The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-09
CITY BAND RETURNS
MONTGOMERY nUsICIAHs nrrMUs-
 IAsTIC 0vER VISIT TO MOBILE.
Manaker May Says Mara1 Grus DisDlsy h Calf City Was . Revelation and People Were Hos-
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The twsnty-six musicians composing the Montgomery City Band returned to Montgomery yesterday morning from Mobile. where they made their first professional appearance.
 The band was 'a credit to Montgom- cry. It was by long odds the best band that attended the carnival; 1t made the best appearance and 1t was constantly in demand"
 That's the way Duncan May, man. ager of the band. talks of his success full trip.
 T am not saying this because am 1 manager of the band" added Mir. May. 'but am giving the opinions of the
 managers of the Mardi Gras festivities and the Mobile public in general" Mr.. May is of the opinion that the trip of the band to Mobile was of im-
 nense value to Montgomery as an ad-
 vertisement.
 l On the way to Mobile, at every stop
 of the train the band alighted and played for the benefit of the populace.
 Greenville was given an enjoyable con- lcert and similar entertainments were
 given at Evergreen and Bay Minette.
 At every place. the band was greet
 ed by a hundred or more citizens and
 cries of "Hurrah for Montgomery" were heard frequently as the band
 The band reached Mobile just as the
 King of the carnival was entering the
 city The musicians were most hospi- tably received.
 Speaking of the cordiality of the Mo-
 bile people, MT. May said that he felt
 that his men and himself owed the peo-
 pie of the Gulf City debt of grati-
 tude for the treatment they received
 at the hands of the Mobilians. | xvonf tn MnbfIc xvtth tho fHaa hat
 the band members and myself were to
 be treated as musicians engaged to play and would be shown no courtesies out of the ordinary. We were treated
 as guests of the city and there was
 nothing that the management of the
 carnival did not do to make our stay pleasant"
 Under the direction of George F.
 Lindner. the Montgomery band played
 a number of concerts The organiza-
 tion had not been in Mobile long be-
 fore the people realized that the mem
 bers could play anything from the most difficult classics to the most tune-
 full rag time and the band stand of the Montgomery band was constantly the
 center of a large crowd.
 In the great pageant of Tuesday | morning. the Montgomery band was given the position of honor at the head IOl thc pdIduC OL AAihB CtiA AAA- To the Montgomerians the parades
 were a revelation. There were many present, who had been to carnivals at New Orleans time and again and the opinion was unanimous that while the
 Mobile carnival did not possess so
 much of the element of quantity that characterizes the New Orleans carni- val, that when quality was taken into
 consideration the honors went to Mo-
 bile. The floats were gorgeous and the
 ideas of the different subjects were ex- ecuted faithfully.
 The orchestra of the Montgomery City Band furnished the music for the Coronation Ball, and at several other of the most important social events. l MT. May expressed himself as feel- ing under obligations to the managers of the theatres Of Montgomery in whose orchestras a number of the mem- bers of the City Band are engaged. The theatre managers readily consent- their duties believing that their visit
 to Mobile would serve as an advertise
 ment of Montgomery.