Show MUSIC UNITES EX FOLK Lou Lon West Writes or of Ballantyne and Long LongBeach LongBeach Beach Choir Editor Standard Standard Standard-E EdlOr A pleasure pl enjoyed beating the music at at St t AnthonyS Anthony'S cathedral Long Loni Beach and Betch and a pleaSure ur po postponed expressing my I appreciation for or such a treat In InI Inthe I the old way through the ho columns l ot The Tb will Standard Examiner I tm thit late personal story ot of or Ballantyne's latest plU mu I teat ast gIven Iven the good tood people of Long Lost B ach It had been some sometime sometime time sinCe tint I had heard the Ca Cathedral a thedral choir and wd was drawn v vEry ry mUch above the be drab mental State tate of a II very Tery ordinary ordinary business roan man when Joe Jo extended nd d an Invitation tion to hear h ar Weber Webers Mass Mas In Go 0 presented by hi bI choir On on the Sunday following folio wine Christmas The ThO ThIn invitation w wa we s thirstily accept acceptEd cc d dand and lay my old maestro that we male make It a day dat d and dine at tM thE Ballantyne home horn before betor the evening service I Dinner you know at the HolI- HolI Holiday Holi Holiday day lay season Is always an interest Interest- Interesting Interest Interest-Ine ing tent and the th Dall I tine hospitality on this oc octa ailion lon had i distinctive Eroma roma aroma for which Mrs was tM justly complimented In fn th ear ear- early early I ly- ly Mr M End and Mrs Louis Olsen joined thE th party 1 which which alto Included 8 several ter veral rl other Ogden folkS tolk and Mrs Olsen Olien contralto pupil ot of ot PUtt Ballantyne favored us Uti with witha witha a group group of ot songs which virtual virtually ly 11 was a recital Just Juat before l leaving for or the thO ho cathedral Mrs Olsen mentioned that there were seT r 1 big bl counter countr musical cat ser ser- services ser rice er- er vices in fa n the th city that evening and said for tor or that reason realon she sho did not expect a II very lari large congregation at St Anthonys Anthony's The Th drawing power of oC o St St Anthony AnthonYs choir un- un under Under un-dr un der Its magnetic director how how- how ever held good tood End and bd tb thE he cathedral cathedral ral was filled filed One On cannot attend a CAtholic service without being impressed with 1 tb the part put that music holds holdE In the th worship of ot this branch It ItIs ItI Is 18 never neTT detached but Is beautifully fully blended blinded Into the th spoken part of the maul masSi maii tormina a reverent This use of t the music music as lIB explained by Father Hegarty 1 was a a result of ot the rec rec- rec rec o be beauty uty of ot certain parts part I M t the scripture which form the masses the tb full ull spirituality ot of which could Only be b expressed by music For Fot this till reason r In n earl earl earlier ier ler daft dats day particularly the tb prIests were required to or sing sine or chant chant- chant these thes part parts which duty now howEver how how- her Ever Tr hat ball been be n mainly to the th choirs choir and soloists It puts th the soul Boul In IJ harmony with tit the th put pur- pose that draws the sinnEr sinnEr- r to to the th Good Book says you kno know that there ther was only One On who was perfect This chorus and Its soloists sang ung the Kyrle Kyrie with the fervor of a prayer r the Gloria a as 5 i a pub of thE th Credo wIth brilliancy End ind nd the Sane Sanc In tones tone of vibrant praise praise and Joy At no time tim could the th most moAt critical auditor havE hare hu been ben ill illat at Use ease so sure sur bt of f pitch full ull of olton tone tone-in la repression and expression and and satisfying was every Tory move move- movement movement ment of the th ma inas sung aune sun It was wat just another happy evening for for- singers director and tion I ThE Tb soloists were 1 Mrs Airs G I Iterman herman soprano Mrs Louis Sen 01 01 Sen n contralto J JAmes mes J Buntin tenor and James G 0 McGarrigle basso All are ar pupils ot of o Prof Proto BUlan BEllan- tyne and the th excellence of his hia coaching Is IE l evIdent In la th their lr ren ren- ren renditions r n of aria or recitative Mrs Herman Mrs Olsen and Mr Mc Mc GarriglE hT hu havE been well established at St t Anthony Or i number of months month Mr mad made his hla hi debut d but at tilDe ChrIstmas and his sweet ton sweet d tenor voice oice remindful of ot our lamented George Douglas Is I most mott pleasing Th The recognized abilities of Prof have be yond b-yond har passed be- be beyond yond the th confines of the th cathedral ral ral and he h was lately retained as director of ot the tk Glee Gle club of the theLong Long Lonc Beach lodge lods-e B P 0 O E at atan atan atan an appreciable salary His Hla HI studio time In Long Lont Beach has haa ha been practically tilled filled sine since summer summer r and his hid day In the tb Los Angeles Anel s studio I has recently been lengthened to a aj late 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