The Nome nugget., 1926-04-24
NOME NATIVE HOYS
 AND GIRLS GIVE
 BIC ENTERTAINMENT

p'i'H It tii''li''lt''N iIt'ii r i'ttAN and Saturday nights. a w'4.i turned oui to the N |, 9'Buteh ninstfels given by tIe natives ele- meht under thu leadership oi Mrs W F Baldwin II WIS the5tirst af fair of it's kind eyer given at Nome and Mrs Baldwin deserves great credit hef efforts in developing the loeal talent ei=tbese people pw ing =te=tlta tttttura=e of =tlti= entertain men the publisher fell called upou to ask fol. q contribution wliteItp from q friend whe is interested in he welfare of the mission a., well as the natives themselves; and the following WIS given Tor publication.
 Following are The names of tloe Choir soprano Realriee Brandon, Ruth 1'akbalz. Mary i4ule Miteefe HOotooktnk. Martha osahn0ll Edith Rrown Mildred Larson Altos Mary Nicholas. Helen kaWmanasnk. l.ueille@ Gabriel 'FeHors= Norman isift. " Hut shtSi liit til til''7 ifi fitilttit. Newman Rock l3asses tteote Ne okal1l Alheri ootoelilta Chester f'iisd TetnE Wali;teeZ Aniktaalib Ernest Riley, David
 =ln=lhe lIrst selections the# en4s of itte Nalteus=tft IL" f,ttl ,5hoii, fttrl ,oipaf ed N the close of the lil4i gil4 the ualional of slseti,p Niltie Nus tin asn,asted II taaufsfl swedish 69mn in swedish M=lltj@Na= a=tiazwas #trpatsh #,fp neste 5tf.tl5f3st Mh,f.s be attended t iIts'i=tH tH5#it=t55i= =s5t=tlte swedish ctafeh and lc atll ratains his swedish hyrnral lla prey iofls night he gave the same sene in Eskimo 10 tlie Eskimo eonefs. eatian. He tapl the pari ef samho in the AlinArels- a.zl gave the translation Of swaue, tie or As Rastes said Samh5 can dq most anv'hine with music --.-
 Tn" stirring maltial song of 4h- Welch was sunp bv James Brandon He has il voice of great range and wonderful power and this is onl1 tho beginning of his appearances a4- Il salnist
 The solo "f Nlrway's national song by Emma WiloNa can moi aoell he forgotten Broueht m at the Te' Ter Mission at tha time of AIr anJ | Nj,. pr,,ri., tlt.,5, h. I.r,,tf,I NF,,,- w"aian al Mr Hrevia', kt"e II had been many years 3iuee Emma had 1 spoken Norwegian and she put in many hours of practice with one ot our kind Norwegian friends into 'h@ pcrfeeiine of her pronunciation Elm ma Is busy mother of five little this perfectly lTnderstandlnplv for the Norwepinns love their nal tonal song
 The piano 4olo Garden of i Dreams was played by Helen Row manascuk Helen studied for one year under Miss Emily Polet and : is'l'I q S'l'Ni l'iHl'l.ll iDll ''l liihNh tt tl she has learned since she has mas tered hv her self
 Tho heautiful hauntine lIawaiin melodies were due to the training of Newman Rock It was inc ore uHa her on the program was plgl ptt and carried o'it without any assis ( F, der that We look forward to T irsf class native band with such lead CT? Newman has spent some wears at Chemawa and he has brought back ideas initiative that are need ed for leadership Newman was O. the steel guitar in the IIawaiiaIt music and he also took he part of Rastus in the negro minstrels and led the old melodies there, He has a fine tenor voice as his Hawaiian Dreamerie showed
 The ten girls of the choir sang Just Song at Twilight" at tho close of the first verse that hcaufi- 1Hl love song or SWeet Alice l3ri Bolt was given by Beatrice Brandon and at the close of the second that lovely old song of Annie Laurie sung bv Beatrice and Mary Nicholas. Their singing will not soon be for gotten and the beautiful clear soprano and the strong alto 4rc talent to be cultivated and enjoyed. No one who sat where they could watch the faces of the audiencn would have a doubt of the success of the Midnight Minstrels. From the entrance of the twelve ebony singers to the drawing of the curtain th" large audience, grown ups as well as children were entertained.
 The reading by Mr. Julian just preceding the collection was most