The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05
Federation of
 Music Clubs
Met at Hotel Stratield in Bridgeport, Saturday,
 December 1

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 The Connecticut State Federation sof Music Clubs held an executive
 board meeting at the Hotel Strat- field, Bridgeport, Saturday, Decem-
 Der 1st, the morning session al 1O:30 o'clock, luncheon and after noon session at 2:30 o'clock. There were about thirty members present including Mrs Edwin H. Jones state president, Mrs Louis Stocking, editor of the state bulletin, Mrs I Frederick Nuhn, state correspond ing secretary, Clifford Hotchkiss, state chairman of publicity, Miss Ethel Ziglatzki, business manager for state bulletin and chairman for national magazine, and Mrs Her. bert Taylor, chairman of committee on Music in the Home" all of Waterbury.
 Dates for the state convention to be held in Danbury, May IS, 19, and 20, 1893, were announced, the Afternoon Musical Society and Harmonic Music Club of Danbury acting as hostess clubs to the state federation. A new standing committee of ways and means was created by the board, with Miss Ruth Ferry of New Haven, who is also First vice. president of the federation, as chair man.
 The board voted to continue the Club Excellence Plan for senior club ratings during the coming year.
 Under the direction of Mrs Van Court Tapp of New Haven, state chairman of contests, details are being arranged for Student Musi- clans and Young Artists contests which will be held in New Haven some time in March, winners to proceed through districts to the fin- al contests to be held at the Na- tional Federation of Music Clubs Biennial to be held in Mineapolis, May 21st to. 28th, 1893. Plans are also under way for the State Jun- for Contests in piano and violin which will be held in Bridgeport early in May, under the direction of Mrs Frederick Fish, of Bridgeport, state junior chairman.
 Extensive plans are also being made by Mrs Josephine Fletcher Wilcox of Hamden, state director of Music in Religious Education, also former contralto soloist of the Second Congregational church of this city, for a statewide Choir Festival to be held in the Bushnell Memorial, Hartford, May 18th, for federated choirs. More. than 400 voices will combine in this Choir Festival. Church choir directors who are interested in entering their choirs in this program may com municate with Mrs Wilcox, 39 James street, Hamden.
 The Mattatuck Musical Art So- ciety of this city will again send it's ladies chorus which won the silver cup at New Haven last year to compete in the Choral Contest to be held in Sprague Memorial hall, New Haven, during Music Week, six classes listed in this choral con Ladies voices over 36 voices; Mems voices over 36 voices; Mixed chor- uses under 36 voices; Mixed chor- uses over 36 voices.
 There will be a silver cup offered as prize to the winner in each class.
 It was also voted to conduct a Choir Contest in connection with the Choral Contest under the direc- tion of Mrs Wilcox. Mrs Robert R. Rosan of Milford, state chairman of Choral Music. twill be in charge of the Choral Contests, assisted by Miss Marion Fowler of New Ha- ven, retiring State President.
 Mrs Norma Weber Kluttig of Bridgeport, a former resident of Waterbury, was introduced as the new chairman of the committee on State Artists. Mrs Kluttig is con- tralto soloist of note and 2 sister of Fritz Weber. for many years direc- tor of the Concordia Singing So- ciety of Waterbury.
 The report of the executive com- mittee showed that four new clubs have been admitted to the federa- tion this past month: St Michael's Glee Club of Naugatuck; St Mich aeps Choir Boys of Naugatuck; The First Methodist Episcopal Church Choir of New Haven; The Mac Dowell Junior Club of Stamford.I
 Clayton B. Hotchkiss of Stam- ford, who won the $100 prize for his song Connecticut" which has been accepted as the State Fedora tion song will re-arrange the song for mems voices and will also write an orchestration for the song. Fur ther announcements concerning an open forum for organists and choir directors to be held in Waterbury some time in January will be made at a later date. All workers in var ious departments are planning for busy season.