The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19
Charloston's Easter Festival.


charloston's Easter Festival.
The Washington Light Infantry, at their
meeting last evening, confirmed the report OF
the special committee appointed Some months
ago to arrange for the grand Easter entertain
ment announced by us some weeks ago as in
contemplation. The time fixed is Easter week,
beginning ON E5ser Monday evening, 22d April,
and continued on the three succeeding evenings
-23d, OATH and 25th instant.
: -sss~' coSoenreANp BALE.
The opening programme embraces nvocal and
instrumental concert, iE which the best amateur
talent of the city will assist, with xfull orches
ira, and the addition of a cornct soloist FROM
New York whose silver notes will win in Char
lesion the same applause and "cncores' as IN
other cities This will occupy the evening from
8 to 10 o'clock At the latter hour military
aud civic ball will begin. with music from full
military band. Tickets of admission. for the,
grand opening night; concert and sbalI @iu be
issued at the low price of 20 cents.T'S . - ~
On the three succeedingSereaing safN 1{e.
programmes will be- annottced for promes
concerts and dancing. Cards of sdmissioAl
Each evening thcreIwill be cosnstsnd violifsso
los, choruses, quastttes, duetSS Ehssr Httr1OA
tions by some of most accomfs'Sgsd singers
4" 'H the Drcd Arloxs OF THE Nh. 2s
Contracts hasibeen Sssde, for the elaborate
aaornment o. [spienS Ruorum, theiar,
gcst in South taERiirxS 5sstly ventilated
"a sSSSy w.! w. 6G w. =
pract ieable, ti1s sfsmpd Gilmore Garden in New
toes, music and Light reshments, and permit
no sales of anything no rattle lists, grab
bags or annoyancesT any kind. In other
words it is intended be
ropUL& FESTIVAL
for the whole commdki kitS, military and civic,
where for n small od0ay, 10 hour or two of
pleasure can be had ffsc from pecuniary appeals.
These entertainments have been wonderfully
successful in other cities and this Easter fcsti-
val projected by tho W. l.. l. will beneRtSbyS
adopting in its management the programmes
which have accomplished the most successful
results elsewhere. The W. l.. l. are not only
arranging for the enjoyment of everybody in
Charleston, but have completed arrangements
for cheap
RAILROAD EXCURSION TICKETS
from Savannah Macon, Atlanta, Augusta, and
oil intermediate railroad stations i'll Georgia. TO
Charleston from Walhalln, Greenvile Able
lotto. CheraW and All HrHs!S stSons un
tihese several railroad lines, to Charleston and
oven our Cape Fear friends at Wilmington can
visit Charleston and return home, a journey of
four hundred miles, for six dollars.
In the novelty and brilliancy of the dccora-
tions, in musical attractions, vocal and instru
mental, in the general scope of its getting up,
this grand Easter Festival will be the event Of
this spring, and our friends i'll the country
should gel up parties at once, at every railroad
station and come to Charleston Easter week.
The expense will be small, the enjoyment will
cost little, and lasts four nights. The railroads
will sell the Easter Festival excursion tickets
from 10Th to 23d, good to return up TO 9th.
Also inviting period of the year, coming,
too, at the close of the Lenten season, projected
on the theory Of moderate charges for much en-
joyment, the w. L. !. may well expect q most
successful result. 1t must bring to Charleston
n large number of visitors from Georgia, North
Carolina AMI our own State, who will not only
oovui ON s~--A--~<>r-~- 90 - ia-e~. -..y g.
their spring purchases at merely nominal cost
for travelling expenses, but enable them to par
ticipate in brilliant and novel series of even
ing entertainments. 1t will only need one
thing more to make the Easter festival COM
plctc success, and that is representatives from
Georgia, North Carolina and South Caroline of
the several military commands of the chef cit
ies minging theiruniforms with our own Fourth
brigade, at Military Hail. the Easter week.
Ncws and Courier, 23a Mt.