The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-17
MUSIC AND DRRMH
CORSE PAXTON co.

CORSE PAXTON co.
The Corse Payton company began its
second weeks engagement at The Jeffer-
son, with a matinee and evening perfor-
nance yesterday. The weather was not
very propitious, but that did not seem
to matter, for there was the same rush
for seats that marked all OF the previous
week. The plays of Filtration and
My Kentucky Home" were given, the
former at the matinee and the latter in
the evening and were received with the
same evidences of pleasure as when they
were previously given. The various
speoialties were warmly applauded, and
the second week may be saidito have
been jnaugurated most brilliantly At
the matinee today the farce of LEND Me
Five ShilIings - and GA Yankee in
Cuba" will be the programme, and
1.-TWO Nights in Rome in the evening.
MAINE MONUMENT FUND CONCERT
The sale of seats for the concert to be
given in aid of the Maine Monument
fund will begin. at Chambers music
will be Mrs. Jennie Patrick Walker, So
prano; Miss Lena f. Higgins, contralto;
Miss Maude e. Scott. reader; Clarence
B. Ashenden, baritone; E. L. Jackson,
basso; grand chorus of 200 voices, and
orchestra of 20 pieces, C. l.. Higgins,
director.
TROOPING OF THE COLORS
There was good advance sale of seats
at Steinert & Sons yesterday for Sousa's
great concerts to be given at City hall,
Thursday afternoon and evening. Those
entertainments aref of peace, magnifi-
cent demonstration of the comming1lng
of the colors of the great nations in per-
feet harmony, in sweet accord of purpose
and good will, festival of fellowship
and salute, grand spectacle of interna-
tional fraternity, 1.-The Trooping of the
Colors," by Sousa. America, Britannia,
France and Germany, each grouped be-
meath Its own colors and represented by
platoons of soldiers, fully differed and
led by standard bearer meet in glorious
concourse of peace, while hundreds sing
the national anthems of each, led by
Sousa's own band OF. 60, and all under the
baton of Sousa himself. The spectacle
is SO brilliantly prepared, both as a. spec
tacle and rs music drama, that it in
stantly inspires an intense thrill of ad-
miration and outburst of patriotic enthu-
siasm. Preparations are on an elaborate
scale as to ensemb BILE effects and every de-
tail is looked into with care and scrupu-
lous painstaking. As each nation comes
upon the scene the great chorus and the
Sousa band of 60 pieces burst into the
national anthem of that power, Column
bis, sublime goddess. saluting each in
turn. For once the world in harmony,
glorious in one band of brotherhood, but
caparisoned in the habilaments of chivalry
and Respondent in the panoply of war,
all under the spreading wings of the
white dove of peace.
The great spectacle occupies part Sec
ond of the programme. Part first is a
grand concert programme by Sousa and
his band of co. Miss Louise NJ. Brehamy,
soprano; Mr. Basil Tetson, BARITONE;
Mr.. Arthur Pryor, trombone; Sig.
He'll, hueglehorn, soloists. Change of
programme each concert.
q The sale of seats was much the largest
the popular bandmaster has ever had in
this city and except the opera sale, bids
fair to be one of the best in fact. a ban
ner sale for Portland, and from all over
the state orders have been sent for seats.
l.
given to all the ladies, and at the evening
performance arrangements are now. being
made by which war bulletins will be read
from the stage should there be any news
of Importance from either of our squad
rons or concerning the war IN general.
REHEA RSAL OF THE FESTIVAL
CHORUS UNDER PROF.. CHAPMAN.
In spite of the threatening weather a
large and enthusiastic chorus greeted
Prof. Chapman at Kotzschmar hall last
evening. They numbered about three
hundred, ard showed a marked improve
naent over previous .rehearsals. Mr.. Chap
man conducted all of tho difficult Elijah
choruses except two, and they sang them
we'll. Much interest is felt in the coming
concert of the Maine Symphony Orchestra
in which the Festival chorus is to have a
place and part singing war songs with
novel Introduction of flags and colors of
different nations Mrs. Chapman WAS
present and explained about the certifi.
Gates for the sale of reserved seats at the
Jefferson where the orchestra concert is
to be given. The only trouble seems to be
that there are not enough certificates to
supply the demand and it looks as if there
would be only standing room left for the
general public, after the holders of
tickets were satisfied. This will be the
hrst great concert ever given in this
elegant theatre. A meeting of the
patronesses will take place this Tuesday
morning in the parlors of the Preble
house at eleven O'Clock.