Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-24
MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The Great E.StoiiiOi Endorsed BY
The Chamber Of Commerce.
a CHLDu 10 rnG coggu>uE


Gradually the time for intending
cOmpaut1ts 10 enter the gtunt tslrIt.
Tod contest IL slipping away, Tuo dale
when Il viii have done 40 Will be Sop.
t5muet lot. Daring tho presout week
a large numoor ot persons have sen,
In their names TO Secretary James.
Ia addition 20 tho chOirs already
mentioned In these columns, pfDL
Abraham Jones, Of Cripple Greek,
Colorado, auI ProL sr1rieu, Of the
secOud ward, O. deu, have entered the
competition hsi.
The Chanbsroi Commerce has very
Kindly taken the matter up ami hss
adopted tbs fallowlng3
Tho Salt Lake Chnunor ~ Commerce
IL im prcstcl with tho Importance TO thl.
community oi the great Welsh musical
festival, the E.st.ddiud, which will Doe
hold u' 'hO tabernacle october Ord and
ith, $500. singers ana musicians. and
thousands ~ iuusfusloyIug Ipupiu rom
nli portions ~ .Nu Wu-., Will Boz lu nglun.
daucei and iuy close of Nno ffrtiyal,
salt Lake will uuVuHsIUnuuIy have doe
tefmiuci her righ Iu boo considered tho
musical ccuIvr ui all tho country lyug
wost uf tho Missouri.
Great gatherings Of this kind arc
credit to the community, ana every one
that occurs makes another stop iu tho
progress uf salt Lake towards becoming
a convention city Tine elect upon our
busino, Interest, viii boo rrououucos.
Ivory visitor brings money and spends
%, and us "a RESULT large sum, pts' into
general circulation nul swell the volume
of local bur moss.
Tho Cambslan association, In charge NJ
the festival, cock. uu prom. thoruirom,
It's purposO being 10 advance Interest boz
literature, nrt aud music. Tho expenses
noressarl 10 DO incurred ara very
great, And h0 'unlsa the disposal ~
tine association ato found o. Boo insutli.
client TO make tho project complete
success therefore, committee, have boon
appointed 'u seek tho generous r..is nnrc
of thU community, which will be- bono.
nuod many told By the holding Of this
festival.
Tho board Of directors OF lhe Chamber
OF Commerce recommends tHu cutur-
prise aud respectfully Requests irum our
rltllrus such AID A. tneN gbu uuusiu emit
extend towards masking tue festival %
success iu Uysry respect.
Tho board is Informed thu. voluntary
contributions will 10 thuukully received,
II addressed ~ Juhu Jamgs, general sec.
Rotary CumbriAu society, city.
JANIS IL. BAcoS,
President.
LOUIS H. FAUN,woUuI,
Treasurer aud Director.
EuwAHp H. CoLnpnS,
Secretary,
i. =. CAMEUoS,
l.. W. bIrrWANS.
Directors.
TuE DESvER CItDRlsTERs.
The Denver board OF trade has alec
Interested Itself IA bshali VI Tie Slayer.
Of the Colorado capital nuI are dOiu- !
all tuey eau TO raise fuEds 10 -euI tlI,
big chorus here In October. Band
Master John kF. KEN, ~ tnt
Sixteenth iniantry, al Fort u ullhr,
under Gate Of August .3rt, uudfuSsys
tile following communication, orsttuI
on the military band contest, ~ 5Ugru.
tGty James
81 respectfully submit my We've, |
acquired through experiences IA pre- !
vluus musical cunt ouliOns al Austiu,
rrNRs, IA May, 1857, aud At the Inter. |
ralionRl Rendezvous IN HAMPTON
Rnads, Va, March, 1898, during which !
time N band competition was he'd In |
NORFOLK, Va, participated IN IVY the |
bsnds from English, Ru'siSn, French,
German aud American ships aud |
American cilivs, tirsl pfiEc being won |
by the Marine hsnd Of Washington,
ID. o., scIud by the German Hhips |
band "ksiserin Ausustln."
You nave ~ rule providing that all |
competing ban ~ snail cous u Of duly |
enrolled momuers, none NJ whom |
shall lplay .unless they were mem.
bsFs leo many mouths pc
vious TO date o. mlettlOu.) TINS |
rule ia but simple justice o. organized |
bands like the Sixteenth IN antry. |
Nothing IL g. prevent Probe sOr -
from engaging musicians from all over |
the state, that you will grant would |
not be regularly organized bsnu, but
n picked or selected one, HgHiust which
II would be impossible Tor Us q com,
pete, also the designation u ne Ger.
tain piece OF music to be rendered, /.
hardly n lair manner VI Judging the
qualities Of n musician, or band OF
mutici ns. The judges IN the Austin,
Texas competition Of 1857 were i've Ia
hunter, aud were members
of Gium0Te'sg band NJ that umo
playing an engagement there. They
ptprrtiurI thHt the tirstp piece rendered
by tAcu b,l d should bo OF their own
selection, The uAud TO then withdraw
from the stag, until the judges placed
upO each music stand n piece " Eiu.
$40 VI their selection One luIEssl. Five |
minutes were permitted 10 examine |
the IstH, Aul when the leaIeT's bstJn |
tell, the Uau4 was accredited with 100 |
Oiuls.
Inferior tune caused a loss OF i've
pOlnts.
Inferior time caused the loss OF i've
points.
Iuferior mode OF altacl caused tho
lors OF live points.
Errors on the part OF the loader
csused the lees Of D points.
Errors ON the part OF any one iGSiTu-
meGt caused a loss u! one point.
The hand having the lETgesg number |
of pointE On leaving the baud stand |
were Sdjudged the winner New
Inutic 10 lAe hest aud surest mode Of |
determining the qualities OF a musical
purfOtneT.
Now, Mr.. James, am noE attempt
ing 10 iorou my We've Or opinions upon
lhe mAuAgemvni, nor DO | cX Get Tor "a
moment lat this late daiul That you
will modify or change any rule which
you have enunclatel IN your clIcuiari |