Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-18
LOCAL INTELLIGKNCg.
GRAND CONCERTS.

A Winters Series to be Given by the
First Artillery Regiment Band.
Sacramentans always justly feel great pride
in this band whenever they are brought into
public notice b. reason of any demonstration OF
entertainment, and know that they uphold the
reputation of the city, even when brought into
competition with bands OF older standing and OF
greater professional experience. Even at this
distant day the Knights Templsr who partici-
pated in the celebrated and most successful
concave of number of years ago in San Fran
cisco, speaks enthusiastically of the success of
the regiment band which accompanied them
and their concerts gwen in the court of the
Palace Hotel were among the most successful
of those given by all the celebrated bands in
attendance upon that conclave. At the State
encampment OF the y. G. c. at Santa Cruz few
years ago, they were brought into coInpetition
with all the bands connected with the N. G. c.
and were voted by everyone second to none,
although others were numerically stronger
The regiment to which they are connected feels
the greatest pride IN their band, and are as one
man in the desire to encourage them in their
laudable ambition to make the band not only
the finest one in the n. G. c., but of the entire
State, not barring those of the regular aImy
Sacramentans generally feel this pride in their
regimental band, and will doubtless show their
interest in the only way within their power that
OF patronizing and attending the concerts to be
given by them during the coming winter Every
one knows that the music rendeIed by the band
State Agricultural Society was superior to auy
hitherto given, at even greater expense by the
employment of bands from San Francisco, and
the correspondents of the metropolitan journals
were loud in their praise of the music
Under the able direction of their conductor,
C. A. Neale, they have made rapid strides in
musical Prohclency, and with the work which
Will be SO absolutely necessary for them to carry
out their cas- for the forthcoming concerts, a
surprise is predicted for even those of Sacra-
mento WI who think from past experience they
Commencing the latter part of November, af-
ter the election excitement has subsided, it is
the intention to give one grand concert each
month, for five months, in the Metropolitan
Iheater, assisted by soloists vocal and instru
mental from abroad, and the music it is in
tended, shall be OF the very best, bearing in
mind, OF course, that the average lover of music
does not want too much of what is known as
classical. But it is the desire that these con-
certs shall, by reason of their excellence and
being placed within the reach of all be
an educator of the public taste in music
Money is not the object for which the band
gives these concerts, but rather that they may
pc encouraged by the public to work aud labor
IN their desire to enlarge their organization and
keep abreast of the times in musical matters
aud give the public an opportunity of hearing
all that larger cities SO much enjoy. Already
some features are promised that the Sacramento
pubic has never been given, and at some one
of the five concerts to be given, a gentleman OF
San Francisco prominent in musical affairs
has offered his services as conductor in a com.
position he will write especially for the band.
Nearly two hundred subscribers have been OBJ
tained, and the different companies attached to
the regiment have signiied their desire to assist
by attending. II is possible the companies will
attend at times in body to show their appre.
citation of their efforts The season tickets are
placed at the very low price of S., which entities
each subscriber TO two reserved seats at each
concert without any additional expense and
they of course have the right of selection Of
seats before they will be sold to the general pub
lie. The balance of the house will then be sold
at such low prices that it will be within the
reach of the most modest purse to satisfy a de