The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-25

WIN InlS week Will expire the lllilS
when intending competitors in the
grand Eisteddfod must register their
names with the secretary.
In addition to the choirs already
mentioned in The Herald Professor
Abraham Jones, of Cripple Creek, Colo,
and Professor Shorten, of Ogden, Sec
ond ward, have entered their respective
choirs on the list of competitors.
Chamber of Commerce Resolution.
The Salt Lake chamber of commerce
seeing an opportunity to do good to
the city has taken the matter up and
has adopted the following resolution in
connection herewith:
1.-THE Salt Lake chamber of commerce
is impressed with the Importance to
this community of the great Welsh n1u-
steal festival, the Eisteddfod, which
will be held in the tabernacle, October
and 4, 1895. Singers and musicians
and thousands of muSic-lovlng people
from all portions of the west will be in
attendance, and at the close of the fes-
tival Salt Lake will unquestionably
have determined her right to be con-
sidered the musical center of all the
country lying west of the Missouri.
Great gatherings of this kind are a
credit to the community, and every one
that occurs makes another step in the
progress of Salt Lake toward becoming
a convention city. The effect upon our
business interests will be pronounced.
Every visitor brings money and spends
it, and as result, large sums pass into
general circulation and swell the vol
ume of local business.
1.-THE Cambrian association, in charge
of the festival, seek no profit therefrom,
it's purpose being to advance interest in
literatur art and music. The expenses
necessarily to be incurred are very
great and the funds at the disposal of
the association are found to be INSULT
cient to make the project a complete
been appointed to seek the generous
assistance of the community, which
will be benefited many fold by the
holding of this festival
THE board of directors of the cham
Der of commerce recommends the en-
terprise and respectfully requests from
our citizens such aid as they can con-
sistently extend toward making the fes-
tiyaI a success in every respect.
1.-The board is informed that volunta-
ry contributions will be thankfully re-
ceived, if addressed to John James,
general secretary 'Cambrian society,
city.
JAMES H. BACON, President
"LOUIS H. FARNSWORTH,
Treasurer and Director.
EDWARD F. COLBORN, Sec.
81. S. CAMERON,
Ell. w. DITTMAN, Directors
Denver Lends II Hand.
The Denver chamber of commerce is
also interesting itself in the Eistedd-
fod and has undertaken to raise the
necessary funds to send Denver's big
| chorus here in October.
From Bandmaster Klein.
Band Master John F. Klein of the
Sixteenth infantry at Fort Douglas has
addressed the following interesting
| communication on the military band
contests to Secretary James:
Il respectfully submit my views, &C
! quired through experience in previous
musical competitions at Austin, Texas
| in May, 1887, and at the international
Rendezvous in Hampton Roads, Va.
March, 1898, during which time band
competition was held in Norfolk, Va.
participated in by the bands from En-
glish, Russian, French, German anC
American ships and American cities
first prize being won by the Marine
band of Washington, D. c., second by
the German ships band, Kaiserin Au
gustin.
You have no rule providing that al
competing bands shall consist of dull!
enrolled members, none of whom shall
play unless they were members Is,
many months previous to date of com
petition) This rule is but simple jus
tice to organized bands like the Six
teenth infantry. Nothing is to proven
Professor from enga ging must
clans from all over the state. That yo1
will grant would not be a regularly
organized band, but a picked or selec
ted one, against which it would b
impossible for us to compete; also tn
. designation of one certain piece o
music to be rendered, is hardl
a fair manner of judging tn
qualities of musician, or ban
of musicians. The judges of the Aus
tin, Texas, competition of 1887 wer
five in number, and were members Q
Gilmore's band at that time playin
an engagement there. They prescribe
that the first piece rendered by eac