The daily sentinel., 1899-03-01
Sousd and His Band Score a
Triumph at Their Concert
Last Wight.
a FAVORED CITY.
7heatrically Speaking Grand
Junction Heads the Last as
Co1orado's Western Metropo-
us. - All Roads Lead to
One Place-Grand Junction.

Sousa and his wonderful aggregation
Of musicians appeared at the Park opera
house last night, and even Sousa, used
ss he is to ogreat audiences could not
but have been pleased at the splendid
audience that greeted him.
Every seat in the house was filled and
the big building could hardly have ac-
comodated more.
That Sousa named Grand junction in
his continental itinerary was in itself a
matter OF congratulation by the citizens
Of Grand Junction, and Manager Has
kell can feel we'll repaid for the hearty
manner with which the citizens patron
ICED the concert. In the future, but
few things of any consequence, will give
this city the 60 by and in this fact, tho
atrically speaking, the whole city has a
right to be proud. That it was stroke
OF managerial enterprise upon the part
OF Manager Haskell to secure the book
ing of such greet musical organization.
in fact the peer OF any musical organi-
zation in the world, is matter OF which
he should be proud. A number of
large cities in. the atAt4 b d high for .
concert from Souss, but Grand juno
tion, favored by geographical location
and by liberal class Of theatrical pat
rons captured the prize,
1t must have been an inspiring scene
to Sousa to have looked at the splendid
audience, turned out from so small a
community, comparatively.
There were nine numbers to a de-
]ightful program. However, tho great
leader was not ehary with his encores
and he willingly conceded an encore to
nearly every number. OF course there
was no limit to the enthusiasm and the
applause and it did not take Sousa long
to determine that he would give a re-
sponse to an encore and the manner in
which he did SO, won the high regard of
all. There was no hesitancy, no shrug
ging Of the shoulders. no reluctance
whatever. When he decided to give the
encore number he at once took his place
on the leaders stand and the music was
forthcoming at once.
The overture "William Tell" was the
first number Of the program. 1t was
delightful The resounding notes from
the Instrumentation nearly shook the
building. Harmony it was, unquestion-
ably. From the softest sound to the
grand crash Of all the instruments in
unison, every single note was heard.
The charm of Sousa lays in the fact that
his leadership is done go easily, without
any great apparent effort. Like the
notes OF some great organ, swelling and
rising was the playing in all the num-
bers.
II we might pick any particular num-
ber which pleased better than others,
aside from the rythmic swing of some
Of Sousas own compositions, we would
say that the scene from "Parciful"
"Knights OF the Holy Grail pleased the
audience the best. 1t was weird and
each instrument seemed to have given
opportunity to show the powers con-
tanned therein.
Speaking Of the numbers generally
played by the band, the selections could
not have been better. In response to
several encores, such popular numbers
as "Stars and Stripes Forever" Ell Cap
itan" took the audience by storm.
1t is questionable il ever leader has
been developed in this country the equal
of John Phillip Sousa. yet there are
those who will not eoncede to him any
superiority over the great, but now de-
parted Patrick Gilmore. When one
reads Of the great crowping success Of
Gilmore, in the Ladies Home Journal OF
this month, At the celebrated Peace
Jubilee in Boston, in tho year 1872 st|
least q question arises IN the mind.