PROPOSED CHORAL SOCIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2763, 26 July 1924, Page 2

PROPOSED CHORAL SOCIETY.

It i- to be hoped that success will a 1 tend the efforts of the committee

-*-: up to i'urm a i-hornl society for Pox 1 1 oi. We understand that a public mt-ciiug i- shortly (<> be convened of all interested, at which full di-iaiis will be discussed. The reicni choir contests have aroused interest in choral music and with ;! ,■ oner; l .timt Mid enthusiasm of b,i-ul vocalists liiere is no reason v.hv Poxtoii should not come into i 1 m.* with oilier towns ia this parti-i-nlar. Wc are reminded that some •nne since there was a successful M,f club in existence under the conduct,a-ship of Mr it. T. Betty, which produced some excellent works, Irnt interest subsequently waned probably for lack of definite ■ - I caai-ation. A choral society torm-,-d i*ii tin* lines briefly set out by Mr i .*! a recent gathering of en- [ : hn-insts, would make for individual i -p msihility, discipline, and assured iiiiauee. Such a society would al- * provide a splendid opportunity !'u! our voting people to develop their .j.,.; ’ i.ileiits. Me t eel confident tliat (in* society ’once put on a proper foundation would he of incalculable in tie til to the town and merit a generous public hacking. r.ct u-. in conclusion, quote the poet Milton's wi-h for music: .'.ml ever against eating cares. Lap nit* m soli Lydian aits . Mn’-ried Io immortal verse, S o :: a> the. meeting sou! may pierce |i, ;■,«.!,*», will) many a winding bout l»r i* ; *i; *d sweetness long drawn out, \'. ;!( wanton heed, and giddy euneitig. ; j,,. melting voice through mazes m lining. .*.;wAmiug all the chains that tie i i.e hidden sou! of harmony;— That (>rpheits‘ self may heave his head Prom golden slumber on his bed uf heaped Plysian (lowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have set quite free liis half-regained Eurydice; These delights, if thou cans Ogive, Mirth, with thee 1 uieau to Live.