The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-07-17
MUSIC FESTIVAL
THIS SATURDAY.
SUNDAY ATPARK
Impressive List of Choirs to Par
ticipate In Programs at Eighth
Annual Presentation

The Mountain Choir Festival, found
ed in 1884, will be held for the
eighth consecutive year in the amphi-
theatre at Mt. Lake Park, Md, on
Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and
20. Saturday sessions will be from
to 4:30 p. M, 1880 to 8 p. m, and
Sunday sessions will be from 2 to 4
p. M, and 1880 to p. m.
Accordion Ensemble
Saturday afternoon there will be
an accordion ensemble of twelve
players from Miami, Florida, directed
by Erdell Mutchler; selections by
Helen Keil, Soprano, Pittsburgh; and
the Institute ensemble, directed by
Ferdinand Kuehn, Baltimore.
Saturday evening "Music of the
Synagogue" will be presented by the
choir of the Baltimore Hebrew Con-
gregation. The program will be in
three parts, the Sabbath, the Festiv-
ais, and the Holy Days.
Sunday Sessions
Sunday afternoon there will be
three-choir music by Trinity Lutheran
Church combined choir of 70 voices
under the direction of Fred Baum
gardner, Johnstown, Pa. Prof Ken
meth Runkel, Parkersburg, w. Va,
will be guest conductor for one of the
numbers. Rev. Garrett Evans, of Mt.
Lake Park, will sing a baritone solo.
Hymn-sequence by choirs and audi
ence will be directed by Felix Robin
son. Other choirs to present numbers
will be the Clarksburg Symphonic
choir, Clarksburg; and the Asbury
Methodist choir, Uniontown, Pa. The
festival choir will rehearse at a
o'clock for the evening program.
The Festival choir, directed by Rev.
Robinson, will open and close the eve
ming program. Choirs participating
will include the Clarksburg Sym
phonic, Trinity Lutheran of Johns
town; Asbury Methodist, Uniontown;
Martin Luther, Baltimore; Simpson
Methodist, Moundsville, w. Va; Trim
ty Lutheran, Keyser, w. Va; Chest
nut Recreational group, Morgantown,
W. Va; Christ Episcopal, Fairmont,
W. Va; Allied Community Chorus,
Uniontown; Homemakers chorus, Gar
rett county; Civic choral society, Con-
nellsville; Russian orthodox Holy
Ghost choir, Pittsburgh.
A total of 300 voices will partici-
pate in the choir and Rev. Robinson
said it would be one of the largest
choirs ever gathered at one time in
connection with the festival
The Russian Orthodox choir will
sing a group of numbers under direc-
ton of Michael Holovach, as will also
the Allied Community Chorus of
Uniontown, under direction of David
Martin.
The Festival is featuring a soloist,
Marjorie Lehman, lyric soprano, of
Baltimore and she will sing Mozart's
"Alleluia" and Malotte's Lords
Prayer" as her numbers. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. Lucille Henry
Robinson.
In memory of the late Congress-
man William D. Byron, Williamsport,
Md, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davidson,
Parkersburg, w. Va, patrons of the
festival association the festival choir
will sing "The Hallelujah Chorus"
The Festival association numbers
three hundred members, with Mrs.
Katherine E. Byron, honorary presi-
dent and DR.. C. Oscar Hall, president.
Patrons for this season include Jesse
A. Bloch, Wheeling, w. Va; Mrs.
Byron, Washington; Celanese Corpo-
ration, Cumberland; Archbishop Mi
chael J. Curley, Baltimore; Elinor Da-
Wis, jamestown, N. Y; the Great At
lantic and Pacific Tea company,
Pittsburgh; Lillian Grief, Baltimore;
Harry Hartley, Fairmont, w. Va;
Mrs. Francis M. Jencks, Baltimore;
Jennings Randolph, Washington;
Mrs. A. A. Richards, Oklahoma City;
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, ST., Oyster
Bay, L. l., N. Y.