JUBILEE SINGERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 203, 27 July 1929, Page 3

JUBILEE SINGERS

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT. To-night at the Opera House J. and N. Tait present the Kentucky Jubilee Singers. The haunting, expressive music of the Ameran negro, now tinged with quaint religious fervour, now sparkling with goodnatured humour, will be heard in its natural, original form. No musical entertainment of the present day has quite the same whimsical flavour, quite tho same exotic atmosphere, as that presented by these remark-ably-gifted people. Their reputation in America and Europe has been attained through their, success in offering to the public musio of recognised quality in a pleasing and entertaining manner. They aro neither concert vocalists nor vaudeville artists; their performances have been acclaimed because they differ from anything hitherto seen on the stage. In artistic and colourful settings, redolent of sunny scented Carolina, tense with dramatic atmosphere of a war-time dug-out in France, or sparkling with fun and high spirits of a lightlypainted modem scena, theso clever entertainers have a message to fit every passing mood. As evidence of the high esteem in which they aro held, it is of interest to note the extraordinary appeal they exercised upon not only many thousands of the general threatre-going public, but also on the churches and Sunday schools abroad, whero the deep religious character of tho negro spirituals sung during the performance left a profound impression. The harmonising of rich persuasive voices, particularly tenors and basses, has been described as glorious, and anyone who has heard the truo darkie caroller must retain an indelible memory of a beauty of sound most sublime. Popular prices of admission are being charged, and tho box plan is at tho Central Booking Office.