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Show Federated Music Club continues music study An interesting program continuing con-tinuing the music theme begun last year, entertained members of the Springville Federated Music Club, when they met with Mrs. F. C. Packard, Friday Fri-day of last week Mrs. Max Sumsion, club vice president, was in charge of the meeting. Anna Marie Palfreyman read the collect. Annie Forshee introduced the program and presented the lesson, les-son, a continuation of the Tin Pan Alley music creations. She pointed out that the passion pas-sion which siezed America by rag-time music brought on a dancing craze which required little more than walking about the dance floor with a partner. Sigmund Romberg, popular composer of the time, was employed em-ployed to lead an orchestra at an eatiing place and people came to hear him more than to eat. Lee Shubert opened the first dance club in 1913 and eating and dancing became a popular form of entertainment and many new tunes came into being be-ing because of the music and dancing. The Blues came from Tin Pan Alley music. When W. C. Handy wrote the story of his life, he called it the "Father of the Blues" and he said the Blues music was a product of the Negro, noting that the Negro Ne-gro had taught him something about music he could not find elsewhere. In addition to Mrs. Forshee's lesson, several piano selections in keeping with the theme, were given by Glenn Law. El-sa El-sa Oldroyd and Mrs. Forshee played a piaio duet; Mrs. Forshee, For-shee, a piano solo and Jan Camp, special guest of the evening eve-ning and Evelyn Boyer, entertained enter-tained with a vocal duet. Miss Camp also gave a vocal solo as did Mrs. Boyer. All numbers were in keeping with the music of the specified time. The meeting closed with refreshments re-freshments served by the hostess host-ess to 19 club members and one guest. |