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Show AUDITORIUM PACKED TO DOORS WHITNEY brROTHERS PERFORM AT WEBER ACADEMY. Program Ranging From Mendelssohn to "Sally in Our Alley," Alternately Charmed or Convulsed Audience. The Whitney Brothers quartette, as the fifth attraction of the Weber Stake Academy lecture, course, packed the Auditorium last evening and gave a most artistic performance. Their program pro-gram ranged from the compositions of Mendelssohn, Schubert - and, Cbabrlcr down to the delightful old English ballad, entitled "Sally in Our Alicy," by Carey. Whitney Brothers as an organization have been before the public as professional profes-sional singers for more than . seven years and each eeason has added fresh laurels to their fame. Their voices have lost nothing In sweetness aDd purity of tone and their artistic rendition ren-dition of difficult selections has been greatly enhanced by constant practice and an ambition to excel in their lino of work. Alvln Whitney, the first tenor, gave a Scotch song entitled "Hills o Skye." by Harris, which was enjoyed. He then responded with an encore, tho selection being the tuneful little Irish ditty, "Dear Little Girl." Yale Whitney, the basso of the quartette, rendered the Bedouin Love Song with good effect, but did better bet-ter with his Irish encore, "Molly and I." Edwin Whitney, reader and second tenor, gave a Christmas story, "On Christmas Morning In the Morning," which earned' him much applause. Toward the close of the program he gave Leland Powers' "Pro and Con," with excellont effect, responding to an encore with a schoolboy's rendition of "Old Ironsides," which, convulsed the audience. Whitney Brothers have won an enduring place in the hearts of Ogden music lovers. |