Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-11-09

ingt eastern and western osoociationo
and every itsm d sxpsnss incurred n
any way By ths chorusss In thsir local ~
hsarsal work and In the festival work IL
sslf, have bssn carried on q IN expense
Of c3nyooo. (How l wish IL people
would remember how greatly ths hotels
and railroads and merchants proft By
thsss festivals,
I'VE have brought ninety-six great
national and international artists 70
Maine; and havs heard thirty-ssvsn
Maine artists. The choral works given
number IN, and the orchsstsA nambsfs
played, 102. have conducted 12e concsfts
with orchestra. The bangor festival
chorus has rshsarsed 50 times, on ths
conservative estimate Of twenty-five re-
hearsals yAf. Of which have personally
conducted 10.
I have trsvslsd $4,000 miles TO conduct
this local chorus alone, and have con-
ducted 500 rshearaals nom n. Fairfield 70
Ksnnebunk. In the State the mileage b.
tween chorusss 10 500 miles. and estimate
that, figuring very conservativsly, have
Travelled over 1000 miles during the past
fourteen ysars ON festival business.
"During the fourteen years, over Aou
different men and women have sung In
Maine festival choruses, and the people
attended the festival concerts In Mains
have numbered about $4,000 - nearly y
can estimate the attendance. And an
glad to ~ that to-day the Maine mu1ic
festival associations do NOT ovs . cent.
Right here, however, want 70 ~ that II
10 possible to make this gratifying state
ment only because OF the continued ener-
ectic support, with their time and money,
given TO the ailAirs Of the eastern associa-
tion BY Hon. r. o. Bsal and c. J. Ward
Icy and John L. Parker, Of bangor, and
to the western association BY Edward A.
Noyes, OF Portland. And know that .
| very, very great Contributing factor TO oul
SUCCESS has been the support given 70 the
festivals BY the newspaper Of the State,
especially those OF Bangor and Portland
~ have made . fortune through the
| festivals Of the last fourteen years. MOI
in dollars, but In making the Maine musis
festivals known the world over, and In
knowing that have given Maine de-
sire for the best there 10 in music and Z
constantly growing capacity for the ap-
probation OF IL.
IA few years ago Souaa at through one
OF our concerts in Portland. Al It's clos
be said: Chapman, you give the people
more good music In one night than do In
. year. You, the chances are, will die
poor, and . millionaire, because play
6ousa marches.' simply replied that my
work was to popuiarixe the best Of music
in Maine, and to educate the public tasts
70 standard works.
"a nave been asked before this year Why
! did not have my choruses sing mors
popular music. I have always replied
that the standard OF music this choruses
were singing bad been coming TO Be mors
popular evesy year. And l think that u
10. do not believe could have held the
Maine chosuses together for fourteen
years on such music a. Pinaforc or ths
Mikado.
Snow, however. we arr TO tighten the
festivals, not by taking up lighter music
and thereby lowering the standard, but by
emitting the giving of continuous work,
and taking up only acts and scenes OF the
best things; and believe the change will
. beneficial one"