The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-08-20
EXPECT LARGE CROWD FOR
THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Will be Held Sunday at Mountain
Lake Park; Additional Fea-
lures Announced By Director
TO BE HEARD OVER RADIO

The third annual Mountain Choir
Festival will be presented in the amph-
theatre at Mountain Lake Park on
Sunday afternoon and evening, August
%, and according to Rev. Felix Rob-
inson, director, pre-festival interest
has reached the point of enthusiasm.
More than thousand advance ticket
sales have been assured and DR.. Rob-
inson said there would be more people
in attendance this year than ever be-
fore.
People of Mountain Lake Park, as
evidence of this, are preparing to en-
terrain the largest crowd that has been
at the Park for many seasons.
One Of the features Of the after
noon, just announced by Rev. Robin
son, will be the singing of the Card
well Dawson Negro choir from Pitts
burgh. This choir is said to have gained
wide reputation. DR.. Harvey Gaul,
Pittsburgh composer, has composed
numbers for this choir. All members
are trained singers, having graduated
from the Cardwell Dawson school of
Music. Their choir will not appear
in the contests.
Another feature of the afternoon
program will be the singing of Wal
lace Ashley, bass-baritone of the
Westminster Choir School of Prince
ton, N. j., who is spending the sum-
mer with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
w. A. Ashley, in Oakland. He will
appear in a dual role, as director of
the Cumberland Community cap
pella choir, and soloist during the pro-
gram. He will sing a recitative, an
aria, from Handel's Messiah" Nan
johnson, coloratura soprano, will have
a second engagement as a soloist at
the festival during the afternoon.
The festival choir of 500 voices,
which is to sing for the benefit of
radio listeners over the National
Broadcast system, will be on the air
from to 4:30, Eastern Standard
Time, instead of the time announced
last week. The change was made by
the broadcasting company this week.
Many weeks have been spent in
preparation for the outdoor solemn
procession with Litany, based on the
redrics of the Medieval church. This
procession is an integral part of the
Choir Festival and hanks back to the
days of Charlemagne. The order Of
service will include the ringing of the
assembly bells, play on trumpets by
the heralds, invocation, versicle and
response, psalm No. 2 with antiphon,
capitulum and response, canticle,
Dignus Est Angus, the Litany and
Collects.
The special offices which will be in
Guided in this procession are as fol-
lows: heralds, the crucifer, the thur
fer, the incense-boat collet, the
acolytes, a missed collet, banner col
lets, the lector, the deacon, the cele-
brant, and the plain song choir. This
procession will commence at 6:45 p. m.
Choral vespers will Immediately
follow the solemn procession and will
be characterized by the singing of a
number of hymns.
To Omen With Orchestra
Under the direction Of Lawrence
Kolkhorst, symphony orchestra will
start the afternoon session. At the
conclusion the choral contests for
parish and community choirs will COM
mence, with Rev. Ralph C. Robinson,
Of Spring Grove, Pa, as supervisor.
At the conclusion of the contests at
3:45 the festival choir will rehearse
under the direction of Rev. Felix G.
Robinson for choral vespers, which
will follow the solemn procession at
6:45.
Rev. George w. Nicely, DID,, will
give brief meditation at choral YES
pers. E. ]. Priddey, president of the
Allegheny Tableland Council Of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
will make brief address at the after
noon session.
Tickets this season are to be al
popular prices.