| Show IDRAMATIGAND LYRIC i Last Nights Contest at the Tabernacle TO OPEN BOISES OPEKA HOUSE Wilsons Hit In San Francisco Jach In Pinafore Pina-fore Natural Gas Varying Opinions of friends Notes The tabernacle was occupied by about one tbonsand interested people last evening even-ing on the occasion of the opening of the second annual musical contest between various stakes In the Mormon church Evan Stephens was master of ceremonies and George D Pyper represented the Contributor magazine which gives the prizes The judges selected were A C Smytho of Manti L D Edward of Preston I Pres-ton Ida and H G Whine musical editor I ed-itor of THE HERALD George Goddard opened tho proceedings with prayer Contest Con-test number one was for a prize of 5100 between be-tween the brass bands of Taylorsville and the Tenth ward Salt Lake The Payson band came up to compete but was objected to by the others owing to there being two I wards in Payson whereas the other bands had been chosen from only one The Pay son boys said the city had only recently been divided and there was only ono band in the place practically they were but ono ward yet but on the technical point they had to be barred The Union band was expected ex-pected but failed to put in an appearance Tho Taylorsville band rendered The Celeste overture very creditably but were distanced by the city boys selection The Good Old Tunes The prize was i awarded by a vote of 2 to 1 to the Tenth ward which i should be said is larger than the other and a very old organization By request of Prof Stephens the debarred Payson band gavo a selection and was heartily applauded I is an excellent organization or-ganization and would undoubtedly have been awarded the prize had i been allowed to compete The band was stormily encored I en-cored Contest number two was for a first prize of 15 and second of 10 for the best rendition rendi-tion of the bass or baritone solo The i Storm Fiend Thero were competitors as fellows Jonn Robinson Salt Lake John James Salt Lake Horace Ensign Salt Lake John Buckley Provo Charles Ogden J R Boshard Provo W H Jones Salt Lake Hagbert Anderson Ogden and Mr Vance Alpine The renditions ranged from very good to very bad The main difficulty seemed to be that the country singers could not keep the key doubtless owing to their inexperience in sin 1gin so largo a hall Nearly all who attempted the high G at the close would have done better to take the optional notes below First prize was awarded to John Robinson and second prize to Horace Hor-ace Ensign by a vote of 2 to 1 both Mr Kent would doubtless have secured third prize had one been awarded H J Surthwaiteof Ogden won the prize of 15 for the piano solo He had no competitor The closing contest was for 30 for the best rendition of the trio Yon Towering Peak competed for by Charles Kent J Ballantyne and E Farley Ogden Jk R Boshard John Buckley and J Buckley Provo and a trio from tho Fourth ward Ogden All three woro nearly uniform but tho prize was justly awarded to the I first named tho others main fault being that they sang off the key Professor Daynes gave a great organ solo in fine style and also accompanied most of the singers I At tho conclusion the combined brass bands rendered Hail Columbia in au excellent ex-cellent manner Tho contest ends on Monday evening with the following programme FIRsT CONTEST Malo chorus members of one ward The Dawn of Day E Stephens Prize 100Malad Malad male chorus Malad Ida Fourth Ward Glee club Provo Utah SECOND CONTEST Quartette The Blossoms Close at Eve Abt Prize S10 J R Twelves H S Pyno J R Bos hard J Buckley Provo Tout brothers C I W Hinchcliff J McQuarrio Ogden I mum CONTEST Baritone sole young men under 21 years of 15 ago Tho Old Guard Rodney Prize 15H H S Ensign Salt Lake Ed Young Provo FOURTH CONTEST Solo and chorus The Linden Tree Prize 75 Party from Jiiitu wary Ogden party from Malad city Ida party from Third ward Ogden FIFTH CONTEST Tenor solo prize 15 and SlOSleep Well Sweet Angel Orson Griffin Ogden Thomas Ashworth Salt Lake Joseph Ballantihe Ogden H S Pyne Provo Edwin F Tout Ogden J R Vance Alpine C W Hinchcliff Ogden George E Hyde Ogden SIXTU CONTEST Grand prize 250 Male chorus not under un-der fifty nor over 100 in number Comrades Com-rades in Arms Adams Weber county male chorus Malad Choral Chor-al society Idaho UtahStako male chorus Salt Lake male chorus Grand union of choruses to close a i a The latest news from Ned Royle is that ho has been offered 4000 for a half interest inter-est in his ploy but that he had declined i believing ho had a good chance to obtain fcoOOO for a third interest Tho last number num-ber of the Dramatic JYeics has the following article on Friends the The play called Friends at the Stand f > 1 ard theatre appears to have made a most substantial success I do not think I ever saw such diversity of newspaper opinion regarding a theatrical production as that which marked the frat night of this piece One paper declared de-clared it was a remarkably strong play and another said with no less emphasis empha-sis that it was a remarkably weak play One said it was good another said it was bad Ono declared that it