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Show BOYS,, PBOVQ HOHOBS TOB The Result of the Musical Contest In Salt Lake, Proyo Cets Away With the Laurels and Nearly All the Baggage. Salt Lake and Ogden Songsters Song-sters Knocked Out in Every Round. The Grand Musical Contest, under the auspices ot the Y. M. M. 1. A., came off Monday evening, June 1, in the Large Tabernacle at Salt Lake City. Of the UW to be distributed in prizes. I'rovo got away with $300. in the following order: John Buckley, first prize for best bar- itone solo, "The Old Brigade," by Barri. Although there were four Salt Lake singers entered, our Provo representative, rep-resentative, Mr. Buckley, walked off with the prize of 25. A quartette: "Like the Woodland Pioses," was the next number for which Provo was entered. In this Boshard and Pyne Bros, were pitted against four gentlemen from Ogden. The Provo boys again took the prize, amounting to $50. The next was a duet, "Ship Ahoy!" bv Harrison Millard. 4-Dohh" and Harry Boshard walked away with the honors of this also. The Second Ward. Ogden, and Sixth and Eleventh Wards of Salt Lake, competed in this number. num-ber. The grand prize of f200 for the best chorus of twenty-five male voices was the event of the evening. The piece selected was "Invocation to Harmony," Har-mony," by Evan Stephens. Three wards entered for this number, viz: Twenty-Fhst Ward, Salt Lake City, I'rovo Fourth Ward and Spanish Fork, Utah county. The Provo boys felt rather timid, as every one who knew anything about the contest were praising prais-ing the Salt Lake contestants, until our boys thought that there was no hope. When the contestants drew for the order in which they were to sing, it was found that Salt Lake sang first and Provo next. As soon as the first chord was struck by the Provo club, it commanded the attention of every one, and at the close it was not only the verdict of the judges, but also the verdict ver-dict of the people that Provo was far in advance of anything, and ringing cheers and applause greeted them when they sat own. Mr. Stephens, the author of the piece, in complimenting compliment-ing l lie club, said he never expected to hear it sang better, he was surprised thai Provo n id such singers. The names of the club who carried off the 2(10 prize are as follows: Firtt Inu'-J. 11. Twelves, I. II. Boshard, Herb. S. I'yne. 11. 11. Irvine. titaiitd J' ;( Monte Roberts, T. H. ('luff. J. W. Bean, Wallace Ilaliiday, Ern Buckley, Charles Petersen, Win. Irvine, Frank Noyes, Kewton Xoyes. Fird JJitss Win. Buckley. J. T. Pyne, Ed. Youmr, W. I). Roberts, Jr., J. L. ( laylon, Henry Elliott. Xivntd IJ-ivs J. It. Boshard, John Bu -klev, Jonathan Buckley. 0. Malui-quisL. Malui-quisL. F. W. C llatiieubruck. II. E. Giles, Conductor. Provo now standi at lie head of the Terrilory as far as male voices are concerned, snd no doubt if Provo had entered tor the double quartette and tenor solo (the only tvo pieces they did not enter for) they would have captured the prizes. Every !iumbr they went in for, they got away with. After the contest all" the maie voics joined in singing the "Invocation "In-vocation to Harmony," Prof. Stephens conducting it. Inasmuch as the Provo Toices had carried off Ihe prize for this piece, it would have been just for Prof. Giles to have boen handed the baton and allowed to conduct the combined choirs. Prof. Giles received many deserved compliments from Profs. Stephens, Becsley. and other prominent musicians music-ians iu Salt Lake City. |