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Show Large Audience Attends First Lyceum Number Here Wednesday A large and appreciative audience greeted the opening number of the Dixie junior college lyceum number, featuring Cpl. Joseph Williams, tenor, and his accompanist, accom-panist, Galan Lurwick, Hollywood pianist. Joseph W. McAllister, former Dixie junior college voice instructor, who secured the services serv-ices of Cpl. Williams when the institution presented, "The Beggar Beg-gar Student", several years ago, introduced the tenor. The program was arranged in four parts, with an interlude of piano numbers by Mr. Lurwick. Included in Part I, were The National Na-tional Anthem, by Key; "Danza Fanciuella", Durante; "Where'er You Walk", and "Every Valley", by Handel, the latter from the Messiah. Part II featured "Wie Melodies Zieht es Mir", and "De Mainacht", both by Brahms, sung in German, and "Beau Soir", by Debussey, and "Si Tie le veux", by Choech-lin, Choech-lin, presented in French. "When Children Pray," by Fen-ner; Fen-ner; "Since You're Near Me", by E. Wolf; "Love Story", by Genevieve Gene-vieve Wiley; "To My Mother", by R. Mackinsdy; and "Miranda", by Hageman, as an enchore, made up the third group. The fourth phase included, "Without Drum Or Trumpet", "My Journey's End"; three Negro spirituals, and "This Day Is Mine" by Marriet Ware. He also responded re-sponded with two encore numbers. Piano numbers by Mr. Lurwick included "Sonata", by Scarlotti; "Valse Oublie", by Liszt; "Little White Donkey", by Ibert; and "Orientale", by Amani. There were many in the audience audi-ence who remember Cpl. Williams' excellent performance in the "Beggar Student", and were happy to hear him again in this concert. con-cert. In the audience also were the tenor's mother, Mrs. Barbara Williams and his sister, Mrs. Vivian Viv-ian DeRohwer, of St. George. Both Cpl. Williams and his accompanist ac-companist were given high praise for their performance, each number num-ber enlisting repeated applause. |