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Show THE TABERNACLE CONCERT. A Creditable Program Rendered by the Choir. Tho concort givon by tho ward ohoir in tbo tabornaolo last Sunday night was n orodit to all who took part, and especially to tho dirootor who had tho affair in chargo. It is n matter for congratulation, that situated as wo aro bo far from tho centers of civilization nnd with mntorinl for tho most part professionally profession-ally untrained, such good ovidouoo of musical tasto could bo givon. It sooms a pity that our choir loador, Mr. Cosslott, could not dovoto his lifo to this sort of work, for ho cortainly has tho critical judgment nnd koon sonso of harmoy of tho born ohoir loader. Thoro woro too ninny numbers on tho program to permit of oaoh roooiv-iug roooiv-iug individual montion. Nearly all woro most ploasing, nud woro listened to by an nudlonno that could hardly rofrain from nppluudiug. In its chorus singing tbo ohoir sustained its roputntlou for nrtistio work; its main dofoot soomod to bo n lack of malo voioos, ospoolally in tho bass. Tho gramophone selections woro woll chosen and givon on n good instrument, but thoy soundod tamo compared with tho rest of tho pro gram, notwithstanding thoy woro roproduotions of ronlly classical music. With so much nativo talont to work with it soems hardly uo-cossary uo-cossary to go boyond It in ' supplying nn evening's ontortaiii'rndilt'. v Tho ohoir should bo encouraged to glvo thosb'obiicorts its' dftb'u"ns"'pbBsl-blo, dftb'u"ns"'pbBsl-blo, for "thoy ooritributd v'ofy 'nlntori-ally 'nlntori-ally towards educating 'tllo public and fnlBlng'tWo Btaudnrd''ofi1mnBical' dx-qolionci! dx-qolionci! for which th'o'M'ofmbu1 riooplo nro notod. "' '' |