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The Sangerfest Singers

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Day
4
Month
August
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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As tliis great evcnt U so ncar at hand it might iiot be out of place to give the public some ideaof thc ability of MOMO the pcople who are to tuke :i prominent part Id the coming ginging festiral. ¦Miss 1,1a Helle Wincl.cll. is so wcll known, aud so uiiivoisiiily admirad foi hei excellent voice umi culture (bat it Is iiot neecssary to teil our home Waden. Miss MayWheldou s also a local singer of piornineuce, whose sweet voice and graccful man ner has channcd many a oue in concerts glvcn here, and who cannot fail to please in this gieat festival. Dora Hcnninges, contributed very largely to Uiesuccess of the Sangerfest at WhoBÜag, In West Va., and perbapi the foltowtng frojn the I'ittsburfrh Times of July 24, will be the best iutroduction we can fíiyc :- ni'nPí st',arof tlle ¦I'sf VU Mls Dom I Ín?J -n dk'?C0 lru 'r vt-ry Mist appew En.r'6 veUement applause aud oriïï oi oirm.?i w„ïre'11 every eirort wer; well o.irued. Wltü a üguro Uke that of the great i?vL .a'i a"U?8t the ldel oaptlvStlng druin, V MVOlCe '" "ke DUOV u,w't d08 K P'iei"Mi.-iiHl voice, groati bM .i,lv.iii;ge m the aria of 'Agatha,' from hJJ s . l-reTsohuta." In thc sluglng oí tlie ballads, Unwdulf and Ks war cm fraum,' iSJ 1 1 . S"e "lovl mauy of the sterner Emily Hiltner Is another vocalist of note who will add to the attraetions of j thc occasion. Her history ís glven to us ín the tollowing words : - Tr,,5r,duaBl'terofaformer Promillen Europcan p lysicmn, now deceased, and ¦„ born in Mllwaukee, 1859, where hér fath had emlgrated to at an early yoar In Se earllest year she exhlbtted a great talent fo niusic and soiitt.and the best teachers wer at once engaged to glve her the artistle and scholarly training, whlch has wou tor hè such an excellent reputatton. „ llleÖrstdebuiof Einlly MUlner was In tu 'ii?'i0at lho V1Hrl" ceuleunlal jubilee o the Milwaukee Musical Society; her iull solt alto voice of an enormous coni]is created the greatest sensatlou mul Bttfrle. the audience by storm. i1,,íllf 'fa.li.lug uew8PaPors and crlticsconS . il U , h8 uew 8tur aud Bve her tlle most nattering notlce. Krom tliis date the ormMñS the iaVUrUC ttU Slnser i Is, S'f" -MilI"'' went to Vienna to pursue her studies uuder tüo millón of the celebrated MistresseBof Art. Marches! and Dustman and from whom shu bu raoelved Uie best of recommeddations aud diploma. A serles of concertó at Vienna addfd to her already greiit ruputatiou as a siuger. Miss Mlltnor has sang in Opera lu all the leadiug citles In Europe wlth the greatest of succes?, and the ughestencomiumswereshowered upon her by such taleuted and world-renowned composers as Brahiu, Kafka, Lassen, etc, and the great esteern In whlch the lady was held by these composers, prompted them to compose for her own volee some excellent Musinul Mb. leuuous. auss Miltner nlso had the Imm.r to ppearln pabUeunt renderiu conoertg sev eral duet wllli tin, ni,st ctieUraled Mrs Duatman, tlie tïluud 01 t ne laitteuled Kicliard Ungner. la 1881 she returnol lo Uulted state mul lms uppeared in oom-fits In the larp'st cities wuii great Mocees. Miss Mlltuerls undoubtedly the Hoesl (anlmlto singerto-day, in tho oountry." CHAKLES V. 6LO( I M. Mr. Cliarles V. Slocum U still a younman, being only 30 ye:irs of agc. He bevuil bis musical career at the age of 17, in New York City, where he Uieu reslded stutlying with some of the best teachers there, aml at the a;re of 21 wns a prominent church singer in iirooUlyn. Since that time he has contimied his stiuliis both with and without a teacher, and he has filled numerout engageitients, notably the Vermont and Ohio Festivals in May and November of last year. At the Cleveland Fatív] the "Leader and Serald" criticism of Mr. Slocum's siii"iux was that his voice was "clear aml pure, capable of cxpressing the deepcst and tcnderest fceiings." More recently , af ter singinji the tenor part in the oratario of " Hauman" by Costa, at Marquette, the "Journal" says of him " Mr. Slocum has uudoubtedly the flneêl tenor voice that has been heard in tho Upper Península in many wars.'' In tact Mr. 8locnm is too well known throughout the State to neefl any furtlicr comment, especially In Ann Arbor. where he has filled fourengagements duri'ig the past feason. