WELCOME TO SOUSA
FSEBS ASSOCIATION* INVERCARGILL* July 31. Sousa’s Band arrived at the Bluff In tho ULiimaroa shortly after 11 o’clock, and cam© on to Invercargill by special train, boang met at tho station by city, bands and escorted to the Town Hall, where the Mayor extended an official welcome. Over 200 were present, and th© proceedings were enthusiastic. Mr Sousa expressed high appreciation of the musical craticasins in Australia. All seats have been booked for to-night s performance. .Sousa’s Band had a fin© reception from crowded audience to-night. Treble encores •wore numerous, and os a token, the responses were Sousa’s own jnarches, when onthu fi| i n - <!!Tn was more marked than ever, the largest outburst following the Stars and Stripes.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7867, 1 August 1911, Page 6
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122WELCOME TO SOUSA New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7867, 1 August 1911, Page 6
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