The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-28
Ways. Rochester; L. Kraus. Columbia City, f.
w. Norton, New Albany; T. W. Marshall, South
MUSIC FESTIVAL NOTES.

The committee on decoration Of Tomlinsor
Hail expect to begin work to-day.
All members of the chorus entitled. to stage
tickets will receive them through the mail
The preparations for the great Music Festival
in this city next week are proceeding most sat
isfactorily in all respects
The workmen engaged in putting the finishing
touches on the City Hall will have everything in
readiness there for the festival by Monday even.
ing.
The grand orchestra at the festival and camp
fire will consist wholly of professional must
clans, of whom twenty four have been selected
by Prof. Barus from the best talent of Cincin-
natl.
The executive committee respectfully suggest
that citizens do not delay their preparations for
the decoration of the city. especially along the
line of march to be followed by General Sher-
mans escort.
appearance before an Indianapolis audience on
next Tuesday night the opening night of the
festival. sings this afternoon and tomorrow
night at Music Hall, Boston.
AT the sale of seats now progressing at
Wulschners, No AZ North Pennsylvania street,
single tickets for any one OF the entertainments.
as well as season tickets for ali OF them-except
the children's matinee on Friday-may be pro-
cured.
The executive committee announces that all
those proposing to take part in the grand chorus
who shall not have attended at least four re-
hearsals, and the one on Friday night, will not
be given tickets of admission to the concerts.
Quite number who attended the last rehearsal,
for the first time, will. therefore, understand
that they not entitled to tickets, under this
regulation, and will not receive them.
General Sherman will reach this city, from
St Louis, by the Vandalia road. at twenty min
utes before o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, June
2 He will be escorted to his hotel, the Denison,
by the military companies and Grand Army
posts of the city, and visiting posts From the
Union Depot the line of march will be up Meri-
dian street to Maryland. thence west to Illinois,
north to Washington, east on Washington to
Delaware, north to Market, west to the Circle,
north on Meridian to Vermont, east TO Pennsyl-
vauia south to the Denison.
The programmes of the various entertainments
commencing next Tuesday night present a rich
variety. No two of the Ave entertainments are
alike In the opening concert the grand chorus,
cnnati festival just closed will have
opportunity to display the efficiency it has at
tanned under the training of Professor Barus
during the last three months, and indianapolis
people will no doubt be agreeably surprised at
the exhibition of the city's wealth of singing
talent. In the grand concert of Thursday night
the lovers Of orchestral music will find rare
treat in the rendition Of the greatest of Bee
thovens symphonies by the grand
orchestra of skilled professional musical rs.
On that evening the whole of the first part of the
entertainment will be orchestral. The matinees
OF Wednesday and Friday will consist OF pleasing
combinations of orchestral and choral music,
night at the campfire national airs and patri-
otto songs will be interspersed between the
speeches of the most distinguished commanders
in the war for the Union.