The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-09-29
Mitehell's Annual Affair Attract
ing Lots of Attention.
Banda Rosa Plays
Expected That One.Fifth People
in State Will Go to Mitchell
This Week

Sorrentino makes a few passes with
his hands and the ladies get excited.
The immense Banda Rosa is not in it
with S%orrentino. He is pretty much
the whole show. So much fell under
the observation of the writer who
spent the opening day of the Corn
Palace at Mitchell Monday. He also
observed that some people appreciated
the music and that others endured it.
The band is subject to fits and starts.
When you have calmed yourself down
and are confidently awaiting a sweet,
quiet sort of strain, S%orrentino
Strengthens up, wiggles his head and
you almost lose your balance trying
to keep up. Some times you can close
your eyes, if you are musical, and be
listening only to an immense pipe
organ, played by a master, but if you
are not musical you are apt to fall
asleep. Babies cry and your friend
with heavy, squeaky shoes walks
around to see the exhibits at the most
opportune time, for attracting at
tentiOn to themselves.
SO it goes at the beautiful Corn
Palace. Mitchell is entitled to a lot
OF credit for pulling off such an enter
prise and it is enough to make a loyal
Aberdeenite somewhat ashamed of
himself. Mitchell is a good town but
do one can spend a day there and
come back to Aberdeen without being
convinced that it lacks 1900 people Of
as many as we have here. But in
spite of all they will entertain, down
there. a considerable percentage of
the people of the state this week and
it is worth a lot to them to do it.
The railroads are liberal with special
train service too.
The exhibits this year are beautiful
OF course. Can't help it this year in
South Dakota. The fruit exhibits
from some of the southern counties
were a revelation. The exterior of
the building presents a picture to the
eye not soon forgotten. 1t would be
worth a lot to the state to have it
seen by fasteners, for a fact. The
main street of the town is lined with
side shows, bankers, stands and all
that sort of thing, making a not
overly pleasant sight to a first time
visitor.
Aberdeen's South Dakota State
Band attracted more than its share
OF attention. AS the boys marched
down street, playing, they were good
to look at. The neat, trim uniforms
gave them the appearance of a high
grade professional band and they
were warmly praised all along the
line. A better advertisement for the
town could not well be sent. out.
People cant't help thinking that such
a band comes from a real live city.
Taken all together, the people of
Mitchell arc giving the state the best
entertainment of the kind that has
been seen in many a day. 1t is high.
class, almost too high for the average,
and that is about all the fault that
can be found with it. The picture
show, the "Resurrection of Christ" is
an illustrated %oratorio. The pictures
are large paintings upon which
colored lights are thrown to enhance
the effect. The ~solOists with the band
sing the parts of the oratorio, ac-
companied by the band. The music
is as far from popular as can be
imagined. The scenic effects, though
are beautiful, and for any one with a
taste for such music, it must be
grand.