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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review October 1907

Glee Club

page 52

Glee Club

"Swans sing before they die : twere no bad thing
Did certain persons die before they sing."

Coleridge.

Glee Club

BBeyond sundry strains of melody which were wont to meander bout the passages of the Science building on Monday evenings, the Glee Club did not obtrude itself on the students during the first part of the term. On Friday, 13th September, however, the even tenor of its way was basely interrupted by an altogether delightful concert held on the "hop floor." The room was filled right to the back row, and the audience was appreciative. All the glees given were well rendered, but there was a preponderance of the ladies' voices over the tenors and basses.

The best rendered of the nine concerted numbers given were the German Volkslied "Farewell," and "Full Fathom Five;" the latter was especially well rendered, the expression being excellent, and the ladies managing to curb their enthusiasm sufficiently for the men to make their efforts audible. J. K. Edie was the conductor. A quartet sung by Misses C. T. Strack and K. Fruhauf, and A. H. Bogle and G. W. Reid resolved itself into a solo by the first-named with vocal accompaniment. Miss C. Taia Strack's solo was most enjoyable— despite the efforts of her accompanist, G. W. Reid, to drown her voice : her encore item was equally acceptably. The humour in a "Humourous Trio "sung by A. H. Bogle, G. W. Reid, and C. Gamble, was supplied by a remarkable effect of Landkshear's, whereby large placards, tendering varied advice to the three performers, were let down over their heads. The uproar caused by the appearance of these placards prevented the song page 53 from being heard and it was encored : presumably the unheard efforts made in the first rendering accounted for the weakness of the repetition. The quintet "Now is the month of Maying," given by Misses E. Fell and Butler, and Person, Anderson, and A. Bogle, was a very even performance, sung with pleasing effect. An item which met with a hearty reception was a trio by Misses Martin, Robson, and Strack. Miss Lyons scored a success with "Butterflies," and was encored. She and Miss. Isaacs divided the honours ion the singing of the solo parts in the final number "Goodnight, Farewell."

One excellent feature of the programme was the appropriateness of the numerous quotations scattered through it; but the ignorance displayed in assigning them to their sources was remarkable.

After the audience had, in accordance with the instructions given them, stood not upon the order of their going but gone at once, and the room had been cleared, dancing was indulged in until early morning.

The financial results of the concert were highly satisfactory—enabling the Treasurer to remove the £1 weighs of oppression hanging over the heads of the guarantors of the piano fund, and to face the future with a small credit balance.

The Club contributed to the Capping programme, and on the evening of Saturday, September 21st, entertained the inmates of the Mount View Mental Hospital. The floor of the concert hall looked most invitingly smooth and shiny, and on conclusion of the concert some irrepressible youth approached the matron with the result that the floor was cleared in quick time, and the indefatigable songsters trod a merry measure for an hour or so with the utmost enthusiasm. Supper concluded one of the jolliest evenings that the Club has yet enjoyed.