The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-08-25
NEW DEPARTURE IN STATE FAIR
Splendid Musical Program Each Evening
Combining Grand Opera and Masni-
ficent Instrumental Concert----
Signor Lombardo's Band and
Grand Opera Concert
Co. Engaged
Forty four Instruments, Twenty four
Singers, Including Eight operate
Soloists----Only Two Other State
Fairs Have Undertaken This
Attraction

Attraction
With the largest exhibit ever
made in the state, as we'll as the
largest and best speed program,
already secured, and every indica-
tion of a record breaking attend
ance, the state fair board is deter
mined that no visitor shall 60 home
disappointed. There will be some
thing doing every minute, from
at 10 o'clock a. m. of the first day
until 10 90 p. m. of the last day
with barely a nightly recess of ten
hours for needed rest.
In addition to the daily program
of the fair proper, a contract has
been closed and all arrangements
perfected for a magnificent musical
entertainment every evening by
the great Lombardo's Band and
Grand Opera Concert company for
a concert each night of the fair.
The company consists Of A in
strumental players, all specialists,
"a singers, including 8 operate
soloists; 68 performers, every one
of whom is a specialist. The COM
pany'sentertainment was themusic-
al hit of the occasion at the great
Knights Templar conclave held
recently in Chicago. Only two
other state fairs have ventured on
the expense of this entertainment;
but the South Dakota state fair
board is acting on the motto That
the very best is never too good for
South Dakotans."
These concerts will be held in
the great stock pavilion each eve-
ming commencing at 8 o'clock. In
addition to the spacious ampithea-
ter of the arena will be seated with
comfortable settees, affording in
all seats for 1900 people.
The instrumental band includes
flute, piccolo, ODE, E fiat clarinet,
solo clarinet, 4 1st clarinets, 8 2nds,
2-4ths, soprano, alto, tenor, bari
tone and bass saxaphones; solo 1st,
End, 3rd and 4th cornets; solo, 1st,
End and 3rd French horns; solo,
LIST, 2nd and 3rd trombones; 1st
and End baritones; 1st and 2nd
bassooons; two string basses, l E
fiat bass, / contra basso i'd aucia;
kettle drums, snare and bass drums.
All the clarinets are of the Clari-
phone system, a recent invention
by Signor Lombardo.
The grand opera singers include
soprano dramatic; soprano lyrics;
mezzo soprano; contralto; first and
second tenor, baritone and bass
voices. The chorus includes first
and second sopranos, altos, first
and second tenors, baritones and
and bases. This assures visitors
to the state fair musical enter
tainment of q character never ap-
preached in the state; band con-
cert equal to any thing in the Unit
ed States, with grand opera selec-
tions by the finest talent on the
operate stagd. 1t has deem pro
vided for your entertainment at a
cost of not less than $1,000, with
full confidence Of such high class
musical program will be enjoyed
and appreciated by the people of
the state.
The day has passed in the his
tory of this state, when South
Dakotans must, perforce, be salts
fed to meet together at the fair
and be entertained solely By con-
templating their own achievments
ID farming, stock breeding and
domestic science. With the great
81 per capita, annual earnings, and
the highest percentage Of accumu-
ated wealth, within the past ton
yeal1 n ~ ~ $780, in the union,
~ Dnlotan is warrnnted