The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-25
THE CONCERT WINS.
Thousands Flock to Hear Mu-
sic at the P.-I. Office.
POPULAR MELODIES ENcoREo.
A Great, Gcod-Nafured. Applausfve
Throng Enjoys the First Regi-
ment Bands Fine Music.

A night OF with the Post-Inseiiigencer
was enjoyed by fully ZOO people last ey-
eninr on the occasion Of the Saturday
night concert Crowds fairly nocked into
Cherry street 70 hear the music Of the
First Regiment banda great. gocd-natur-
ed. laughing, joking throng. that appeared
for the time TO have thrown of all
thought OF care. The greatest crush was
ar the iurroyised bandstanc. Immediately
In front OF the Post-Infelligencer once.
and here on both sides Of the street there
was an overflow to the ssairways and n
the Offices above. 1t seemed that az least
half the crowd was made up .. pretty
women and sweet-faced girls. and every
where there was spr.nkilEg OF coy
straw hats and bright ribbons. The small
boy was in his element. and little tots OF
girls clapped their hands when the music
pleased them.
There is no mistaking the fact that the
concert resulted In another musical vic
tory for the popular First Regiment band.
and there is no mistaking another fact
that the most popular selection was Ash
er's "Post-Inteliigencer March. The band
at the close OF each number was greeted
with fusilade of hand-clapring. and
three times II was obliged 10 respond with
an encore. The march opened the pro-
grarnn,e and the crowd was not satisfied
until il had been played twice oyer again.
The overture "Lustspiel," a composition
full of melody. was followed by Dance
Mejicana. "Bewitching Eyes" which
formed charming musical antithesis to
the waltz Haunting Eyes" played later
on. The last composition led the nearer
through sinuous maze of melody. now
enliyening in a way that started the feet
TO going, and than softening as Bandmas
ter Wagner lessened the beat with his
baton. Bonnisseau's scotch Melodies"
sprang into favor at once. and like the
medley "Ten Minutes with the Minstrels.'
near the close of the programme, caught
the crowd. many of whom recalled from
familiar notes associations of younger
days In homes far away. These two selec-
tions appeared most to please the crowd
and to be received with equal Partially.
Perhaps second in the scale was Re
memberances of the Midway" a nelodi-
Gus comedy fairly reveiing in suggestions
of the famous street at the Worlds Fair.
The music may be described as rafting
and catchy. and ii was thrown out by the
instruments with great snap and vigor so
pleasing to the small boy. lie Reveil du
Lion" "Narcissus'' and other numbers,
some of them soft and mclodious, some
better calculated for less exacting taste,
were given and everybody was satisfied.
The concert closed with Internal" kel-
er-Bela. weird piece of music. with an
drum ana ifabdt.
There was more or less diversion, as
there always is In well-disposed crowd.
Everyone kept moving, so that while the
street was filed all the time. enough peo-
pie passed through to have made the
crush much greater had all remained
There was much darling forth of mis-
chievous boys A young woman in an
office ventnred to put her feet on the
window sill, where they were at length
spied out by some one I'm the crowd.
.'Trilhys: take them down" he called
out. and as everybody's gaze was directed
upward the ''Trilbys" disappeared. Much
attention was directed to Martin Hill. an
athletic young fellow. who gave an exhi-
bition of baton throwing and juggling. As
the gold-tipped wand went quickly UP and
down and then flashed high into the air
the performer was the center of an admir-
ing throng. He was decidedly clever.
He's almost as good as the band" was
one of the comments passed on him.
Within a few weeks the "Post-Inteili-
gencer March," which grows In popularity
with each rendition, VIII be placed with
in the reach of every household. An or
der for 10,o00 copies in sheet music form
has been placed by the Observation-Disclosures.
and the music soon will be ready for de-
livery.