The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-20
ELLEN REEP IS
HERE AFTER A
CONCERT TOUR
Conlrollo Singer and Carol
Beery Davis Back After
Successful Trip


Entaulia tic about the hospitality
and warmth of her reception in
towns to the Westward and In
terror. Ellen Laura Reep returnea
to Juneau on the Yukon from a
successful concert tour which took
her as far as Fairbanks. MIS-.
Carol Berry Davis made the trip
with her as accompanies and prov
ed most valuable in arranging l,e-
tails of the concerts.
Mss Rcep gave concerts IN Sew
I'd, Anchorage, Mt. Mckinley Park
Fairbanks, Chitina and CordoVa,
and sang informally at many of
she isolated places along the way
That her lovely contralto was as
greatly appreciated in other parts
Ct the Territory as it is in Ju-
,eau is evidenced by the enthuslas-
tic press notices she received in
every town in which she appeared.
In fact. in both Fairbanks and
Cordova, two concerts were given
at the insistance of the public.
Would Like To Start Again
Il would like to start all over
again and make the trip just as
We did. The people were cham
ing to use everywhere and indeed
with our concerts, practicing and
entertaining we were allowed little
time to rest" Miss Reep declared
On the way to Seward, Miss
Reep sang at the impressive FL
neral services held aboard the Yu-
kon when Capt. j. M. Crockett was
buried at sea. 1T was a most un-
usual experience and 4 most in
pressive one" she said.
Anchorage completely charmed
Miss Reep with the beauty OF its
location and the informal hospital
ity of its residents. They were
guests of honor at a tea held in
the Mckinley room of the Hc.al
Anchorage attended by many OF
the Anchorage people as well rs
Colonel H. H. Arnold and several
officers of the army flight. I'M
pressed by the beautiful display of
local flowers. Col. Arnold sent for
one of the expert photographers
with the flight to take an interior
view of the attractive room, its IA
nous Sydney Laurence painting of
Mt. Mckinley, the charming group
Of guests and the floral display.
1T was great week for An
chorage. They had an earthquake
the army bombers arrived, the. Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce
tour, and Mrs. Davis and reached
there all at the same time Miss
Reep said
Stopped at Park
They left Anchorage for Fair
banks on the Alaska Railroad stop
ping over for a day at Mt. Nc
kinley Park as the guests of
James L. Galen, president of the
M Kinley Park Transportation
Company
A concert was given there which
was attended by everyone in the
>ark, including more than thirty
tourists, and all residents for miles
around. Leaving Fairbanks they re-
turned to the coast by the Rich
ardson Highway and Copper River
Railroad to Cordova where they
boarded the Yukon southbound. The
trip over the highway was made
exciting by the floods which had
washed out bridges and made it
necessary to ford them as best one
could.
Miss Reep expects to remain in
Juneau only a few days when
she will leave for Petersburg and
ketchikan, in each of which places
she will give concert. 1t is pos
sible that she will return to Ju-'
neau before leaving permanently
for the south.
Durlng the coming winter Miss
Keep plans to continue her musical
stuoles IN Milan, Italy, to be away
Tor an indefinite length of time.
however, she will return TO Alas
Ka. I love the country and the
people who have been most kind
TO me- the charming singer said.