The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-17
THE CIVIC CHOIR
 SECOND CONCERT
Second Performance of Musical Groups and City
 Ch0irs Win High Praise
DISTINCT ACHIEVEMENT

The second performance of the Civic Choir festival was held last night at Buckingham hall with an- other large attendance and splen- did enthusiasm for the singers dis played from beginning to end. Again the civic choir led by Isaac Beecher Clark formed a part of the program with several separate groups presenting interesting pro- grams. The units represented last night were the Concordia Singing society conducted by William Wehrle. St Johns Vested Boys choir led by Miles IA Martin. St Joseph's Lithuanian Catholic church choir conducted by Alexan- der Aleksls, and choirs of Herbew temples of Waterbury, directed by Joseph Zelman.
 The combined choirs sang their programs of Manday night, present. ing each inspiring number again with fine effect. The choristers from St Johns church gave a nice per- formance, and the Concordias sang with their accustomed evenness and vigor. The songs of the Hebrew choirs, two of which were in Yid- dish, were greatly enjoyed, as were the group of songs in Lithuanian by the Lithuanian choir. This group wore their native costumes and pre- sented pleasing picture. All groups received tremendous ap- plause. Their performances and those. of the groups presented Mon day flight gave Waterburians chance to hear these singing groups that are usually heard. only in their own churches and community cen ters. It was something of an ach- ievemeit to offer a program so va ried and within SO limited a spece of time for preparation.
 So much comment has been made after both performances on the orderliness and system in the stage arrangements and in the ef- ficient manner in which each group came onto the stage and left 1t with no apparent confusion that one feels called upon to compliment the grand marshal, Norman Neale, who was in no small way account able for the general order and smoothness of the performance. The general conductor. MT Clark, the organists and pianists, too, have been receiving no end of praise for their work in preparation and as- sistance at each performance, and the general concensus seems to be that the Civic Choir festival was a distinct achievement for Water- bury.
 The complete program for last nights performance follows:
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 Star Spangled Banner" Civic Festival chorus and aduience "The Heavens are Telling"
 oCCIhoSOA
 Civic Festival chorus
 Miss Georgianna Wolff at the or gan; Miss Marie Morot, Miss Alice Harmon at the pianos.
 Prayer of the Penitent" Matthews "Te Deum"-in c minor ..::...
 ...... Miles IA. Martin Dedicated to Rev John N. Lewis) ,.. St Johns. choir
 Miss Fannie Mccormack, at the organ; Miles "A. Martin, organist and master of the choristers. "Veseprgesang" ...... 5. kaempl "swabian Folksong" (German)..
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 ,Concordia Singing society William Wehrle, musical director Unfold Ye Portals" .... Gounod
 From "The Redemption
 Civic Festival chorus
 Miss Fannie Mccormack at the organ: Carl J. Jensen, Miss Marie Heringer at pianos.
 Solo part sung by Immaculate boys choir. America"
 Civic festival chours and audience Ave Verum" .......... dounoo
 Civic Festival chorus 'Kol Nidrei'' ;. Traditional Melody "Hallelujah" ...... LewandoWsky Choirs of Hebrew temples of Wa
 terbury
 Joseph Zelman, musical director Miss Fannie Mccormack, accom-
 painist March of Youth" ...... Aieksls "Fair Maiden" ....... Benoooius 70. Tell Me Love .... Mievicius Melody" ...... Vangaitis St Josephs Lithuanian Catholic
 church choir Alexander Aleksis. musical olrec-
 tor
 "Halleluiah Chorus" .... Handei
 Civic Festival chorus
 Miles "A. Martin at the organ; Frederick Harmon, Miss Marie