Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-08-02 | Page 22 | Dr. Parry Chorla Society Organized

DR PARRY CHORAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED The Dr Parry Choral society Is the name given the recently organized local loca Welsh chorus at a meeting following Tuesday evenings evening's rehearsal In the Fourteenth Fourteenth Four Four- ward chapel Dr Joseph Parry Parr after whom the society received Its name was one of Wales Wales' foremost musicians and came to Salt Lake City In O October tober 1898 as chief musical director of the national eisteddfod held In the Tabernacle Tabernacle Taber Taber- nacle and attended by thousands of music music lovers from all parts of the country It was with the Idea of perpetuating his name and memory In the musical annals of the state that the society chose the name In consequence of the continued continued con con- hot weather the singers concluded concluded con con- to adjourn further practice until the first Tuesday In September when active active ac ac- tive work worle will be commenced on Dr Parry's Parrys grand opera Blodwen The rITe chorus has a of two fifty which will be increased to seventy five or possibly before fall The purpose of the management Is to g give ge e the opera In public during the coming winter The officers of the society are President former State Senator William N. N Williams VII Wil liams IIams vice president Evan Arthur secretary secretary sec sec- Charles J. J Parry director Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor II E. E Giles The chorus held a II picnic in Liberty park Thursday evening with members or of the Tabernacle choir which was holding Its ts annual reunion at the same place The Invitation to attend came from Crom Professor Pro Pro- fessor Anthony C. C Lund leader of the choir On Monday the chorus will go to Lagoon to assist the allied societies In Inthe national hymns of ofA the singing of the v w me ui ji fi Ireland A America merica England Scotland and Italy aly m In Wales Vales France Belgium connection with the annual British day celebration at the Lagoon resort