St. Landry democrat., 1886-10-02
FOR SWEET CHARITY.
The Exhibition Drill and the Great
Gilmore Band Concert.
a Hundred and Twenty Thousand People
on the st. Louis Fair Grounds in
Behalf of the Missouri Masonic
Widows and Orphans Home.

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The cloudess sky and the bright sunrise
this morning to sweep away all remain
ing yestiges of disappointment in the
anxious minds of the Sir Knights. Old
Sol, as if in apology for his seclusion
yesterday, sent~ such a bright ray into
every sleeping chamber that the accou-
trcments sparkled again and again, and
the knights. without waiting for the
plebeian call of the porter sprang out of
their beds and took unusual palms. with
their toilets. Yesterdays disappoint-
ment seems now a far-off grievance, and
the bitter execrations uttered against the
Washington man who makes the weather,
are forgotten. Somehow Or other an
epidemic of joyous enthusiasm seems to
have seized upon the city, and durlng the
day fully 100, 900 people made their way
to the Fair Grounds.
THE GRAND CONCERT.
This is the long expected, eagerly an
ticipated Charity Day, and the announce
ment that the exercises at the Far
grounds were to raise means to establish
a Masonic widows and orphans home in
! tensifed the interest felt in the events OF
the day, if it were possible to intensity
| them. There was great anxiety to see
| the exhibition drill of the best drilled
| communicates in the United States and
/ to hear the music of 1000 instruments
under the leadership of the celebrated Z.
! S. Gilmore. This occasion has brought
! together the largest number of military
| bands ever known to take part in one
| concert. Some idea of the magnitude
! of the undertaking may be grasped by
| considering the work involved in
! supplying the sheets of music for
the occasion. The ten renditions
comprising the programme in
cluded nothing elaborate, since
it would be impossible for such a
number of musicians to render any thing
| complicated without previous rehersals.
| The music therefore consisted only of
| National airs and pieces of that charac-
ter. The sheets of each piece were sent
| to every band on the list some time ago,
SO that the bands knew just what music
/ they were to play. The time, according
to the Metronome system, was also given
ont to each, thus enabling the widely
separated organizations to practice in
! perfect harmony. The Metronome sys-
TEN gives time by means Of pendulum,
and the length of the cord and the weight
being known, the correct time can be
gotten without the shadow of doubt.
The sheets required numbered 1000
copies-a quantity of sheet music for one
occasion never before dreamed Of. That
| over forty bands were to take part in
this concert set the people wild with ex-
pectation, and all day the only topic OF
conversation was the great concert.
The programme was as follows:
Gilmore's Band alone.
Church hymn. Nearer, My God, to Thee"
First time softly by brass Instruments; sec.
ond time with full power of all the reed
and brass bands united.
National air. ."Hail Columbia"
BY the entire combination of reed and brass
bands, with all the drum corps
Concert polka for concerts. ECLIPSE"
Played by 100 cornetsts in unison. with the
accompaniment OF the united band.
National Anthem. ."Columb ia"
First time panisSimo for reed and brass in
struments; second time fortissimo by all
the instrumental forces combined, with
artillery accompaniment.
"Pilgrims Chorus. Recommendation
Played by $50 trombones, tenor horns, BARI
tones and euDhoniums in unison, accom-
panied by the united bands.
Grand selection. Per-
formed by the Thirteenth B Battalion Band
of Hamilton, Ontario, alone, under the di-
rection of MI G. Robinson.
National air. "The Star Spangled Banner"
rt time nts BY the united mite bands
? artillery accompaniment -
Consolidated bands
NatlOn3l hymn. .."Amerlca'
United bands and drum corps
Military march, "22d Regiment, New York."
United Bands.
Grand Scene from 'Il Trovatore," intro
ducing the anvil chorus.
Performed by the united bands and drum
corps, with the accompaniment of fifty
anyis, played upon by the Rainwater
Rifles Of St. Louis and the artillery
Grand finale. .."Old Hundred.'
All the musical forces combined.
At the last moment Colonel Gilmore
added to the musical programme Sulli
vans ''Lost Chord"
THE DRILL.
At half past ten O'Clock St. Bernard
Commandery, of Chicago, arrived. Their
elegant uniforms and soldierly bearing
attracted universal attention. Their band
in white and gold uniforms formed
pleasing contrast to the more somper
suits of the Knights They marched with
soldierly precision in front of their tent,
then rested arms and disbanded. They
were headed by the celebrated Hamilton
(Ont.) band.
Jackson (Mich.) Commandery No. 9,
thirty five men, marched with flying col
ors to their headquarters. They were
unproyided with a band, but their
automatically precise movements clio
tied vociferous applause.
1t was ten O'Clock when the Louis vile
Comanaery, No. /, marched from near
the grand stand out on the track and to
their position on the campus. They
were loudly cheered by the thousand S
that filed the grand stand and circle
seats. half-hour afterward the St.
Bernard Commandery marched in and
created an ovation. Soon afterward the
Zion, of Minneapolis, marched in, and
then the De Molay created wild enthu-
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