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Vocal miiaic will aot be the only sourcc of entertainment. There will be at least six bands present. Besides Spiel's Orchestra, of Detroit, there will be ornranizations present from Jackson, Toledo, Eaat Saginaw, Waterloo, Ont., and probably otlierá. PBOSPECTS. Secretary John Wotzke has been to Toledo, Detroit, Jackson, Lansing, and Port Hurón in the interest of the 8aa gerfest, and linds the people all enthusiastic. Excursión trains will be run from each of these places, and tt people will come. From Toledo the excursión will be under the nuspiccs of the Titonla and Helvectia Singlo? Bocietlee, from Detroit under the auspices of the Concordia Society ; and from Port Hurou tlie l'urt Huron Herald l'ublisliin;Ci., will run a special train on the 16th, tickets $1.75 good to return until the l!)th. The stone work on the M. C. station building is being done nicely. One of the Chronicle editors, known ainonjr hls many friends as "Walter," is spending a week at one of tlie lakes near Chelsea. Kunior says that Walter lntended to go up there Saturday inorning but the iittractiou was so powerful that he concliidod to go Fiiday night and accordinyly left on the cvening train. Arriying at Clielsea, he fouiifi he had five niile9 to walk, but tliis distimcu v;is soon traversed anil at 2 o'clock in the moniing he arrlved at the house of his Wend. Alter tryinr for some time to uraken sonieone, and aftcr a strnggle with the dog, a window was rui-od and a peraob ciad en robe de nuit greeted our friend with: "Who is It?" "It's me," was the answer. "Woll, who's me?" Walter responded : 'Tin Walter . I want to see Miss ." "Well, you can't see her to-night; what timp do you make your calis, anyhow?'1 Pinally, the state of aft'nirs was explaincd and our friend was taken in and cared for, aud is now enjoying nlmself hugely, basking in the uii8liine of her smiles. TheFenton lndepenilent of July 31, lias this item wliich will interest many of the uulversity people here: " Marricil, July Ú, ut the residence of Mr. and Mis. F. F. Riggs, grandparentsof the bride, ty Rev. T. VVriglit, Prof. John Doweyof the Uni versity of Michigan, to Miss Ilarriet Alice Chipman, of Fenton. The company of relatives and old friends present on the occasion enjoyed the iuformal homelike nianner in which the bride and groocn roceived and entertained theirguests, ;is uell as the 8uni)tuous feast that iollowed. EverythiiiK seems (o portend a bright carecífor this happy pair. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey leave Monilay for a trip down the Bt, L.iu - rence and throuyh ihe eastern stiltes, whcn they will return and be at home at Ann Arbor, after Oct. lst." Miss Chipman Is the lirst of the lit. class of "86 to wed. The excursión to Port Hurón next Tuesday will be one that everybody will want to attend. On Friday evening August 13tli, a proIiibition club will be organizad at the okl Baptist church. Mrs. Shewcraft lias moved her tonaorbl parlors to the l'olhemua building, north of the postoffice. The Third ward base-ball club defeated the Lower Town club yesterday momIng, by a score of IC to 15. Charlie Gibson has moved his barbel shop into the north store of Dully'g block, and J. J. Foster, "Shopie," occupies the rear portion of the game. Benjamin Moore, formerly a resident of what is termed the Quaker ueighborhood, near Tpsilanti, died at Shelbv, Oceana County, recently, at about 75 years of age. The deceased was an uncle of Mrs. Eli W. Moore, of the 5th ward, and was well known to many of our older citizens.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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