Bostonia Woman's Orchestra

              SEASON   OF   1904-5.
THE Bostonia WOMAN'S Orchestra
Eighteen Players
MARIETTA SHERMAN RAYMOND
SOLOISTS
MARIETTA   SHERMAN   RAYMOND,   Violin BELLE   YEATON   RENFREW,   Trombone
ALICE MCLAUGHLIN, Flute
S.   ELLA   MORSE,   Cornet
CATHERINE   B.   HALLIDAY,   'Cello
AND   THE
FAMOUS  BRASS QUARTETTE
Management Redpath Lyceum Bureau.
BELLE   YEATON   RENFREW
WHAT  PEOPLE  SAY.
Scottdale, Pa., Oct. 26, 1903. REDPATH BUREAU :— Everybody delighted with en¬tainment by orchestra. Very truly,
GRAZIER.
REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU.
GENTLEMEN:- The entertainment given by the Bostonia Orchestra in the Auditorium last Wednesday even was equal, if not the best ever given here.  Our people were well pleased with this concert, and no doubt they will want the orchestra again next year. Yours truly, WM. F. FLANAGAN, Secretary Riverhead (N.Y.) Lecture Association.
Tiffin, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1903. MRS. BELLE YEATON RENFREW.
MY DEAR MRS. RENFREW — In behalf of the com¬mittee I wish to express to you our appreciation of the very excellent entertainment given by the Bostonia Orchestra as the opening number of our V. M. C. A. Course.
The audience was delighted with the program, and its rendition has been highly commended by some of our most critical musicians.
The trombone and other solos, and the selection by the brass quartette deserve special mention.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE  W. GOOD, Chairman.
Avondale, Pa., Oct. 26, 1903. REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU.
GENTLEMEN :— The orchestra was line.    1 have not heard of anyone that did not enjoy it. Yours truly,
JAMES   L.  PAISTE.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Hartford, Ct., Dec. 19, 1903. The concert   was   first   class.     We  shall   certainly want to have them again.
Yours very truly,
NOEL II. JACKS,
General Secretary.
Wichita, Kansas, Nov. 6, 1903. [Western Union Telegram.] Bostonias played Thursday to crowded house; con¬cert fine ;  audience delighted.
CLARA   L. GUTZLER.
Dixon, 111., Nov. 4, 1903. DEAR SIR : — A   much   larger   house  greeted   tf e liostonia (Ladies')   Orchestra  last  Monday evening, than   was expected.    The   troupe is   all   and   more than they  are recommended to be.
After the concert one could hear nothing but favor¬able comment from those who were present, and a very eager desire on the part of those who were absent, to have them return soon that they might hear them.
The Bostonia Orchestra is beyond question, in the estimation of the public, as well as the press and musical critics, the very best musical attraction ever booked for Dixon under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and other organizations. Yours sincerely,
FRANK W.  HEILMAN,
General Secretary.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Nashua, X. II., Jan. 25,  1904. REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU.
GENTLEMEN : — I will say that I most   heartily en¬dorse  every   word   <>f   approval   appearing   in    the papers.    It was a magnificent concert and the entire audience went home delighted. Yours truly, GEORGE  E. WHEAT,  Chairman.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1903. MRS. BELLE YEATON RENFREW,
Conductor Bostonia Ladies' Orchestra, Boston, Mass. MY DEAR MRS. RENFREW:—Permit me to express her entire satisfaction (coupled with a degree of surprise) over the finished, artistic and meritorious work of your orchestra at the recent concert in Music Hall, under the management of the Star Course. The large audience went away thoroughly pleased, and the committee in charge has heard nothing but praise for its good judgment in opening the course with such a strong number.
Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES C. BENEDICT.
Watertown, S. Dak., November 5, 1903. DEAR SIR : — The Bostonia Orchestra opened our Lyceum Course here last night.    We have been in the Lyceum work for several years and have had a number of very heavy and expensive attractions, but never had such a winner as they are.
Their train did not arrive until 8.30, and it was 9.30 or later when they began work; but the audi-ence was as enthusiastic at eleven o'clock as at any time during the entertainment and even cheered the last number until they were obliged to respond.
