Auld, Ossian, _tenor_ Anthony, Frederick, _tenor_ Anthony, Louisa, _soprano_ Blake, Geo. H., _tenor_ Boston, Mrs. Eliza, _dramatic soprano_ Blake, Mrs. M.R., _mezzo-contralto_ Finkeldey, W., _tenor_ Grove, Mr., _bass_ Kittridge, Miss, _soprano_ Miller, Chas. M., _tenor_ Metti, Chas., _tenor_ Pringle, Wm., _bass_ Pioda, Mrs. Mary Emma, _soprano_ Battersby, Mr., _tenor_ Bender, Edward, _bass_ Baily, Miss Lorena, _soprano_ Case, Rollin, _tenor_ Sharp, Samuel, _basso profundo_ Steal, Miss Ella, _contralto_ Wilson, Mr., _bass_ Williams, Miss, _soprano_ INSTRUMENTALISTS. Bender, Edward, _piano_ Emerson, Prof., _violin_ (leader) Grove, Mr., _violin_ Hihn, Kate, _piano_ Jones, John M., _violin_ (leader of Santa Cruz Cornet Band) McCann, Miss Pearl, _piano_ Pioda, Prof. Paul, _flute_ Rotier, Miss, _piano_ Sheppherd, Prof., _piano_ Woodbridge, Miss Abbe, _piano_ Cooper, Miss May, _piano_ Wilson, Prof., _violin_ Waldron, Mr., _piano_ Swanton, Mr. E., _piano_ Kirby, Mr. G., _piano_ Foreman, Mr. J., _piano_ Smith, Miss M., _piano_ DRAMATIC TALENT. Ames, Rev. Ames, Mrs. Binny, I. Baldwin, Mrs. Fanny Bittner, Miss A. Cooper, Miss May Cooper, Retta Carpenter, Miss Mattie Root, Miss May Metti, Charles Stanton, Miss Eleanor Swanton, E. Root, E. Blake, Mrs. M.R. [Illustration: F.A. Anthony Charles A. Metti Belle Peterson MEMBERS OF THE SANTA CRUZ CHOIR, 1867] Our programmes were of the highest order, the voices pure and full without this abominable tremolo which is unknown to a person who knows how to sing correctly and naturally. Occasionally we had the assistance of some of the singers and players from San Francisco, who came for the summer outing, and they thought it great sport to add their gifts when called upon to help the country girls and boys, but they did not get far in their fun before they found they would need all their knowledge and do their best or else let the seaside talent outstrip them. We were called upon from time to time during my stay from 1864 to help different denominations in their work. Old folks' concerts, sacred concerts, fairs and donation parties were the usual efforts of those early days. There were no other places of amusement. Sometimes, at rare intervals, there was a show of some kind in Otto's Hall, a place that would hold 250 people. Whoever they were, they could not give as much pleasure as our own home talent, consequently they were not encouraged to repeat the visit. Mr. Blake continued his business successfully, I supposed, until towards the close of the year 1868. He became despondent and I could see trouble was brewing. He never brought his business home, so I was ignorant of anything in regard to its standing. In early years he had much to do with mining stocks and still held some that he thought would be profitable. The four years we were in Boston he held much stock and that was one reason we left, so he could be nearer and in touch with the rise and fall of the market.