Tiny Performers Wow at Yesler’s Hall
A kindergarten concert by the Baptist Sunday School brings down the house to fund a new library.
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The concert given by the Baptist Sunday School, on Tuesday evening, in Yesler’s Hall, was a decided success, both as entertainment and as a financial effort. All parts of the varied program were creditably rendered and some elicited perfect storms of applause. Much surprise was expressed at the character and extent of the program, which was well worth a larger admission fee. The unique exercises with the little folks under the leadership of Mrs. Blaine, an accomplished kindergarten teacher, formerly employed in the schools of Boston, showed a proficiency in drill and tenacity of purpose hardly expected of those so young in years. They sang, marched, clapped their hands, and executed many movements with imperturbability, to the merriment of the audience. The proceeds of the concert will be used in purchasing a library for the Baptist Sunday School.
“Some elicited perfect storms of applause.”
Yesler’s Hall was a central civic anchor of 1880s Seattle, a wooden structure that served as the town's theater, town hall, and meeting house. Today, the site lies in Pioneer Square, far from the quiet Sunday school recitals of old.
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