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\fr© Spirit aals For Pageant Wrtlt;Mrs J H EdwardsLWhen the first negroes came to America they brought with thatr. from their own African home* strange songs and chant* To these original melodies there gradual lv came to be set words which they i incited up from the wf*te owners* Ups These songs were sometimes ! called sper chais.'* and later on ! were termed “ jubilee song* and they usually voiced the negroes de-! siresNegro spirituals are the outgrowth of the negro's religious | dreams and convictions They are intensely serious u him. and while crude and whimsical, should never be sung In ridicule In fact the beat way to hear a negro spiritual Is to have them sung by the negroes themselvesMany of us. perhaps remember the negro mrnuais. The Gates ! Ajar** and * Heaven Bound * Both I were given In New Orleans in some j of the leading churches of St Charles avenue, with crowded i houses at each performanceAnd now the people in this vicinity will have an opportunity to hear one of these famous spirituals 1 'Heaven Bound * which is to be one of the attractions In Ocean Springs for two nights March 39 and 31—I during the Gulf Coast Pageant j Week It will be given by the ne-| groe* of the Baptist church The I spiritual. Heaven Bound.** depicts j the negro's pilgrimage to Heaven, ui which he makes hi* supplication j with music and song Many of the I hongs are sung by male quartets | I without music The melodies are original and handed down for generationsThis spiritual Is being sponsored by the Ocean Springs Rotary Club, i who are working with the pageant i committee of Ocean Springs with Mrs* J. H Edwards, chairmanTlie negroes are working hard and promise to give you a worth-1 wiuie evening of music and songThe performance will be given in I 1 the * white high school Admission.adults 25c children 15c Negroes I will alao be admitted at 15c in the
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The Chronicle Star
Pascagoula, Mississippi, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1940
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