Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-27 | Page 5 | An Old Folks Concert

uu AN OLD FOLKS CONCERT By ELEANOR GLOVER Entertainments given by local talent are always successful and any church club or guild whose treasury needs replenishing re-plenishing is wise when it decides to avail itself of the talent "within the gales," as it were. People will patronize patron-ize an affair of this kind who would not think of attending an ordinary performance. per-formance. Everyone loves old-timo songs and costumes, and things that used to be have a charm for the present generation. genera-tion. It Is not difficult to arrange a chorus with four of five good solo voices. The minute should be danced and a series of living pictures shown to old-time music is always a drawing draw-ing card. Tho invitations or announcements announce-ments should bo worded In quaint old English spelling with the first names of those participating chosen from the following suggestive list: "Patience," "Delight," "Hezeklah" "Josle," "Faith" 'Deborah," "Jared," "Minerva " The suggestion for songs which follow fol-low were given once upon a time to the delight of the audience. Curtain raiser "Auld Lang Syne"; Chorus, "Old Black . Joe"; solo, "Maiden's Prayer"; male quarete. "Tenting Tonight"; To-night"; solo, "Silver Threads Among the Gold"; ladies quartet, "Sweet and Low"; bass solo, "Hocked In the Cradle Cra-dle of the Deep"; contralto solo, "Den 13olt"; male quartet, "Old Kentucky Home" chorus humming accompaniment; accompani-ment; solo, "Twickenham Ferry"; chorus. "Massa's in the Cold, Cold, Ground"; orchestra, chorus and audience audi-ence "Tho Star Spangled Banner." This program may follow an afr fashioned sup,per, with baked beans, scalloped potatoes, cold ham. cabbage salad, buttered rolls, pickles, jellv, frozen custard and unfrosted sponge cake. Those who serve and the hostess host-ess at each table wear costumes dating dat-ing back to '61 or earlier. on