The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-02
The BANDS POPULARITY
The Marine Band Played at Ocean
Grove Last Season and Rivalled
All Other Bands.

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All Other Bands.
Last season the United States Ma
rine band played an engagement at
Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and on n
occasion there vas a crowd Of 5000
people assembled to hear this great
organization.
The band there met with the finest
kind OF a reception and the people
were wildly enthusiastic over the
music and the way in which Lieuten-
ant Santelmann and the band en-
deavored to please the crowds. Mich
ell will offer the citizens of the north
west the golden opportunity to hear
the band of the country at the corr
palace during the entire week of
Sept. 81 to Oct. 2. 1t is likely that
it will he a great many years before
such another chance is afforded the
people to hear the Marine band, for
the reason that it so seldom leaves
Washington to make a trip to the
far west. On this occasion the stay
of the band in the west will be very
short as it is scheduled to only play
the engagement at Mitchell, and this
is about the only place where this
famous band "a be heard.
To give the public some conception
of the music the Marine band PLAYS,
and the popularity the band attain
ed during its engagement at Ocean
Grove, the following article from the
Asbury park Journal is given:
Appreciative demonstration of the
U. S. Marine band was even greater
last night at the Ocean Grove audit
evening at the first concert by his
famous organization. The audience
was larger also and showered trem-
endous applause upon Lieut.. William
II. Santelmann and his musicians.
There were several features that
made the second concert a greater
event than the first me-. The chill
drens' chorus occupied the gallery
and looked charming a they com
pletely filled the seats surrounding
the organ. They always do, for that
matter, but they apparently wanteo
to show the band as we'll as the aud
fence what they could do when they
made up their minds that way.
Just after the bands opening mum.
Der a company of So U. s. Marines
from Sea Girt, in charge of Sergean,
Brong, filed into the auditorium anG
marched to seats assigned them ir
the center block of the main floor
The appearance of the fine body o.
men in uniform brought forth grea'
applause and the band struck VI
"Sempea Fideles" the official march
of the L. S. Marine corps.
The combination of band and or
gan and children's chorus was an
other feature that pleased everybody
1t was a great concert and a grea
night at Ocean Grove.
Numerous EncOres.
The program, with the encores
was as follows: Overture, "Egmont'
(Beethoven); first encore, "Sempe
Fideles'' march, second encore, "Ma
lple Leaf, a ragtime selection AM
the only one the band plays; Idyl
"Glow Worm" Ninke); first encore
Notwithstanding Through Geor
|gia", second encore, "Gate Cit
March," introducing Dixie, Mary
land, My Maryland" Suwanee Riv
er," and similar airs; cornet solo
"Creanonian Polka" (Weldon), Al
: thur S. Whitcomb; encore, '"The Ros
Iof the World" (Herbert) Norwegia
Dances Nos. 1 and 2 (Greig); frs
encore, Humoresque, merry Wido'
Waltz; second encore, "Spanis
Love Song" Grand Fantasia, "Be
hemian Girl" (Balfe); encore
"Lucia" sextet; Children's chorus
Yankee Doodle Boy, accompanie
by band directed by Tall Essen Mo
gan; encore America; waltz, ''Th
bachelors (by %request), (Sante
mann); encore Humoresque. "Afrai
to Go Home in the Dark, "Tan,
hauser'' overture, (Wagner), ban
and organ; encore, "Semper Fideles
march; finale "The Star spangle
Banner" band, organ and children
chorus.
Program in Detail.
The opening overture was a sple
did number. The Maple Leaf" ia
time started feet going. The cello
Worm always popular gave the au
fence much pleasure. Anything tn
introduced the popular national al