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relative to the premature applause, something on this wise: "After all, that is a very excellent place to applaud because it really is the climax of the Prologue. After that, the rest is just for stage effect. I hope that sometime I shall have the courage to end right there." It was so considerate and obviously aimed to soothe the people who were doubtless kicking themselves  for clapping too soon. I have never heard an artist say such a thing and it showed Tibbett up as a "real guy." Later they turned on some horribly bright lights focused at him and at very close range so the photographers could take some pictures. I guess most people thought he would delay his singing until the glare was turned off - some artists would have told the boys to shoot and get it over with. Instead Tibbett blinked at the lights good naturedly, smiled and said, "They should have turned these on before; every prima donna likes the spot light," and then continued his singing so the photographers got some wonderful "action shots." His voice seemed to get smoother and richer as the program went on. His encores were ultra generous, and time after time he came back with favorites -"Evenig Star," "Song of the Flea," "Largo al Factotum," "Sylvia," "Mandalay" and on and on. The crowd would have stayed all night if he would have kept it up but finally it had to, like all good things, come to an end. There was a large group behind him in the choir section, and he was always careful to turn at least once during every song, and sing for a time to them. And when Sylvia came, he turned his back on the big crowd and sang the whole song to them, making some remark about