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

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 were at least two voices
that stood out in bold relief against
the background Of a we'll balanced
program. Both were tcnors with q
clearness 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 tSatc Teachers college I'M
der direction Of III. Grady Harlan.
head of the voice department Of the
college Of music.
Although only q small audience,
estimated at 200, braved the u~npleas-
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 voiceand director Of he
Baptist Academy Glec club, was prob
ably the outstanding feature Of The
evenings program.
Caffye sang Annie Laurie"
fCrist). Hills Of Home" Oscar j.
Fox and Celeste Aida Opera
Aida, CNerdi). u was this last
number that showed the true quality
Of his beautiful tenor voice. Aside
from being technically we'll adj
vanced, 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 a duo composed Of
himself and Caffey. His voice has
. bell-like t~eXtureand limpid sweet
ness.
"The Beautiful Blue Danube
Waltz" by Strauss, closing number
on the glce club program, was prob
ably the outstanding number sung By
the organization.
Although they made a ereditable
presentation Of the Hallelujah Cho-
rus from the Messiah (HandeD, this
number proved a little too heavy for
! adroit handling by a club that had
not been entirely perfected in voice
culture.
"Lo. How a Rose Fer Blooming"
u57l-l62l), P~raetorius, opening
number, was we'll handled as was the
Song Of the Noiga Boatman,' a
Russian folk song, appearing later
on the program.
Three numbers BY the college
quartet composed OF Caffey, Cook,
Morton and Morton, were well pre-
scented, despite the fact that Charles
Morton, bass, Rad taken III Just be-
ore the concert and was under med
cal care during the entire program,
: coming on only during the quartet
and special numbers in which his
services were practically i~ndispensl-
ible.
A humorous section OF the pro-
r gram was presented under the cap
tion, Operate Aspirations
1t was during this section of the
program that o. b. Warner, harmon
lea king. appeared in several num-
bers, being called back three times
for encores. This lad is a master
Of the harmonica and his numbers
went over with a bang.
Mrs. II. Grady Harlan, accompan-
ist. proved a pianist Of rare charm
and her handling Of the musical
scores made persons in the audience
long 10 hear her play at least one
instrumental number before the cur
tain rang down, but this she did
not do.
Her handling Of the accompani-
ments were proof positive that she
was a finished musician aud one Who
could fill concert engagements TO
perfection at any time thta she saw
fit.
All in all, the program was excel
lent from ~beginnr~ TO end.
The club left here Friday morn
ing for Robstown, where they arc
10 appear at noon before a Rotary
club luncheon. They arc TO sing ii
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 10 this city.