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Show TAIEIACLE flU TO SESli REHEARSALS TOMORROW Tho Ogden Tabernacle choir will begin Its 191G-17 season of rehearsals tomorrow night,, the men being called together at 7:30 o'clock and the en-tiro en-tiro choir a half hour later. The change from the original date. Thursday, Thurs-day, Sept. 7, according to tho announcement an-nouncement made this morning by Director Joseph Ballanlyne, was due to that being tho opening night of tho Fashion Show and Harvest Festival. Festi-val. For various Important reasons, tho director stated, It was not deemed advisable to sot the date for the first rehearsal a week later and a full attendance at-tendance of members is requested. For tho coming season, President Wlllard Scowcroft and Director Bal-lantyno Bal-lantyno have outlined a musical program pro-gram that should redound to the credit of tho Ogden chorus and be welcomed by the local public. Tho first event of special Importance will be a recital with Emma Lucy Gates. The noted Utah coloratura is soon to go on tour with an eastern opera company com-pany and her local concert has been sent for Thursday evening, Sept, 21. Director Ballantyno went to Salt Lake City to complete arrangements for this event. As in past year, special attention will be given this season to the preparation prep-aration of music for Sunday services. Two musical afternoons, at which oratorios or-atorios will bo presented, have already al-ready been planned in addition to the presentation of a number of new sacred choruses selected by tho director di-rector while in. Chicago this summer, at tho weekly and conference services. serv-ices. One of the oratorios will be "TheJ Story of the Cross," by Dudley Buck, the scores of which were received J this morning. In addition to tho recital with Miss ' Gates, the choir will give two opera evenings, with local soloists. It is also expected that recitals will be given later in the season with Dent Mowrey, the Ogden youth, who has attained at-tained International fame as a pianist, and other widely known singers and instrumentalists. |
