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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 91, 28 November 1872, Page 2

Toxic Sol-fa Concert. —That period of the year during which more than three millions of people can be left in our deserted metropolitan village is annually the season for great gatherings at the Crystal Palace. Not the least interesting of these is the Concert of the Tonic Sal-fa Association, with its chorus of 3000 voices, and its admirable selection of sacred and secular music. The Sol-faists and their friends took the advice of the Clown in the pantomime, and came early on Saturday morning, making sure that", what with the Palace and the Aquarium, and the grounds, there would be found ample means of pleasantly passing the time until the hour when the concert was to commence. We were glad to perceive the steady growth of the Aquarium in public estimation. The day was very hot up stairs, but down in the marine grotto it was pleasurably cool for the spectators,while thefishes seemed to find ittheexact temperature which conduced to their comfort. Fishes, however, whatever other estimable quality they may possess, are not as a general rule, musical. We remember the singing mouse, and other anomalous choristers who were advertised to sing divinely, but somehow they were never in voice when waited on by an expectant public. For the present, therefore, we must rely on the Sol-fa Association, which is always sure to do what it promises, and to do it well. Its concert ha 3 for some time been a Crystal Palace anniversary, but tlii3 year it \\ as more than usually attractive, in consequence of the sinking being entrusted to the more advanced singers. The concert was divided into two parts—the first devoted to sacred, the second to secular music. It will perhaps be expected we should say that the latter proved the most attractive ; but such was not the case.