Show THE TEE MUSICAL celebration dhe THE CONCERTS AT tre THE tabernacle AN unqualified SUCCESS the celebration concerts in the tabernacle yesterday were a complete and gratifying success owing to a broken rail on the railroad there was some delay in the ogden people reaching the city in consequence of this circumstance the morning entertainment did not begin till 11 after a skillfully fully performed prelude on the grand organ by joseph J daynes president george Q cannon stated that thirty bix six years yesra ago last sunday july three days trev inex trevious lous ious to the arrival of brigham young with the pioneers two men entered this valley one was the late brother oreon Prat pratt tand land and the other brother erasim snow who was on the stand he told the i children he be wished them to look at brother snow that they might know and remember him as the survivor of the first two men who entered this thin valley elder snow then opened the entertainment with prayer the singing of hall hail columbia by 1100 voices accompanied by the organ and orchestra waa wab a thrilling performance twe the effect being heightened by the fiatt flattering ering of over a thousand flags waved by the children miss laura smith being unavoidably absent old folks at hom horm e wab ewas sweetly ung sung by nilas alias agnes oleen olben assisted by a full chorus rule brittania Brittan la by matthew matthev nasli noa was a highly creditable performance the interest of which was intensified i by the chorus and national re presentation brother wm win C clun clan dan dun bar took the audience by storm by a stirring tuno tune on the tho scotch bagpiper to which the excellent singing by maggie swan hull huli of sing to me an auld scotch sang was an appropriate following auld lang syne was then sung by the company A good deal of merriment t was created by the appearance of ann D L cowley in quaint old welsh costume with the peculiar hugar lugar loaf style of bat this lady i ja s the fortunate posses possessor sor bor ofa of a good voice and she manages it well evan stephens stephen welsh song wa mi eung sung in his haual able manner the wearing of the green gree aby by wm davis in costume seemed to strike the audience with special favor it was bung sung in real good style the children showing green fans during the performance there must have been a genuine irrepressible hibernian in the audience ns as each time the chorus rung in a voice rung out the well known irish 91 whoop J 1 the the watch on the rhine were sung by the company followed by a very interesting performance being the singing flinging of the Alpen lied by katharina and louisa lehmans attired in exact swiss costume italy was represented by frank merrill and mary bezzant in 0 loved italia which they sang very sweetly scandinavia had bad an excellent re presentation A number of swedes danes and norwegians Norwegia ns singing successively ces a national air in their own tongues agnes olsen oisen being among tile the Norwegia norwegians ns one of the most moat novel features was the singing eing ingin in their own language languages of eight natives of tb tho the e eau ean sandwich daich islands the singing of tho the females especially was clear and notable for force and vigor they were rapturously applauded nellie colebrook sang bang with vigor spirit ir t and excellent execution the wa star r spangled banner blued with the full chorus wava wawa was a splendid ninish finish I 1 the benediction wab was pronounced by president wilford woodruff fr As the national songs were being rendered boya boys and girls appropriately and vory very tastefully costumed according to the particular nationality stood at the front of the platform bearing emblems of each country this greatly intensified the effect of the entertainment tho the eye and ear ean being gratified simul tane the arrangement was also typical of the constitution of the latter day saint community inhabiting ha utah being comp composed olred ossed of people gathered from all the natio nations ney making a wonderfully homogeneous whole from apparently heterogeneous elements the concert in the afternoon was of a somewhat different character yet an appropriate finish to the fint tint it was a home production in every bense hense being entirely the tho work of local compoE orb ers As this article in relation to the musical celebration Js Is already somewhat extended we are obliged ao ato speak OMY only of this part of the days gramme pro in general terme by baying saying that the composers and performers are de tte erving of much commendation the entertainment demonstrated the fact that utah possesses an advanced degree of musical talent the conductor brother E ste chens in the part he performed in ar arranging rangin g planning and bringing the concerts to a successful culmination is entitled to great praise praises while brother goddard always an indefatigable worker on occasions of the kind fairly outdid himself tha tho various alde aid especially the ladles ladies of whom the tho committee comprised quite a number did excellent and intelligent labor it was by them that the national costuming was so artistically arranged president geo goo Q cannon under choe a direction the affair wag was prepared and presented has reason to congratulate him eel belr r on cho tho success attained etwas it was wab a decidedly appropriate celebration of a day which will occupy one pj ol the most glowing pages in the tho history of the saints in all time |