The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-19
wAFEE's DE soTO CONCERTS.
The Fifth Regiment Band the Toast
of the Town.

The Fifth Regiment Band the Toast
of the Town.
Music reigned last night and the streets
and squares adjacent to the De Soto were
choked with people who gathered early to
hear the open air concert of the first night
of Savannah's gala week, by McAfee's
Fifth Regiment band of Atlanta.
1t was the first time the band had ever
played in Savannah, and to say that Mr..
McAfee the ambitious conductor, and his
coterie of artists won golden opinions on
their melody is saying nothing more than
was clearly vouched for by the eager at
tention they received from perfect sea
Of people who stood listening in the night
air, applauding each number of the pro-
gramme rendered and demanding encore
after encore.
The Fifth Regiment band is the great
est gathering of musicians Mr.. McAfee
has ever collected about him, and with
the perfect training they give indication
of having undergone, they now comprise,
certainly, one of the leading bands of the
country. There is perhaps no other band
in the southern states which can claim
equal recognition along with them unless
that be the famed Washington Artillery
band of New Orleans.
The personnel of the band is as follows,
Conductor, Mr.. Sam II. McAfee; business
manager, Mr.. e. w. Dutton; solo clarion
cite. Fred Wedemeyer; e fiat
clarionette. F. w. Liley; LIST b
fiat clarionette Dan McGuirix; e fiat cor
net, c. A. Liley solo fiat cornet, II. j.
Miller; LIST b fiat cornet, A. ID. Magbee;
End b fiat cOrnet, A. w. Jones; oboe, j.
d. Kelly; bassoon, s. A. Albright; Ist
alto, G. e. Chase; altos, f. e. IAley, W.
II. Hubner, +. G. Green; 1st trombone
M. b. McLain; trombOnes, d. G. Shep-
herd, A. NJ. Weems, w. NJ. Huff, and ID.
Fairman; euphonium, Harry Haitian;
basses ]. II. Marston, C. p Bishop
double bass, S. Holbright; drums and me-
chanical effects, George b. Parker, Fred
j. Liley, and John Peel; drum major, Jo-
seph Stewart.
The programme last night was a well
chosen and charming list of classic and
popular airs, merry and light, artistic
and grave. II consisted OF the following
selections:
Fanfare militaire, March Of the First"
Brooke; overture, poet and Peasant"
V. Won Suppe; valse di concert, "Espana,"
Waldtaufel; Episode Humoresque in mu-
sic. Farbach; episode miiitaire. 1.-THE Cav
airy Charge" Luders; patrol, blue and
Grey" Daley.
Intermission.
March. knights Loyal" Barr; (compos-
ed by Brother George II. Barr and dedi-
Gated TO the Uniform Rank, X. OF p; ex-
cerpts from musical comedy, I'm Gay New
York" Kerker; descriptive fantasia. I'm
Bird Store" Orth Ga story In music Of
hard life in captivity; a, coon two-step,
Ma Darktown Gal" Ice Johnston; b.
Ethiopian oddly. Cotton Blossoms"
Hall; I'll Captain March, Sousa; march,
"Cavaleria Rusticana," arr. Bellstedt.
This morning the band will give another
open air concert on the balconies of the
De Soto hotel, beginning az 1890 and last
ing until 12.30. The programme will be as
follows: March, "Semper Fidells." Sou
"a; overture. Morning. Noon. Night"
suDpe: valse espagnole. "Espanita," Ro-
sey; idyll "Mill IN the Forest" Ellenberg
episode comlque Jolly Musicians" Muscat
two-tep, "Oriental Echoes" ROscy; de-
scriptlve fantalsie. THE Fire Alarm,
Reeves (SynOpsls: A calm and peaceful
night; choral. Fire" Box ''32" chorus OF
firemen, etcD; a, "Simfunny Humoria-
tiquc." Daily. b. polka. THE Merry
sqnegees," Casey; the famous "NIlnuet, :"
Paderewski; patrol, America" Meach-
am: march. &c, CAPTAIN" Sousa.
There Will, no doubt. be a large gathering
OF peODlc TO hear the band.