• Hlahol: participating institution, vv

Attending both the morning ceremony for the consecration of the Hlahol banner and the related evening entertainment were, in addition to members of Prague Hlahol, also members of the Prague gymnastic society Sokol. Reviews published by Slavoj 15/7/1862 and Dalibor 20/7/1862 related that the occasion suffered from poor weather, with a proposed afternoon excursion having to be cancelled. Instead, a soirée was organized on Střelecký Island. The Dalibor review noted that although the entertainment officially concluded with the singing together of the ‘sublime hymn, „Kde domov můj?“’, the songs of members of Sokol continued long into the night. Also appearing in the entertainment was the actor and impresario Heřmann Přerhof, who ‘performed some of his own favourite declamations.’ The review contained a good deal of Slavic rhetoric, with particular comment about the patriotic struggles of the southern Slavic nations.

An extensive review of the consecration of Hlahol’s banner, combined with a review of the entertainment arranged later that evening by the singing society to celebrate the occasion was published by Lumír 17/7/1862. Concerning the evening entertainment the critic related that the event continued until quite late in the night.The main characteristic of the beseda was joviality, and for the greater part of the Hlahol society; it performed many excellent choruses, such as Hlahol [Tone] by Bendl, Cikáni [Gypsy chorus] by Vogl, Naprej! [Forward!] by D. Jenko, a chorus by Horák and several others directed very accurately by Messrs Lukes and and Heller with some [choruses] having to be encored. Of soloists we heard Miss V. Blažková and Mr Lukes. Both sang folksongs, besides patriotic songs by Czech composers, and they were greatly appreciated. Mr Přerhof set the audience laughing with his inexhaustible humour and with new piquant humouresques and sketches. It gained him almost unceasing applause, so that he had to give many encores. Finally the entertainment ended with the audience participating in singing with great feeling  „Kde domov můj?“. The attendance was so numerous that there was not even room for an apple [by bylo ani jablko nepropadlo - lit. not even an apple could have got through.]’

This entertainment was not reviewed by the German-language newspapers Bohemia, Prager Zeitung and Prager Morgenpost. The works are listed in order of their description by the most detailed review published by Dalibor.