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE  H.  BAXTER,
Epworth  League.
Macomb, 111., Nov. 27, 1903. MRS. BELLE YEATON RENFREW.
DEAR MADAM: — In behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association, I wish to thank you for the splendid entertainment given by the Bostonia Ladies' Orchestra, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1903. Quite a number have asked me to request your return next season. Yours truly,
J. S. DAMRON,
MRS. BELLE YEATON RENFREW,
MY DEAR MRS. RENFREW: —The opening of our Local Union Course by the Bostonia Orchestra has given our committee much to be thankful for. As the orchestra was the first, we had been advertising it very highly, and I desire to say that we could have advertised it much more highly than we did and still not have done justice.
Everyone, the critics as well as the common peo¬ple, was delighted, and I have heard only words of praise for last evening's entertainment. Yours very truly, HOWELL S. BENNETT
WHAT   THE    PRESS    SAYS
Fall River Daily Globe January13, 1903
A very large and appreciative audience greeted the Bos¬on Ladies' Orchestra at the Academy last evening. This was the fourth number in the V. M. C. A. Course, and the popular satisfaction it gave enhanced the value of the course. If the two remaining numbers give equal pleasure — and there is reason to believe that they will — this annual course can be said to have been by far the most satisfactory ever given by the local association.
The Bostonia Orchestra has appeared here before, but its concert was never more pleasing than last evening.
The musicians were given a very cordial greeting as they appeared on the stage. The program was an interesting one throughout, and the audience found the selections so pleasing that encores were demanded after each number.
The Boston Herald November 28, 1902.
Thanksgiving was variously observed by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association.
Association Hall was packed at 8 o'clock at the regular Star Course entertainment of the association. This was given by the Bostonia Orchestra. The young ladies played with a dash and vim that brought forth repeated encores.
Fitchburg Sentinel
October 21, I902.
The first event in the Star Course for 1902-3 took place Monday evening, when the Bostonia Ladies' Orchestra gave a concert in Association Hall, before an audience which filled every seat. It was a very appreciative audience, too, and heartily applauded each number.
This is not the first time the orchestra has played to a Fitchburg audience, but as a whole it showed improvement over its former appearance and furnished an entertainment of great artistic merit. The conductor, M. Sherman Raymond. except the members directly under her baton, and each part was taken with a precision and alertness which made each number bright and catchy. All the numbers were well played and showed careful training.
The Providence Journal December 16, 1902.
The first part consisted of a concert program by the orches¬tra. This organization is composed entirely of young women and musicians of a high calibre, in marked contrast to many of the crude aggregations of female players. Under the direc¬tion of Marietta Sherman Raymond the concert numbers were given with a dash, precision, and artistic interpretation which would have done credit to many more widely heralded and pretentious orchestras. The conductor was generous in en¬cores and was given ample opportunity, as the audience made up in enthusiasm for lack of numbers. A feature of the first part was the violin solo of Miss Lillian Chandler. The player exhibiting rare talent and perfect command, which, coupled with a delicacy of expression, made her performance a treat indeed.                                    -----
Lewiston (Me.) Evening Journal February 26, 1903
The work of the Bostonia Orchestra was highly popular and effective. It plays with the greatest possible vivacity; with a large degree of artistic conception; with a dash and vim that carry everything before it; and with a sentiment that -we find very refreshing. The popular style of its music was exactly the thing, and nothing could have been more in keeping with the occasion. Mrs. Renfrew, the trombone soloist, is a very handsome young woman, with amazing dimples in her forearm and enormous capacity to compel music from the slide-trom¬bone. She gave us the "Toreador" so as to make the blood tingle — a thoroughly good artist and a musician.
Laconia, N. H.
November 19, 1902 It appears to be the general opinion of Laconia musical people that the Bostonia Orchestra, sixteen young ladies, gave one of the best concerts, Tuesday evening, ever rendered at Moulton Opera House. From their first selection to the close of the program they held the closest attention of their audience, and every selection received the hearty applause which it merited, and several of the numbers were encored. There was variety enough in the program to please everybody, and the finished and careful manner in which every selection was given evidenced not only the individual abilities of the members of the orchestra, but the state of almost perfection which has been reached under the direction of their conductor.