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Show 'Modern Blues' topic of music club meet Yvonne Johnson was hostess hos-tess to the Springville Federated Feder-ated Music Club last week. President Betty Sumsion presided pre-sided and instead of the regular regu-lar collect, gave a short article on "Losing the Meaning of Music" Mu-sic" by Sydney J. Harris. '"IBe true role of music is to make us more human, not less; to be heard not by the ears, but by the soul." Elso Oldroyd presented the program, the theme of which was "Modern Blues, Wandering Songs." When asked about the origin of the b'.ues, W. C. Handy, Han-dy, asknowledged grandfather fo the blues stated: "Most people peo-ple think that a Negro is always al-ways cheerful and lively, but he isn't, though he may seem that way when he is most troubled. The Negro knows the blues as a state of mind. An example of this was cited concerning con-cerning a colored man owing more rent than he had money to pay and using what little he had acquired to pay the rent to "blow" it on pleasures, knowing he would probably be evicted from his abode. "If a Negro were making a song about an experience like that it would be a genuine specimen ot blues." Many dissertations have been written about the origin and meaning of folk songs in general gen-eral jazz and the blues in particular. par-ticular. The simplest explanation explana-tion is possible: "De blues ain nothin but a good man feelin blue." Mary Bird played a piano solo, "Joe Turner Blues." Mike Day sang "Hallelujay, I'm a Bum" accommpanied by his mother. Larry Johnson sang, "Chilly Winds," accompanying himself on the guitar. Annie Forshee and Carol Clark sang vocal solos accompanied by Elsa Oldroyd and the group sang "Hinky Dinky" with each member- using a toy band instrument in-strument to help with the rhythm. Mrs. Oldroyd concluded conclud-ed with "Mood Iindigo" by Duke Ellington. Refreshments were served to 17 members and two guests, Mrs. Grace Baker and Shauna Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Haymond enjoyed having their family together to-gether during the Easter and spring vacations. Here from Santa Ana, California, were Dr. and Mrs. Richard Haymond and five children and Mr. and Mrs. Brent Haymond and four chilc'ren from Everett, Washington. Wash-ington. It is good, sometimes to read a newspaper or a magazine that is about ten years old just to see how many things we feared never happened. |