Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-15
MAINE MUSICIANS.

The annual business meeting of Tay-
lor's Military Band was held in the
armory Tuesday evening. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President and leader, Prof. j. II.
Taylor; clerk, treasurer and business
manager, Fl. NJ. Bush; board of trus-
tees, II. M. Bush, c. B. Emerson and {.
F. Hurd; property manager, F. II.
Whittier: second leader, H. Burdick;
drum major, Capt. w. T. Pollard. P:e-
vious to the business meeting rehear-
sal was held. This was the first after
the winter vacation and was largely
attended.
The new pipe organ in the Conere-
gational church was dedicated Sunday
morning, Feb. Z, and was attended by
a large audience of friends of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon H. Fogg. The
church was profusely decorated with
white carnations, roses and smllaX.
The new organ was artistically drap-
ed with smilax and roses and carna-
tons Roses and smilax were used IN
decorating the altar. The order of SER
vice was as follows: Organ voluntary,
Mr.. C. T.. Saunier; Sentence, "Holy
Holy" choir; invocation; Doxology,
choir and congregation: Apostles
Greed; Gloria; responsive reading NO.
10; anthem, chorus; offertory, Mr. c. Il.
Saunier; hymn, "The Home Land" NO.
573; Scripture lesson; pastoral prayer;
response, organ; hymn, 80 Paradise
No. SD; memorial address; duet,
"Anglcs of Jesus" Mrs. l.. O. Ludwig,
Mr.. E. l.. Cleveland; hymn, "Thc Cloud
of Witnesses" No. $40; bcnedictlon;
postlude, Mr.. c. Z. Saunicr.
Blue HILL an 1dyllic spot on an in
let of the Maine coast, not far from
Mount Desert, is perhaps the gathering
place. during the heated term, of more
musical folk than any other town of
its sort in the United States. Thither
at the end Of the music season so
Frank Knciscl and the other members
of hIg quartet with their families;
Thomas Taper, the lecturer and cdi-
tor, and his family; II. f. krehbiel,
the critic of the New York Tribune,
and his family; Olive Mead, the Vlo-
linist, and H. w. Parker, head of the
music department at Yale. and MS
family, for rest, recreation ana pfac-
tice saws the Musical American. MIS-.
F,lhelnert NeVin, widow of the Slftcd
composer. has a cottage at Airly Hea-
con. d few miles farther up the coast,
and the Damrosch families and Harold
Randolph, director of the Peabody
Conservatory of Baltimore spend part
of the summer at Mount Desert. Inc
"rusticators," at the town people call
the summer folks" invite their
friends down for weekend outings, ana
thus Gercke. Bispham. Louise Homer,
Frank Ellis. Arthur Whiting and many
other prominent musicians have en-
loved the cool brceZes and the pictur-
esore mountain and ocean scenery OF
this unnretentions clown East mecca
for musicians 1.-The State of Name,
as the Pine Tree State Nernacular mas
it. for many years has been a favorite
land with musicians. Wulf Fries and
Junius w. Hill of Boston were the 1lrst
sons of Apollo to build summer homes
there. The former was Norwegian
and a fellow countryman of Mrs. ThoS.
Taper. then teacher at the New
England conservatory, and through
Fries, the Tappers went to Blue Hill
This was in 1897. Mrs. Taper was So
charmed with the spot that her nus
band decided to build cottage at Par
ker Point, u wooded peninsular, three
10 yy,Jn