was high class and another that it was way down After you had road a couple of these criticisms you were apt to feel rather dazed and finally you gathered a desire to read all the rest of them Then when you had finished with the newspapers news-papers your only chance to know anything at all about the play was to go and see it for yourself It turned out to be an exceedingly interesting piece which had suffered greatly on the first night by reason of tho illness of the actor who was to have filled the principal part As soon as Friends got into smooth running order the houses began to pick up and they increased right along E 1 Royle tho author had been forced much against his will to play the principal character and to his own surprise sur-prise he made a distinct suocess of it so that he finds himself at the present time in the unexpected position of a fullfledged star in a successful play of his own manufacture manu-facture Friends will undoubtedly bo a great money maker next season a a tNatural Gas is once more announced II and no farce comedy is more welcome Always bright and clever the wellknown comedians Donnelly and Girard seem each year to make their play more interesting inter-esting more laughable and more attractive As usual they > have again this year changed it somewhat t and filled it to the very brim with the most amusing songs graceful dances and wholesome funmak j ing Manager Samuel P Cox has also surrounded his brilliant stars with a company com-pany of particularly bright and able people I peo-ple and as a consequence Natural Gas is this year better than over it was The date is a week from tomorrow night Francis Wilson and his charming company I com-pany opened in San Francisco last Monday and achieved an instantanean triumph Tho audience was the most brilliant the bay city could turn out Wilson wae called I before the curtain for a speech and little Glaser and the clever Plunkett got a share of the general favor The Examiner says The perfection of ensemble is unquestionably unquestion-ably a leading feature of tho performance and that is the keynote to success in almost any kind of opera That The Merry Monarch Mon-arch will have a prosperous reign among us and attract to himself many of his loyal subjects by his delightful humor is already an assured certainty The gorgeousness of the scenery tho resplendency of the costumes cos-tumes and the artistic and sumptuous stage settings togetherwith the voluptuousness of physical attractions will delight the senses during the run of the opera a < The announcement that Emma Juch is singing in Pinafore in San Francisco makes one fool somewhat mournful It should not bo thought that the beautiful I songstress has lost her voice or that she is unnhln Inncrnr tn r > nnn with thn mica nf Wagner or Verdi She has simply been under the management of that combined Jonah and Micawber of the profession Charles E Locke and has shared the fate of other professionals who have pinned their faith to that erratic gentleman Michelena the tenor whom Abbott used fondly to refer to as Mitchie is among the stranded The Examiner says of the Pinafore performance The performance of Pinafore by Miss Juchs company last evening was so highly creditable as to deserve the large audience that was in attendance It is no slight task for a company that has been habitually accustomed to grand opera music and methods to catch the proper spirit of light but this demonstrated opera production demonstratc the versatility and training of both star I and company and was on the whole considerable con-siderable of a surprise Miss Juch in particular par-ticular gave a pretty and very clever I rendition of her part throwing into Josephine much of the spirit that lit up the earlier part of her rendition of Carmen Her singing was highly appreciated and her opening song Sorry Her Lot in the first aot and A Simple Sailor Lad and the trio in the second were encored Signor Sig-nor Michelena was somewhat hampered by lack of fluency in English but made up for It by excellent singing and by throwing into his part a fervor of adoration that few Ralphs have shown S John D Spencer of tho Salt Lake Home Dramatic club now temporarily in Boise writes that the club has been invited to open Boise Citys palatial new opera house which will be finished some time near the winter holidajs s The principal owner of the house will bo the mayor of the city Hon James A Pin no who has so long and successfully managed the old theatre Sonnas opera house The new building will seat 1500 people it will bt illuminated electric twelve sots of by 550 lamps scenery scen-ery will bo painted by a Chicago artist and the drop curtain will bo executed in the most elaborate style the stage will ba 70 feet wide 40 feet deep and 50 feet high the interior of the auditorium will be elegantly I decorated and upholstered and tho house throughout made such a tempe of amuse I ment as tho live and progressive citizens of Boise will take pleasure in supporting Mayor Pinney is to be commended for his energy and enterprise in starting so notable an addition to Boises other fine institutions public Insttutions |
