The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-18
.|NNES BAND Will
COME This WEEK
"Wednesday Club Arranges for
Great Music estival at
Auditorium.
POSTPONE CONCERT TONIGHT
Big Chorus and Band Will Be
Heard Friday and Saturday Ri:
Evenings.

Even in tho height OF the season
Richmond has seldom before had the
opportunity to hear the combination
of musical talent that Will DO presented
at the City Auditorium this week under
the auspices OF tho Wednesday Club.
This organization had arranged for
and announced a concert, to be given
in conjunction with tho High School
chorus Tonight, and by ii fortunate
chance the managers have been able
to secure Innes's Orchestral Band, one
of the finest In this country, to CO.
operate with the local production.
The conbination-the largest chorus
ever heard here and select orchestral
accompanimcnt-will be presented at
the City Auditorium on Friday and
Saturday night OF this week. The con.
cert scheduled for Tonight is there
fore postponed, and tickets already
sold will be 5honored on Friday night,
when the purchaser will enjoy a per-
formance Tar in; advance of what was
at first proposed.
Work of Chorus.
The chorus part OF the coming con-
cert VIII be ex ccllcnt. IA fun re-
nearsal was held last night at the Y.
NJ Q. A. Hall, with neary six hundred
personsein place. The chorus is COM
posed OF the members OF the Wednes-
day Club ttZ High School chorus. ana
the choirs OF nearly oil of the leading
churches, and Is very much the same
as that which sang so SUCCESSFULLY NJ
the sacred concert during tho Confed-
crate Reunion.
Mr.. Walter c. Mercer is tho director,
ana last night accomplished results
musical critics present
1t was by the merest chance that
the great lines orchestral band was
secured. 1t has played in Richmond
oefore at the Academy at $3.50 rates
to full house. and has seldom given
popular priced entertainments. The ag-
gregation has Just completed series
Of engagements In Cincinnati, and has
months engagement with tho James
town Exposition Company beginning
on Monday night. Tho band consists Of
i sixty pieces. including orchestral parts
/ and claims to have travelled moro ex-
|: tensiVely over this country than any
other musical company. with the pos
slble exception OF Sousa's. Mr.. Innes
tho director passed through Richmond
en- route to Norfolk yesterday morning,
and was seen at tho station by Mr..
Mercer and several members Of the
board 81 governors OF the "wednesday
Club, and the negotiations for the con-
cert were concluded on the spot. The
advance agent OF tho company, Mr.
Slunk.tis In Richmond. arranging al
the5dotails, and the program for both
concerts will DO announced in day5o1
two. n
Changed the Date.
In changing the date OF the concert
from Tuesday to Friday night. num-
Der OF difficulties wero met by the
board Of governors OF tho "Wednesday
Club. Among them was the fact thai
the Auditorium was leased to tho ladies
Of Pine Street Baptist Church. who
proposed giving a. musical and literary
4 entertainment there on that night
| When the matter was laid before then
and It was shown that this was the
only time that the limos Band coult
be heard in Richmond. the ladies very
readily consented to move their enter.
tainment forward to Thursday night
for which time they have taken the