BAND GOSSIP
•'-*■■■••• ;(By TOM-TOM,: Glrtistclnrrch,):': . yx-< ■ <: : i -iS ;» ■• -■•■■•-■■••■. :■ •■■. ;\ . -.•.-.•;_.: .--._. .-.- , -'^cllusie -is", the 'poor i»an'sfPari:assu3'." . - '. .' — Emerson. vpatuerbury- . -Engirieersi Lytteltcii ■ and WqolstonJJands receive "special attention in tlie.Mayissud of the " Bandsman." /On the ■i.Queen's, Birthday the Garrison Band mustered; twenty-two, ■which, considering the wretched weather, must be voted' creditable; During the morning some excellent marches and .two steps/were played. Sousa's ■" 'King Cotton " (the "Protectorate " which, by fhe. way;' is copyrighted byf'Mt Kdiifinariti)^ '■' Manhattan /'- TJettelfy* . .'.'l'He Spai;tan,'' %&re , pTayfed^in .fifit-clh.ss'.style. tjnd'tiiibtedlv'th? best' march' played was" the tw^-j.t^p ;< ,'l?olatinus'.'. (by R. B..'Hall). ir £Arma^f^reeX'is an ideal onefto'm'a^cli i^f-and thje . ihanfj.er" in . tlie; wsfrname'd ' was jSJayed waslsjicH 3 as t^nierifc the sbjetral compliriYent' yWFWe', ti&ri'd . by 1 certain; 'Officers through SergeanjtJ.' Mitchell, " Palaiiihus " . is a gem, aAd was a; uteat 10 hear. '; The lead was good, Deputy-Bandmaster T. Tankard doing-, good .wcTk, ; aud ; despite the ■unavoidable) . shortage of '.basses, ' the effecfi was .excellent. ' The turn-out showed- the "'members 'to hi lojal ?nd enthnsiastic, andproyes that, as a marching bandi it is not possible to find their peers in Cantei-b'uiiy.' , ; '.''■■< ': , ' ■-•■■• • '-Axbeticiai • music has '.gained a foothold here, and those : Who in the past have discbtiiited^t niusfc now.a cknowledge the undoubted 'quality of American journals and wfitorS...^;' '^- '■— ' - > ■■ - • : " Bafdnfc'vthe '.. Only cbrifr'ere I -have in Tihis ciilonyi still; ;:e6ntihues J : his . column • in the, Hawjse's' Bay " B.ulletin.".. Sis! paragrajilis are invariably ":tm; the i)e : at," land I trait' it Vipiildjbe. i^fi^e.;seore%|nes^of;.baM '•'m : tTus ccilbny hay^'noty^t-answered'itet'ters addressed (to "them;: . I will wai^.awHild,. aiid if ni; i.a^lie's .rea : eh;me wilF have Something furtlivßto Bay : :on'-.tKe.'subj"ect. ' ; ' ' ' My list' at ekcliaiges'hds been^ •ihcreased by «i>iriJß& of '' n The Presto'" (Ghicago)' and " Th« pominant ? ' . (JTey" Vbrk).' Both '"ore excellent •ixiu^icai' 1 papers.- The ionrief is iescewUngly. ; popular 'throughouti the States, Canada andy Mexico,- ; and the latter, judging by )ibe number to ;hand,- should 'have a Vide cii|culation.; The song and- band parts of "Remember - the '. Mahte "—words by Kobc-yb;;Burns .■\yilsoh : .and music by that popular \ American, Mr Arthur A.-Clappe »— accouipauies ." Tho Dominant," and from bath special good wishes .'to tie " CanterJbury Tirjies /'.'.anxL congratulations. . from afajpj ■ unsdugKt, and unexpected, makes Abe ackn6wl£d^meiit (jvi.te a pleasure. "; " From afar/ more favours. By the last mail Mr Emil.Eaufmiiiii, of San' Francisco, forwaided^me^a' parcel 6f recently published music. A majority 6f the pieces are at present •: in, lise/'^The^Arfcewiil be dis- . tribute^. • vi; Compdsitions^by. • Philip Sousa, Sonthwelly- ; ■Boyer,', Rollinson, Devery, Petteeand:;Scoutou.^ei*e contained in the parcel.,-/!Ma'i;che3-.mak'e.'up- thd major portion. They: include "Albion,"; " St.» Aibans Commandrez," :" Cotton' 'Blossoms," A Ist •Regunent,v/iV Soldiers' Decoration,- "American Navy,'! ;^ Good Old Dewey,"'' Liberty Bell," ■:" Directorate," : " Stonewalls Brigade," besißes a selection of dirges, valses iin'd operatic gems; •., ,1-/.: -1.-'v '■■■'■ ■'■ ' ■■■ .' ; ' '' 'j
BAND GOSSIP
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6496, 27 May 1899, Page 7
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