| Show THE eisteddfod the tabernacle was not decorated for the eisteddfod owing to the fact that during each day after today the sessions of the latter day saints semiannual conference will be held in the building decorations were not a part of the program of the eisteddfod f od however and were not at all necessary to the success of the first session there was some delay as there always will be in such large enterprises before the assembly was called to order the audience did not fill the big auditorium but the attendance was first class for an afternoon and the opening session according to the sale of seats the tabernacle will be crowded this evening A round of applause greeted tine the ak K vf P band when it made tits appearance on atoe the platform to the of america by the combined bands choir and audience prof stephens waved his ballon and the audience arose to its feet and sang the national anthem with a spirit born barn of good after prayer by F A Hanu nond of sari sain juan ex governor arthur L thomas delivered the opening address aAl dreas in which he recounted the abort history of tibe the of which afa i the flot was held in ahlo cl city ty in 1895 and explained the object ta of the cambrian association to in promoting these enterprises gov thomas in belm behalf of the thanked all who have in tine the bvrd bringing nging about of the eisteddfod espe especially the first presidency of the church ot oi jesus christ of latter day saints for the we use of the tabernacle he also introduced judge henty heanry F edwards BO wards as the con conductor dilator of the eisteddfod judge Edwar diBs remarks were c confined on to the welsh cu bilth reference to ea ais held in the country of their thedr birth and cradling and incidentally he called attention atte nUon to the he baet that the opening of this eisteddfod by prayer reminded him of the aci ac clent ceremony preceded the musical f festivals esti vals 4 an A wales centuries ago he ret referred erred to ft the of the welsh tongue saying that on this welsh day daay he was 1 going to claim everything possible tor for I 1 the welsh people and language and at 01 the same time avowing devotion to the I 1 stars and stripes and uncle sam judge edwards here announced that j the first competition was tor for mili military bands of the first class in which the pieces were lorley paraphrase and the awakening of the lion there them had been two entries but the K 0 of P i military band of salt lake was tb the only found foxing ready to compete it was announced that this band would be required to win the prize on m points of excellence and well was the task performed the contest was wag tj the more difficult because of the fact that the band was not playing against another organization but simply as ta to ift excellence in the judgment of so eori nent a critic as dr parry the last note ot of the second plow was greeted with deat deafening ening and immediately dr parry stepped forward to bo announce his which he pre prefaced fazed with a eh short ozit ad 64 dress in which he said ald he helped he be would merit the of the people when lids duties as adjudicator rf the el eisteddfod shall have been bean ended dr parrys criticism of the band web dodl beyond the pen ot at the reporter afi 1 I lam am sorry that there is 19 so no competition but if there were I 1 annta great doubt if I 1 would have heard i th band equal to this I 1 have heairt bands in germany Germi any and other p bartex europe but none 2 to this which la is a credit to do the ti alep ed and lake the session of last night with the singing by the andl aud lentil led by dr parry the welsh n anthem hen wlad fy 11 judge edwards introduced G overa wells as your handsome govern and the states chief magistrate man 1 a short and very pleasant congratulating the cambrian aaa a habte tion and the welsh people of utah V gays brally upon the high degree of excellence attained in the state 1 l great deal of which was to these eisteddfods the master of ceremonies here in ladd deuced mr J gordon jones of derivi Dei ivi who sang the splendid barit baritone iOne a abl the spirit of the deep the renat tion was very artistic and a noting exceptional voice control n culture I 1 the male chorus charlis contest in W there were two entries came only the salt lake chorus put in u all atLe Marance and under prof B Z conducting it sang ahe the contest pieces the crusaders azo all through the night D dr I 1 declared the rendition to be of ae atie 1 beet order and well V were it of double the value while dr parry was prep arliva adjudication on the foregoing thomas ashworth sang the tenor the pioneer composed by 1 evan stephens mr hN was not in its usual good co because of the fact that he the male cahours just before and therefore much exhausted mrs dr himilton mllton Hi also played a i on the grand organ the piece ha been composed by francis EW bd bach of birmingham england li the author having died at the early ea of 26 25 years mrs emily E woodward of sang the swiss echo song beautifully and thunders pf app ai brought the distinguished singer before the audience with comial i the rye there were three singers in tb the baritone competition on thy sentinel am 1 I 11 mr willard christopher sm on of this city was awarded the first prize prise while R T evans of schofield came second and harry B hughes of ift spanish enish fork miss lille lilie pye formerly of london landon was the only lady prepared to compete in the soprano solo although two were entered the pieces were 0 loving heart trust on and the dove both of which the young lady eang beautifully and was awarded the prize in a very complimentary criticism from fr om the adjudicator then came the competition of the evening the mixed chorus of fifty voices th in dr parrys composition ate tempest