The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-15
PAY
HONOR TO
QUEEN
CFrOm Thursdays Advertlser.)

(From Thursdays Advertiser)
Never was prettier or more appro-
pirate tribute paid Her Majesty, Queen
Liliuokalani, than that offered last
evening when the Philippine Constabu
larry band marched out to Washington
Place to play the Queen s own compo.
sition, Aloha De.
The Queen first received Captain
Loving and Mr.. Sellner, the manager of
the band, who informed her that the
men Of the band had learned the piece
from hearing it played while here last
February; that each Of the eighty six
men had written his own orchestral
part for his individual instrument, and
that they had asked to be allowed to
render it for her.
Her Majesty thanked them in most
gracious manner, and Captain Loving
stepped down, raised his hand, and the
first notes of the plaintive melody of
Aloha De were carried out among the
palms. Her Majesty's face lighted up
with a pleasant smile, and throughout
the piece she sat with clasped hands,
listening intently until the last low
note had died away, when she warmly
applauded.
After the Hawaiian selection the Fill.
pinos played medley of their own ma.
tive music, to which the Queen was an
attentive listener, and, when the band
struck up the Star Spangled Banner,
Her Majesty was the first to arise.
After the national anthem the boys
stood with barred heads and courtesied
to the Queen, who bade them gracious
aloha.
Musicians Please All.
The band gave two concerts yester-
day at the Orpheum, and the symphony
orchestra will give concert this after
noon, which promises to be quite a
society event.
The program yesterday afternoon was
made up of the request numbers, and
showed that Honolulu s musiclovers are
up in the very best in the music line,
/ for the first half of the program closed
with Wagnerian selection, and the
second half with one by Rubenstein.
Each number called forth an encore; in
fact, the encore numbers received the
larger rounds of applause, especially
Mendelsshon Is Spring Song and La Pa
Iona. But it was when the band struck
up the opening airs of Aloha De that the
audience rose to it's feet to cheer.
The Philippine Constabulary band is
conceded to be one of the greatest mill
tary bands in this country, a verdict
in which Honolulu cordially agrees. OF
| the eighty-six members of the organi
cation, each one plays as many as two
instruments, the organization being {
symphony orchestra as well as brass
band. These musically-gifted Filipinol
have more than fulfilled the expecta
tions of President Taft, through whose
offices they were organized eight years
ago, in the Philippines, while the Pres
ident was governor-general of the
islands.
Since taking the grand prize at the
st. Louis exposition, the Filipinos have
added one long, continuous string OF
laurels to their collection. They partici
pated in the inaugural ceremonies al
Washington, when, at the invitation
of President Taft, they were his escort
of honor from the White House to the
Capitol. The members were again hon
ored, the same day, in the parade anC
at the state dinners at the White House
The members of the band have become
as a matter of fact, known popularl,
as "The President g Pets. !"
Last evening the program included
well-known compositions of Rossini
Grieg, Beethoven, Donizetto, List, anC
Verdi.