AMUSEMENTS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11863, 18 February 1907, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

THE BESSES CTTli'' BARN BAND OPEN AIR CONGEST ON WEDNESDAY, AT 2.30 General satisfaction will be expressed at Messrs J and N /Tait's decision to arrange for the Besses o'th' Barn Band to give an open air concert at Trafalgar Park on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30, and given tine weather the general opinion will be that one of the largest crowds ever seen in the Park will bo p rcs^a l; on tbo occasion-. Mr Tait says that the question of admis sion charges will bo fixed as low as pos3ible,but pending a further interview with the Ot\y Council as to the f;oni)3 of rontal the matter is not, yot •nttlod. Ho, however, does not wish to delay tho announcement of the opon air concort any longer, as resi'.innts in tho outlying districts oven now will havo very .short notice of the acceptable decision of tho management. In aH probability tho prices will bo la 6d to the ground nud ~\s extra to tho stand and enclosure. These prices would, we t'jink, meet with general approval, and, as before stated, wilh favorable conditions thousands of people will probably avail themselves of this opportunity, and as many hundrocis at least are suro to want to hoar tho wonderful Band at every possible cJiance, the Thoatro Royal should also be packed to the doors. The season will thoroforo consist of two performances at the Theatre (at 2.3 > and 8) on Tuesday, and ono at tho same place on Wednesday evening, and the open air concert on tho latter afternoon at 2.30 in tho Park. The prices for Tuesday's matinee are 3s and 2s, children half price. The prices for tho evening concert are os, 3s, and 2s: and 5s and 3.9 tickets arc now obtainable at Jackson's. Extra rows in the reserve stalls will be opened this morningTickets for the open air concert will be obtainable after 10.30 to-morrow. The management state thai; the programmes for the Theatre performances will bo framed to include the fins solo work and which (Jduld be enjoyed as irtuch id a drawing room as anywhere. The open air concert will include such selections as Tannhauser and other works of what might be termed the heavy order. The full programme of both performances to-morrow Will be announced to morrow; By special request the famous hymn "Lead Kindly Light" is to be performed at the matinee on Tuesday. The Besso9 concluded a wonderfully successful season on Saturday night in Wellington, and notwithstanding a perfect deluge of rain all the evening, the great Town Hall was crowded to the doorg. This afternoon and to-nlgbt they give a concort in Blenheim, ani leave Picton at midnigbt'by the Penguin, ami should arrive to-morrow at about 9. No arrangements for an official welcome have so far been made. It will be observed that a special railway time-table for the season is announced this morning for the convenience of country residents **"