the choruses sang tn ft this order tooele thoele evan W arthur conductor eureka thomas hood conductor spanish pork fork W T james preston idaho L D edwards conductor smithfield george H thomas 4 inductor ductor on tor lehi E beesley conductor the five choruses which had participated in the competition were then called together in one grand chorus and sang the contest piece under the dire direction tion of dr parry after which the adjudication of the chorus was an and the first prize awarded to tooele thoele and the second prize to lehl lehi upon reque request of many elti citizens zens of salt lake who are proud ot at the unbroken of nf vio victories of the K tp IF band of this ekly city a verbatim re ast of dr parrys on yesterdays rendition la Is hereby given ili n music we deal with uke executive skill of each part par t of the ft ya boore of wind instruments of the wand reed and brass brasa families vh also have to consider the tone AB allty tone gradation as well as the aed B style and express lonal ac the whole ali ole composition and there deida deduct ot which condu cibor has the belt conception and works out Onty ugh his bis band most completely the ideas and aind feelings as em by him in his composition for iare are conductors and conductors which means more than a time beating beaming toad itoe but he who b iras bas as the soul to drink thoroughly deeply and soulfully fite oom composers posers emotion emotions emoi Hons s emd and so 90 infuse chem into in to each performer so as to wn con mft and transform each 69 into a living being possessed with and a voice as they chorus forth an tu the soul effects effect of the Is creations crea Alone of the two pieces the aad executive demands of the second niece ilow to is far in excess of the first both 1 ito oll odd tubel passages paa agee wo 1 Ij Lo orley the opening boes basses 9 reed were with perfect intonation aind precision also alao the crescendo in introduction was with excellent i and style then the melody was asly sustained ned and the tom torments ments were nicely subdued the aw il vt solo in the F minor portion was w afo artistically rendered and the oc o c huttl crescendo passages were imo of the same refined nature mature and I 1 woke note the melody so 90 tastefully Ste fully ahen dered by the basses as well as aa the were beautifully rendered ath efte he grea iteM taste t ao no ai 2 the be caprice A highly char ecart of this very char composition in the andante melody ody and the played the game flame artistic style etyle and teg the melody at all times as aa lueen U bof of music muffle reigning supreme e ever should all alto dl di roancia j dru ns me and outbursts of full ins V gain with excellent effect chromatic passages wre ed TO so as aa to fully of each performer in bwy fine band dow does great to RN Hs gifted leader and aad to 8 an I 1 to your city 99 A S there was a good attendance at last nights session of the and the program pro graan was waa a very entertaining one ane the principal event of the evening was wais the big chorus contest which was won on a very narrow margin by the salt lake chorus with the ogden logan and huntington in competition comi petition president joseph P F smith was president of the day in the absence of president snow president smith made a brief address and atter after a few remarks by judge edwards the program was proceeded with madam Swen sons chorus of this city was the only contestant in the ladies chorus but the prize was awarded on the high merits of the rendition of the piece kinks roses miss nannie tout aged 13 of ogden sang an axia aria from the opera hernani and the little soprano fairly took the breath of the audience with her rich voice and rare control the little lady waa obliged to respond to an encore and sang texas in the chorus of which about thirty voices in the east end of the big auditorium joined it was a pleasant surprise and elicited particular notice from judge edwards in the tenor solo contest there were two entries R J thomas and alfred best the piece every valley shall be exalted mr thomas was declared winner and amid mr best was also highly complimented D gilbert jones jonea of scranton pa was awarded first prize in the musical compositions contest and L D edwards of preston ida carried off the second eleven poems on utah had been submitted to adjudicator ellis and as no one of them oame came up to the required standard all were rejected the first prize for the treatise an the introduction of christianity into wales was divided between D N williams of jackson ohio and W D williams of new york john D lewis of cleveland ohio was awarded first prize for the poem on the dead sea of america the only contribution on the welsh in utah was rejected as utterly unworthy of consideration mrs woodward again delighted the audience with an aria from the daughter of the regiment and jerusha for an encore the lady was warmly re as her rich voice and wonderful training demanded I 1 prof webster declared miss catharene Cathar lne butler entitled to the prize for the humorous recitation mark twains kwains experience peri ence with Europ european eam guides prof C M harris of logan played a violin solo accompanied by miss grey on the piano the rendition was a I 1 mas masterly one and was welt received miss emma ramsey of Provo surprised the audience with her magnify magnificent voice in the contralto solo competition on an the creole song by dudley buck and the young lady was awarded first prize miss elsie barrows mrs D C bassett and miss olga Wehr aind were also competitors now came the event of the evening the big chorus competition there were tour forur entries logan salt lake ogden and huntington salt bait lake won first prize and ogden second the pieces being all men AU all things and night song |
