The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-14
CLUB CONCERT
 WELL ENJOYED
St. BOnaventure Group Presents Fine Program;
 Direction High Class.

WORDS and MUSIC" - The st. ROnaventure College Glee Club directed by tho Rev. Claude Kean,
 O. F. M., presented In Waterbury
 last night at Buckingham Hall by the Franciscan Mission Club.
 A program of entertainment ranging from songs of the concert hall to those of America at war was enthusiastically received by large audience in Buckingham hall last night aS the FTanciscan Mission Club presented in, Waterbury for the firstAtlme the well-trained chor- al group representing St. Bonaver- ture's College of Allegheney, N. Y.
 Too much credit for the perform ance cannot be given the likeable director of the group, the Rev. Claude Kean, O. F. M,, whose Ver- satility in arrangement, sense of entertainment, and musical appre~ citation were conspicuous through out. The young men comprising the group were perhaps at their best in the concert hall, American operet- ta, and camp meeting groups.
 Following welcoming remarks by His Honor Mayor Vincent A. Scul- ly and 8 school song, "Unfurl the Brown and WhiteY by Father Kean, the club presented in excellent fash- ion such numbers as Mozart's Ave Verum"; the stirring soldiers Chorus" from Gounod'S Faust; Seaver's "Just For Today" which was dedicated to the Rev. James Broderick, pastor of St. Francis Xavier church and St. Bonaven- tllre's oldest alunnus in the Naug- atuck Valley and 'Tally-Hol" by LeoTi.
 From the American operetta were chosen two selections / from Sig mund Romberg's New Moon, stout Hearted Men" and Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" with Peter Tubiolo soloing in the latter: Smoke Gets Tn Your Eyes" from Roberta" with a very fine solo by Richard Buonerba was superbly sung, as was Plenty O Nuttin' " from Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess". Here again an excellent bit of solo work was outstanding, the singer being John McCann of Bristol, a nephew of Mrs. Serge A. Belanger of this city. The martial "Your Land and My Land" from My Maryland" again by Romberg, con- cluded this very fine group of nut Sical numbers.
 Four Negro Spirituals-I'm In His Care, Deep River, l Got Shoes, and De Gospel Train were incorporated into an original Camp Meeting N\ with the solo work by Joseph Cas- sidy and Thomas Petro portraying the preacher.
 The minstrel show section of the program produced such old-tiIne favorites as "On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine; Steamboat Bill" with fine bit of interpretation by Lee Frohnappel; While Strolling Through the Park" with some good pantomime work by two unnamed participants; He's Have to Get Under; and Red Wing, the lat ter particularly vel sung by the l CIlOIa1 group.
 Such patriotic numbers as the Marine Hymn, Anchors Aweigh, The CaissonS Go Rolling Along, and the Star Spangled Banner were a spine tingling finale. In this latter group Robert 6heaS commentary was very effective and well done.
 On the speciality side Thomas Byrnes was all too brief in his Sev- eral harmonica selections. He also doubled in pantomime wrestling match with Thomas Petro which was nicely done.
 William DeMaria. whose accom- paniment was outstanding through out the entire musical program, gave his own interpretations of Lee Sims, Bob Burke, Fats" Waller and Howard Smith at the keyboard.
 Thomas Petro, Edmund Brown Joseph Cassidy, John Carlin, Wal ter Shea, Joseph Wild and Richard Bowers combined their considerable talents in sketch, "Blitzkrieg."
 With very few exceptions the musical numbers were all Father Kean'S own arrangements of the or iginal.
 The Rev. Hilary Sullivan, o. F. M. of the Franciscan Monastery in New York City, thanked the au- dience, the Franciscan Club, and the Glee Club for its efforts in mak- ing possible the expansion of mis- | c{nv1 IxnOT1g kxy fI1a aAniafry fn thiQ