Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-07
CLUB IS
PLEASING TO
SMALL CROWD
Bad Weather Reduces
Numbe Of Those
Hearing San Marcos
Organization
BY j. L. SHEPPARD

~ - lie Jill II
An evening of pleasing music from
young, fresh voices; voices not yet
finished but trained enough to have
a sweetness Of tone, free. from
~roughness and note cropping uncer-
tsintieS.
And there we're at least two voices
that stood out in bold relief against
the background Of a well balanced
program. Both were tcnors with u
clearncss and sureness Of tone that
marked them as possible concert So
loists of first rank-Rudolph Caffey
and Walter Cook.
Such is the gist Of the concert pro-
scented in the Brownsville Junior
college auditorium Thursday evening
by the Mems Glee club OF the South
western tSate Teachers college un-
der direction Of III. Grady Harlan.
head Of the voice department Of the
college of music.
Although only a small audience,
estimated at 200, braved the unpleas-
ant weather TO attend the musicale,
each number presented during the
program received a whole hearted
response.
A group Of three solos by Rudolph
Caffey, glee club s%oloist, student in
the Teachers college and himself
teacher of yoiceand director of he
Baptist Academy Glce club, was prob
ably the outstanding feature Of the
evenings program.
Caffye sang Annie Laurie"
tCrist); "Hills Of Home" Oscar j..
Fox and Celeste Aida Opera
Aida, (Nerdi). IL was this last
number that showed the true quality
OF his beautiful tenor voice. Aside
from being technically well sd-
vsnced. his voice has q sure. sound
resonance and he puts a soul into
his songs.
Turning to the other outstanding
voice in the organization, Walter
Cook. Aside from taking a lead in
some of the glee club numbers, this
lad with the lyric tenor appeared IN
the quartet and q duo composed OF
himself and Csffey. His voice has
q bell-like textureand limpid sweet
ness.
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Waltz" by Strauss. closing number
on the glec club program, was prob
ably the outstanding number sung by
h organization.
Although they made a ereditable
presentation of the Hallelujah Cho-
rus from the Messiah (Handel), this
number proved a little too heavy for
adroit handling by a club that had
not been entirely perfected in voice
culture.
10. How a Rose Fer Blooming
Cl57l-l62l), Praetorius, opening
number, was well handled as was the
Song of the Nolga Boatman,r a
Russian folk song, appearing later
on the program.
Three numbers by the college
quartet composed of Caffey. Cook,
Morton and Morton. we're we'll pre-
scented, despite the fact hat Charles
Morton, bass, had taken III just be-
fore the concert and was under med
ical care during the entire program,
coming on only during the quartet
and special numbers In which his
services were practically indispensi-
BILE.
/ A humorous section OF the pro-
D gram was presented under the cap
lion, Operate Aspirations"
1t was during this section Of the
rogram that 0. b. Warner, harmon
"a king, appeared in several num-
:. ers, being called back three times
or encores. This lad is a master
iof the harmonica and his numbers
went over with a bang.
Mrs. II. Grady Harlan, accompan-
ist, proved n pianist of rare charm
and her handling of the musical
scores made persons in the audience
long to hear her play at least one
instrumental number before the cur
tain rang down, but this she did
not do.
Her handling or the ~accompani-
ments were proof positive that she
Vas a finished musician and one Who
could fill concert engagements TO
perfection at any time thta she saE
fit.
All in all, the program was excel
lent from ~beginni'~ to end.
The club left here Friday morn
ing for RobstoHn, where they arc
to appear at noon before a Rotary
club luncheon. They are to sing in
Corpus Christi, Friday evening.
The Brownsville concert was spon-
sored by the Lions club and this or
ganization deserves credit for bring
ing such an outstanding college mu-
steal organization 70 this city.