The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-26
WAS MUSIC IN THE AIR
THEY CAME FROM MANY PLACES
 WITH FIFES AND DRUMS.

The Connecticut Fife and Drum Corps | AnnuaI-The Parade in This City and l the Contests at savin Rock-The Prize winnesr. The twelfth annual convention of the { Connecticut Fife and Drum Corps as- l sociation was held at Savin Rock yes terday afternoon. This association was organized in this city twelve years ago and has since held large, well attended and noisy conventions. This. one was not as large as usual owing, it was stated, to the recent hard times. There were but fourteen drum corps out of forty-one present, about 200 men being present in all. The several organiza- tions assembled on the green at 10 o'clock, previous to which they were met at the depot by Chief Marshal Parke and his aides.
 | At 10 o'clock the line was formed and the march was taken over the fol- lowing route: Out of the north gate of the green to Elm street. to Howe, to | Chapel, to Church. to Elm, to State, to Chapel, to Church, to the city hall. After going over the line of march the corps consolidated in front of the city hall and at signal given by the pres ident of the association the consolidated corps struck up Yankee Doodle.'
 After the concert the parade broke up and at 12 o'clock the corps took cars to Savin Rock. The parading column was formed as follows: Chief Marshal Frederick Park. drum major of the Second regiment, c. N. G., and his aides, Dennis Cummins and Richard Sperry; carriage contain ing the judges, Frederick G. Guilford, Charles T. Brennan and John E. Lyne- han; platoon of police, drum corps of the Second regiment, c. N. G., 12 men; Young Mems T. A. B. corps, Southing- ton, 15 men; Edgewood, Westville, men; Sacred Heart, Waterbury, 15 men; Y. M. T. A. B., Meriden, 15 men; St. Aloysius, Waterbury, 15 men; Avon, Ansonia, IS men; Hellman's Advance, Waterbury, 15 men; St. Thomas, Water bury, 15 men; Crescent, Thomaston, 9 men; Franco-American Torrington, 14 men; Meriden, Meriden, 12 men; Cres- cent, Hartford, men; o. V. Coffin, Mid- dletown, 16 men; B. Douglas, jr., Mid dletown, 15 men; Ya1esville, Yalesville, l6 men; Mattatuck, Waterbury 2S men; Naugatuck, Naugatuck, 12 men; Cherry Diamond, Derby, 20 men; A. o. U. w., Shelton, men; Mayfower, Orange, IS men; Arctics Milford, IS men; St. Mary's, Branford, 22 men; City of Hart ford, Hartford, 15 men; Morris, New Haven, 15 men; Excelsior, Torrington, 16 men; Rose Cadets, Litchfield, 23 men; Plainville, Plainville, 15 men.
 The convention was held in the base ball grounds at Savin Rock and the first event to be called was the contest in the ancient class. The entries were Second Regiment Fife and Drum corps, and teams from New Haven, Avon, An- sonia and Deep River.
 First prize was awarded to the Sec ond regiment corps, second prize to Avon.
 Other prize contests were as follows: Modern: Entries-Sacred Heart, Wa terbury; St. Francis, Waterbury; Yales- Vllie, IdleSNlilE, |. M. |. A. dIlu D., Southington; St. Thomas, Waterbury. The first prize was won by St. Francis, Waterbury; second prize, Yalesville.
 Bugle, fife and drum corps, one en- try, first and only prize, to Franco American, Torrington.
 Corps without flies, one entry, first and only prize, Boldens, Hartford. Individual bass-J H. Ladd, Vest vile, won the first and only prize. This is the sixth time that MT. Ladd has won this prize.
 Flute and piccolo-Entries: He'll mans Advance, Waterbury; o. V. Coffin, Middletown. Hellman won first and Coffin second. There were several other events of minor importance.
 One of the best contests was between the individual snare drummers, which was between J. N. Moore of this city and Sidney Barney of Hartford. MT. Moore was declared the winner, with Mir Barney a close second.
 J. H. Ladd of this city is the cham pion snare drummer of the state. He won without any other contestant.
 The judges were ex-Bandmaster Fred Guilford of the Second Regiment band ,, of this city, John F. Lynehan and Charles T. Brennan of Hartford. The judges were given a dinner at the West Haven house. The proprietor, Mir Judge, is an old time drummer, and : was highly delighted to welcome the members of the association. The prizes