Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
VALLEY SWEEPS
music MEET
San Benito Carries Off First
With McAllen, Edin-
bury, Harrington Next
Especial to The Herald)

KINGSVILLE, April Except
for the fact that it was held in the
South Texas State Teachers college
here, the South Texas Music meet
held last Friday and Saturday night
Grande Valley meet.
In addition to San Benito win
ming the all-round championship,
Edinburg entrants tied with Corpus
Christi students for second place,
McAllen students took fourth place
and Harlingen finished fifth. Cor
puS Christi was the only school out
side of the Valley to score a place.
The score was San Benito AZ, Ed
inburg and Corpus Christi "a, Nc
Allen 26 and Harlingen "a.
San Benito captured four cups
and would have won more but for
the rule that not more than three
firSts could be awarded one school.
San Benito won first place in the
girls vocal solo, boys vocal solo and
cornet solo. The fourth cup was given
for the all-around championship.
San Benito piled up a total of ~
points.
Maud Nosler won the girls vocal
solo contest with the song, Lula
by" Bernard Woods won the cor
net solo contest with the selection,
Polka Ardutus," by Wander Cook
and Louis Valentine the boys vocal
solo contest with the song, "Molly's
Eyes" Miss Lois Franklin, director
of music in the San Benito schools,
played the piano accompaniment.
The high school orchestra won
second place only because of the fact
that San Benito already had won
three first places in other events.
The orchestra played Echoes de
Naples" and 'Valse Lente."
Rio Hondo had only one entry,
a girls glee club in "B" but car
ried off first place in the event.
This club is directed by Miss Villa
Woodside of the Rio Hondo schools.
A number of other Valley schools
also carried off honors in the meet
with over 800 persons competing.
Five orchestras and eight bands
were entered. 1t is the fourth an
nual contest held by the college and
the largest ever held in Texas.
TIL San Benito high school band
won fourth place as did the girls
glee club.
Winners in the various contests
were as follows:
Piano solo-Jean Newman, Alice,
first; Ada Reid Alderice, Alice, Sec
ond; Helen Eppright, Mission, third.
Boys vocal soio-Louis Valentine,
San Benito, first; Bill Blair, Meal
len, second; M. F. Drury, Harrington,
third.
Girls vocal solo-Maud Nosler,
San Benito, first; Katherine Ed
wards. Edinburg, third.
Violin solo-Helen cone, Corpus
Christi; first; Frances Dunn York
town, second.
Trombone solo-Tom Handley,
Edinburg, first; Robert Simpson,
Corpus Christi, second; Maur1ne
Goodridge, Robstown, third.
Clarinet solo-William Bennett,
Coliad, first; Joseph Moody, Cor
pus Christi, and William Water
mark, Harrington, tied for second.
Cornet solo-Vance Vannoy, Cor
pus Christi, and Bernard Woods,
San Benito, tied for first; Dolores
Stiber, Yorktown, third.
Girls glee clubs, class Brio
Hondo, first; Bishop, second; Stuart
Place, third.
Girls glee clubs, calss A-Donna,
first; Pharr San Juan second; Har-
lmingen, third.
Boys glee clubs, class B-Bishop,
first. (No other entry.
Boys glee clubs. class A-Pharr,
San Juan, first; Kingsville, second;
Harrington, third.
Cornet solo-Bernard Woods, San
Benito, first; Vance Vannoy. Cor
pus Christi, second; Dolores Striber,
Yorktown third