only question Of
providing sufficient machinery 70
satisfy the public demand. 1t is
urobabl hat the eistcddfod viii
incorporate. II is the dream Of It's
organizers 10 make the association
statewide and then they se" Il fu-
'ure embracing the whole nation.
Whom the Olympic games come 20
Los Angelo in 1892 it is hoped that
California can invite the whole
world TO compete ia the arts. as
wcll as in athletics.
Concluding, Mr Stewart said,
People neel 10 bi shown how 20
live, NOT drift. Tic need Of self
expression j., just as insistaut IS
any other physical need. ! see IN
tho cistcddfol the chance for the
dlffcr who think. he can write
poem or ac' i "a play Or play the
flr.e. II is for him rather than
for the professional musician that
this sort Of thing is going TO be
valuable. aud IL should be big
force for bringing groups and fac.
'lonS fog iher ON nor'rh ground. -