FISK JUBILEE SINGERS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18141, 2 August 1924, Page 17

FISK JUBILEE SINGERS.

All event of interest is to tako place the Caledonian Hall on Tuesday next, when tho Fisk Jubilee Singers will rciurn after makniij a wcrld-wido tour. It is but natural thai there ;.re Sonic changes m the personnel of tho comp-any since they last visited New Zealand some years ago, out theso hivo not been to any detriment.of the standard of entertainment provided. Tho Sydney "tfun" speaking of a. recent performance says: -The- nouee, crowded m overy purl, testified to the popularity of theso eingers a,nd v;o tvcoild bo quito salo in saving that such wonderful .choruses, quaint Iseyro melodies and glorious liarmonies li-uo seldom been heard in Sydney. It brought memories of tho old originals r.oiv alas, mostly gone from Ufl, whose triumphs are admirably reflected m the present company." Tho Sydney Bulletin, sa'vs: "iho Fisk Jubilei b:n< = o:s are glorious and worth going miles to hearold Clival comnany of l'isks, there stjL ■remains' Miss Beje Gibbons, who, in spito her maintains an excellent reputation a3 the lady .baritone of tho present troupe. The programmes which are a de-li'-hUul blending of serious and humorous choruses, octettes, quartef.«3, plantation meioiics, Negro chants and the old faithful Kvinns, such as 'Steal Away' and the Gospel Train aw suns in the way that on.y the Negroes of the Southern States, cf America can sing them." Th? BnsDane -Courier" says: "There is a plaintive note in tho Negro voice, which is eaid to be ai Heritage, from the years of oppression which the coloured race suffered. "Whether this is true or not, tho fact remains, that, no one but tiie Fisks can stn ff the old jubilee Melodies nearly so well as they do ' The oompany will open on Tuesday ; next and tho box plan is at The Bristol.