Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-15
EAST HAVEN.

A Brass Band and o Drum Corps Ce]e-
brate-Mr. Andrews Talks-A Success
full Affair.
EAST HAVEN, Oct. 14.-To-day was a not
able festival day in town and everybody
caught the spirit of the occasion, which
seemed to be highly infectious. This was
the band tournament day and there was a
diversity of gay and bright uniforms in this
old New England town and medley of brass
band and drum corps music while all the
townspeople were out and there were visiting
friends from all the neighboring towns.
Fair Haven sent the largest delegation. The
streets were alive with teams from near and
far. The East Haven band got the affair up
and invited the visiting bands and drum
corps. Everybody also had his chest girl"
out and the ladies lent special interest to the
occasion by their smiles and gayety. The
procession of the day was formed on High
street, where teams and bands and drum
corps and pretty girls and flags were conse-
quently most numerous The lowering skies
kept off the rays of the sun and as no rain
fell the weather WAS ali that could be desired.
The order of the procession was follows,
Seymour A. Granniss presiding as chief
marshal:
Platoon Of Special Policemen sworn in for the &C.
casion.
Chief Marshal Grannlss himself.
The Clinton Cornet Band Is pieces, A H. Pearson,
Kingworth Drum and Fife Corps, IA pieces, E. W.
Potter, leader.
Menuncatuck Drum Corps of Guilford, II pieces,
Ruggles Lopez, major.
Essex Cornet Band % pieces, Charles Harrington,
Madison Drum Corps is pieces, Humphrey Girls
void, leader.
H. G. Hubbard Drum Corps of Middletown, 20
pieces. Charles J. Harris, leader.
Bunrells Solid Five Drum Corps, New Haven, 10
o. v Coffin Drum Corps of Middletown, 12 pieces,
H, T. Cough leader.
Union Cornet Band of East Haven, 10 pieces A B.
Dodge, leader.
The East Haven Populace
The scene as the procession moved about
town was gay and the music, most of it, in
spiriting. There dismay in the barn
yards and chicken coops over such a clatter
of drumsticks and rattle of drums and blare
of bugles and big horns and the black bass
in Saltonstall lake must have been aware that
something had broken loose in the old town.
Mr.. Tucker, the boat owner, had repeated
calls to let his boats notwithstanding the
furore in town. They were mostly let to
city people who had hoped to stscoop in"
some of the bass on such favorable cloudy
day, but the fish being perhaps dismayed by
the unusual uproar In town refused to bite.
The tunes played were either new or old and
the old ones seemed to suit the average hu-
man heart the best, and 'fSweet VioIets,"
Marching Thro' Georgia" and Golden
Slippers" seemed to be yet in
their, prime. The dinner was
served in the Town hall. It is needless to
say it was a toothsome, abundant and liberal
feast, having been gotten up by the ladies of
East Haven. Many of the fairest of East
Ravens ladies were in attendance and the
small army of musicians received every at
tention and retired from the onslaught van
quished, the supply being beyond their
power to entirely surround and demolish.
The address of welcome was the next feature
of the day. This was delivered by Lawyer
S. W. F. Andrews. The place was the
historic and pretty green or public square.
After the speaking came more music,
and the hills and valleys resounded
again and again. The shades of evening
were rapidly beginning to fall when the band
entertainment was over.I was success. The
officers and committees of the day were:
Lyman A. Granniss, chief marshall S. w. F.
Andrews, chairman general committee;
O. G. Kirkham, secretary; E. B. Woodward,
treasurer, and Leonard r. Andrews, Hiram
Jacobs and l.. F. Richmond, reception com.
mittee Mr.. Andrews Grafton, it need not
be said, was credit to the occasion, and did
honor to the potency of music's charms and
to the occasion in general.