The daily sentinel., 1906-10-31
THE HAWAIIANS
The Great Band Charmed a Large
Audience ut the Park Opera
House Last Night-One
of the Best Ever
Heard Here.


Heard Here.
Inspiring. beautiful. richly enter
tanning and wonderful In its scope
and quality. was the concert given
last night at the Park opera house by
the Royal Hawaiian Band, which has
been touring America for some
months and is now en- route home TO
! Honolulu.
Beyond doubt it was one of the
| grandest musical treats the people of
/ Grand junction have ever had oppor-
| tunlty to enjoy. II is n great band.
a remarkable company of natural in
strumentalists and vocalists. The
1 Hawaiian band Is all that is claimed
\ for it and not a single person who
heard 1t last night was disappointed
| in the least.
The band consists of forty-two
/ pieces and there is not an unneces-
sary instrument in the organization.
And every man is a true musician.
4 holding perfect mastery over his in
/ strument.
All members of the band are ma
/ tive Hawaiians and appearing as
] they did on the stage last night in
white and duck suits these brown
men of the tropic isles of the Pacific
made a very handsome showing. Mr.
Berger. the leader of the organization
/ is a German and his control over the
/ big band is remarkable and most
perfect.
/ The Hawaiian Band is indeed a
versatile organization. more so than
many of the great musical organiza-
/ tions. The fact that all members
have excellent voices allows n mix
ture of instrumental and vocal selec-
tions that lend spice and variety TO
the program. making it interesting
and refreshing every moment.
The march. THE Victor" the open
| ing selection, was a splendid num-
Der. But then it would be unfair to
give special accent to the beauty of
any one of the band numbers, each
was of the very highest class and
each called forth great applause from
the enraptured audience. Many
thought that the selection from the
! Bohemian Girl was the most eN-
quisitely rendered of any of the num-
bers The overture from The Poet
and Peasant" the introduction from
Carmen" the waltz from LA
/ Source" Cooks Red and White"
4 polka. and the last mighty number,
/ the Hawaiian Ponoi' closing with
the Star Spangled Banner and Dixie,
d
superb band program heard in Grand
Junction in years.
| Miss Lei Lehna, the soloist, said
to be a neice of Queen Lii. completely
captivated the crowd last night with
her native songs. She certainly pos
| sesses a voice of rare sweetness. won
derful scope and marvelously deli
cate qualities. She is one of the
daintiest little soloists ever heard in
the city, she is a typical belle of those
dreamy isles of eternal summer way
out in the Pacific Those songs of
hers. although unintelliglble to the
American in their wording, would
charm anyone. Miss Lehna won the
greatest favor with the audience and
she was recalled time and again.
The songs by the Royal Hawaiian
Glee Club, with mandolin, guitar and
other stringed instrument accompani-
ment. were immensely enjoyed. These
too were Hawaiian songs and hulas,
and the rythm. swinging, soothing
beauty, simple but perfect harmony
and hypnotic power of these ballads.
love songs and seranades worked
with magic power on that enthusiastic
audience. Those dusky and stalwart
Hawaiians have voices of most envi-
able quality and strength, and the
opera house rang again and again
with the echoes of their native songs.
The young gentleman who render
ed several solos with the Glee Club
assisting in the chorus awoke the
highest admiration. AS encores to
his native songs he rendered several
stirring Aerican ballads, the prettiest
of which We're "The Pretty Maid of
the Southern Sea-" and THE Ameri
can Girl" in the last selection hit
was made by changing in the con
cluding verse the words Just n plain
American Girl is Good Enough for
Me" to Just Plain Hawaiian Girl. ."
etc.
The concert of the Royal Hawaiian
band will rank as one of the leading
musical events in Grand functions
history.
The pink boas or large collars worn
| by the Hawaiians attracted much at
tention. These are emblems of honor
in the Islands and were bestowed
upon the members of the band by the
governmental Hawaii