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Show Two Winners at Welsh Festival ,L : J . CLAUDE SWEETEN. "e l t The aariual outing of the Son and Daughter ofc Walea at Waadamere Wednesday waa the oeeaaion for an interesting in-teresting music contest between a large number of eonteatante, for cash prize. The annual eonteat under tha auspices of tha local nrganizatioa j in keeping with a similar custom that prevails among the Welsh people in their native land. - . The contents were of eapeeial interest thia year, and the work of the judgea waa not altogether a sinecure. A number num-ber of the eonteeta were exceedingly close and excited interest among the patron of musie at the pretty resort. Ia the piano eonteat Miaa Becky Almond, Al-mond, a pupil of Prof. John J. MeClel-, Ian of the I'tak conservatory of music, waa the winner of the flrst prise. HTsi Almond, who i 13 year old, won the prize at a aimilar eonteat one year ago. She had been a pupil of Profeaaor Mc-Clellan Mc-Clellan for a anmber of year, and ia aid by her teacher to have special gift ia music work. Miss Jennie Laraoa woa tha first prise ia th soprano solo contest. Ia the aolo eonteat Miaa Bnhy Nelson won Iret prize and Joseph Stephen aweond prize. All of th contestant in tha violin competition were pupils of Prof. George E. Skelton. Claude Sweeten waa announced an-nounced by the judge a winner of the drat prise for hia rendition of Ruben-stein' Ruben-stein' "Melodv ia P." He waa given 83 point put of a possible 100. He woa from hi nearest rival, Owen Bart-lett. Bart-lett. bv only 2 point. The ladiea ' ehoro from Samaria, Ida., under the leadership of Prof, feamnel M. Powell, gave aa intereeting program-tn the afteraooo, aad waa applauded with fervor bv the -rraitora to rhe resort. B0&i ALMOND. . The organization is aa excellent one, and reflects credit to the town from which it came, aad to its organiser and conductor. umac |