Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-08 | Page 3 | Whole Choir May Visit Exposition

WHOLE CHOIR MY I VISIT EXPOSITION I 1 SALT LAKE, July 7. "I expect ta JH land an engagement for the entire II choir for the exposition in San Fran- Cisco in 1915," said Prof. Evan Ste- ! phens, conductor of the tabernacle JH choir, as he was about to step aboard EH the train carrying the teachers' ex- l cursion to the Golden Gate city this MM afternoon. Prof. Stepnens said that H the names of the choir members who mil will make up the New York chorus II were about ready for publication. He JIM said that the list as made up includes JH 204 names, which is a few over the TV allotted number, but the additional tfl names were added in anticipation that :l through various causes some of the fl number might be prevented from j making the trip. "Our rehearsal last evening was a iU magnificent one," continued Conduc- 1M tor Stephens. "We touched up on some old pieces and ran through tho JI 50 soloist production of the Lucia box- ! teL The singers did excellent work. jll I am much pleased to see that the in- 111 terest in the choir has not abated XII since the announcement of the names j-ll selected for tho New York chorus. 1JH Those who were not selected seem to B take the situation philosophically and KjM aro showing a splendid spirit in tho matter. After the New York trip is - over I shall refuse to select singers from the choir for any trip; If the , II entire choir cannot go we will all stay at home. So I am going to land a Ml place for all my singers," jokingly HM said Prof Stephens, "in San Francis- B co for the big Panama exposition JB Prof. Stephens expects to attend 2fl some of the sessions of the National Educational association convention in fM San Francisco, and he will also visit jMB Monterey, Santa Cruz and possibly Lake Tahce on his return, arriving in Salt Lake on July 25, in time to Ml attend the final rehearsa of the LIM choir before making the trip to Og- den, July 26, to sing at the session MM of the Utah Chautauqua society. KM