Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-23

many acts in progress at a time that
people go home in disgust at times be-
cause they could not see more. In
| their endeavor to take in the MANY acts
they lose about everything
| Speaking of the successor of Buffalo
Bits show, who will be the successor
of the great band leader, Sousa when
| that man retires?' asked a Maine man.
1T will be Fanciulli, the leader of the
list Regiment Band, now at Man
hatten beach, said the major. Fan
ciulli has been the leader of the Marine
| band at Washington, as Sousa was.
and he lost his position in a peculiar
| manner. 1t was at the funeral of one
of the great generals, | won't say
which one, a second lieutenant ordered
Fanciulli to play a quick march, but
| instead the leader would play nothing
but the dirges which he said was
proper. The officer reported the leader
and although the authorities said Fam
ciulli was right in regard to the selec-
ton he had no right to disobey orders
and in the military way he was dis
missed. He is in every way qualified
to take the place of the great leader
who is older in years than Fanciulli. |
think, by the way, that a plan will be
brought about whereby Billy Brady
will be the father of tour of the band
in the fall
If this is true and the major brings
the band to Maine, it will certainly be
well to have the future successor Of
Gilmore and Sousa in the new opera
house at Augusta especially if he is
tn OF Al iybt fnl ha II
giving at present at the beach. Even
Director Frank Dennis himself and the
other boys Of the Augusta Cadet Band
will be pleased.
and did You know the band of a
circus is a very important factor?'
asked the major. Il remember a time
when our band woke up the city Of
Detroit. 1t was back in 1859, when
Detroit was city of perhaps 10000 in
habitants. We drove in early one
morning and Nixon-it was the famous
Nixon x Capper's circus-Nixon came
back and said. i want to wake up
Detroit He ordered the band to play
for all it was worth, and you know
what a circus band can DO in the way
of crashing things. He also told every
one of US in the wagons to sing for
dear life. Well, we went through that
city at \. NJ. with all the noise an
aggregation could make Everyone
turned out. The head team got twisted
and we must have covered every inch
Of street, but it woke up everybody.
You never saw 50 many people in 4
state Of undresS as came to the Win
doWs and doors as we passed That
night We took $500 more than the man
ayers had estimated on taking. and
each manager has his set amount h.
expects every place To shell out
We did the same thing in Salt Lake
city with the same result ana more 50.
for we drove up in front of saloon at
the finish where the proprietor stood
treat and there was hardly Il sober
man in the circus when We We're
through. We made money there
though. for all the Mormons with their
three and twenty wives had turned out
in the morning to hear Us, ana to hear
lis was to awaken a desire to see #
we could perform with as great a zest
as we could play and make a noise.
Yes, band is a great thing to enthusc
a crowd and to get them coming your
way"
The majors stories would fill a set Of
seven volumes illustrated" as the
saying goes. The wonder is that he
doesn't write some of them, for they
would certainly take, and he can
write.
GEORGE HAROLD JEWETT.