The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-18
BIG MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
St. Paul Equally Interested In the
Matter of ARRANGEMENTS.

Matter of Arrangements.
Arrangements are progressing for
the grand musical festival to be given
at Minneapolis this spring. st. Paul Is
represented on all the committees,
making it a Twin City affair. Choruses
are being organized in cities and towns
throughout the Northwest. and the in
terest in the festival is becoming wide
spread The chorus is expected to
number upwards of 1000, and the or
chestra will consist of 100 musicians
The executive staff for the festival
consists of the following: President, j.
f.. Calderwood; vice president, w. L.
Harris; treasurer, Capt. G. w Brown;
secretary and manager, A. M. Shuey;
directors, G. r. Newell, G. Nee. Reeve,
E. l.. Danforth.
The advisory board is: c. A. Mar
shall, Emil Ober-Hoffer, j. w. Ar
-drews, H S. Woodruff, Richard Stempf,
Willard J. Patten, Max Decsi, Signor
D. Auria, H. Hoevel, l.. w. Ballard,
Claude Madden, F. Schlachter w. M.
Cross, w. H. Eichman, H. E. Zoch,
Gustavus Johnson, S. c. Gilbert, G. H.
Huntington, L. Harmsen, A. w. Por-
ter, From ST.. Paul; c. G. Titcomb,
D. f. ColviLe C. L.. Carmen, A. Dec.
MADEIRA, E. c, Murdoch, Emil Onet, j.
T.. Neville, Oscar Lienau, Frank DAM,
George Seibert.
-- Programme Conmittee-C. A. Mar
shall, Emil Ober- Hoffer, Signor D.
AURA, A. NJ. Shuey,. w. M. Cross, from
Minneapolis; C. G. Titcomb, D. F. Col
vile, Frank DAM from st. Paul.
:, Railway Committee-W. M. Hopkins,
John P. Harrison, CIV. Gardner, f. l..
Whitney.
Finance Committee. J.. Phelps,
John B. Atwater. W. L. Harris, G. r..
Cooley, L. S. Donaldson, w. H. Eustis,
Loren Fletcher, R: Q. Foster, L: s. Gil
lette, Samuel Glading, Thomas Lowry,
C. w. Harrington, c.. A. Pillsbury, f.
H. Peavy, w. D.. Washburn.
Advertising Committee. 8. Nc
Lain, l.. Swift Jr., w. E. Parker, Min
neapolis; Condo Hamlin, Richards Cor
don, Fred Driscoll, st. Paul.
: Subscription committee. c. Nc. z.
Reeve, w. J. Byron, G. B. Eustis, w.
H. Eichman. w B. Heath, John II.
G. H Watson, B. A. Rose, Paul
Schmidt Minneapolis; w. J. Dyer, r.
c.. Munger, F. w. Farwell, S. H. Dyer.
Emil S. Stracka, Raudenbush, st.
Faul.
The management is in active CORE
spondence with leading artists in this
country and a number of singers from
Europe, who will be imported express"
ly for participation in certain festivals
( to be held in the East. The matter
of orchestra is being thoroughly can
vassed and those under advisement
are SeidPs, Damroschs and Boston
Symphony.
The place of holding the festival will
be the exposition building. where four
performances will be given. The dates
cannot be announced at present, owing
to the fact that the individual en-
gagements of the solo artists and Or
cheStra will be considered
1t is decided that, in order to give
equal chance at securing tickets for the
season, diagrams of the exposition will
be exposed simultaneously in Mime
apolis, ST. Paul, Saltwater, Winona,
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Rochester,
+Owatonna, Faribault, Mortified, Man
kato, New Ulm, st. Cloud. Brainerd,
Duluth, Superior, Ashland, Moorhead,
Fargo, Grand Forks and other North
western cities, from which singers will
participate.