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AMUSEMENTS.

FTTLLEKS' PICTURES. 15 w piottßtta tiSR V» s&wim at th& Ptta* cess to-night. The feature of the programme will be a pictorial of Dion Boocicanlfs Irish drama 'The Colle«n Bawn,' the descriptive lecture being by Mr Rhodes Speight. THE KING'S THEATRE The Vagges, ball-punchers, are attracting larg* ISdieiice* to the King s Theatre trfiere there fa, in addition, the usual variety entertainment by vaudeville performers. HAYWARDS' PICTURES. "?? TTe SfSnfc. contains eome good ;scenic , comic pictures, which will be repeated only two more nights. wuDDERSWELD BELLRINGERS' BAND. The above band, who commence their JS at the Garrison Hdl lijrht. play a monster peal of 225 teUs, ranging from a few ounces to, ZOJd. ij>nxairipuration. requires great skill, ana is ti> tho extreme how such music «m bo performed when one has to coneider that t&e treble ringer* those, with the email bells) will have 20 to 30 belb. to watch bv one individual, and the bass bells, which weigh 10lb to 181b, are not =o easy to handle as they look when one ringer'has 10 to 16 bells to watch. It rcquiree men with wrtete of steel, ana in mine of the moTe. difficutt sole*tions it is a creat strain.- Not only is tho manipulation of the bells tho only thins;, but tne •xact time ami precise moment they have to be rung is another thing of importance as anv musisal perron knows, as time-is one o"f the most important factors, The whole art is summed up in a nutshell bylaying it takes 10 men to mako one, as they have to bo in perfect harmony with one" another; besides, each man »on his own shoulders —there is no other man to cover him tip like a brass band or a stringed orchestra. Every man must be i an artist. The box plan ia at the Drerdeu j ind day sales at Jacobs's.

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Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 5

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AMUSEMENTS. Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS. Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 5