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V" ' -" A " a - Fl U ite in n1 d . - __ - Song N , t F . a . .. NititaMlrid, 3,. .. - _ u a " m. __ - .v- ' Mr, y. ' By MARY DALE STOTT {0:33 1, tttS-Mafia $3; 52%;; fifl ties . . . - MEI a ' . it. fl V" 't y, "a? " . "a": APPILY united in song are the 'Lt Sl " , 'ru a 1?- la tiiFgt' y, " . , H eighty-odd members of Church i 'ra" g =ilMlii CEN [tith" 'd i , T, fiil choirs of various denominations and - T%'1 hh 'ia 'iiiti8 " , l IEd, E t5a _ . Ir,: g , interests from in and around "H it I "r 2> a f " * Es-ll . F', N Toronto, pictured here. Under the Si 9' "I ' ' r Mk' i "4'? IE Fid t U3 baton of David Ouchterlony, choir- ' E! ' , " ' rr . ' 4 ' IlkaM g! ' [ master of Timothy Eaton Memorial * . P, 'J' - g Mitral a a? United Church and Supervisor of ». l i, net' . ' d - '1tltrWi'r'Al cr, Branches for the Royal Conserva- , i'x, " - " :1 . t f f 'e' tory of Music, Toronto, they pro- ', in i , & - Fr," , vided music for the pageant pre- _ - , - ' "gr. '& a sented at the Triennial Conference 'jti,!ir'f , b' LTa' byg5B, if of the Associated Country Women 'rr . . s 'i , it Mtl . of the World in Maple Leaf Gar- " . .,';\ "ss. ' . . ' - ' ' " I , ff. dens on Canada Day, August let, hi' q v,iN" Tiki; EN \ . a' ' Itll, S" and again on A u g u st 22nd. - " , - [O, SM" _ Delegates from twenty-five coun- > _ , "r - ' l , tries heard them as they sang WE_Y;A~*_~_l Bizet's Agnus Dei, The United Eighty-voice (-Imir from-churches in the Toronto area Nations by Shostakovich, A. P. Her- bert's Song of Liberty to the music sands were present in the Maple in 1915. In 1923 first steps were by Edward Elgar, The Mounties to Leaf Gardens, most of whom were taken towards the forming of an Rose Marie music, The Lord's rural women from all parts of international organization, but it _ Prayer to music by Malotte, and Canada and the United States. was not until 1927, with the help of parts of Verdi's La Traviata. It was It is interesting to note that the the Countess of Aberdeen, that the an international offering in music to first Women's Institute was formed seed took root. Twenty-three coun- _ an international gathering. at Stoney Creek in Ontario, in 1897, tries were represented at this inter, , Although only the delegates, because a little boy had died through national Conference of R u r al numbering about one thousand, at- drinking impure milk. Through the Women's Organizations which met tended the actual sessions of the efforts of the late Mrs. Alfred Watt, in London, England (with the Conference at the R o y al York of Canada, the first institute in Countess of Aberdeen in the chair), Hotel, on Canada Day, several thou- Great Britain was founded in Wales at the invitation of the International _ Council of Women. At Stockholm, E ', _ : _ in 1933, the Associated Country Irs/ttit, , V ", _ '_' Women of the World finally came 33:73:55? - _ V T l a; into being. . "is"? _ f _ T _ l C, led I At the Conference in Toronto (a.ic',i'e:i, _ ". :' r ' - c,'",:,:, cl) delegates from Australia, British 'tgit! ,"sis i. Lal; ILCS c.. 23,1» - j .. _ g L'4'a West Indies, Canada, united States, i". . __ it wt- 'cl. .1 ir' I??? t',tt Ceylon, Denmark, Eire, England _ , .:f:-. . x? ' N Fr" / Pt ' am. I' L Ir' g and Wales, Finland, France, Ger- , j: " , t hErL; ' 3 3'." *5 many, India, the Netherlands, New . l . ' _ a?" F _ ' . , . s; l . J's-P, if: Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, 3 T " / Pa' Ln C) ' il e - . '. ""1", , 'f, Scotland, S we d e n, Switzerland, _ r", > ' - " ' . -. ' " " . K cs =ay. 'iiiaaEcisl parts of Africa, Japan and Jamaica, bi?, k "9iss _ - '. ( ' I g ,, ms. ' il M? met to discuss common problems. T l x 'Ati) "r.' " " =' Eil - ' ' . a . gin. It is not too much to say that the rl " e .» Af . LCD y . ' tl eighty-voice choir that gave its time ' " a - to train for this event was. ex- _ i C Br, fi: pressive of the great song of Jubi~ _ ' " " lation in all Canadian women's ' T c' _ I ' hearts that one of them was instru- ', . A' 4 ' mental in bringing into existence I {if _ . 'c, l, _ . J the Associated Country Women of (» 1 _ , b, T css-lui" " "-, the World, today numbering be- l ." y _ a "ic,' _ P. P Aifd A, "N _ tween five and six million country »'-;\ ' ." . ' 'lEirfl, rtlattd women in twenty-four countries- } .. ' ..-' I" .A_;, L_L'_g, _ PSS.? a tremendous force for greater Singers from different denomituttions planning fur the concert in understanding, health and peace '- Muplt' mar (ltu'ih'ns among the peoples of the world. December 6,1953 775