Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-12
Luther College Band VIII Arrive i'm
DecOrah Wednesday, Aug. 10Th
and Will Give Concert
at Grand i'm Eve
ming.
BIG BANQUET AND
CONCERT ON AUG Goth
People Are Coming From Long
Distance to Greet the Musicians
and Enjoy the Banquet
and Concerts, for
Which Tickets are
Now on Sale.

The Luther College Concert Band
will arrive in Decorah next We'd
nesday afternoon, at $500, on the
Milwaukee. and that evening will
give their home coming concert at
the Grand opera house.
They are now having a very Sue
cessful American tour. Last night
they appeared ct Fargo, and tonight
will play at Twin Valley, Mimi.
Their first American concert on the
return from Norway was given at
Boston, and other cities favored by
them to date were Cleveland, Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Mantiwoc, VAL
ders, lola, Whitehall, Blair, Cages
vile, La Crosse, Wis, Spring Grove.
RushfSrd, Kasson, Minneapolis.
Granite Falls, Wilmar, Montevideo,
Watson, Fargo. Tonight they are
at Twin Valley, Mimi, and have the
following towns to play before ar
irving home: Detroit, Mimi, Fer
gus Falls, Barrett, Starbuck, Glen
wood, Albert Lea, Bricelyn and
Lake Mills. Six towns are booked
for concerts, making thirty-seven
in all for their return trip.
The concert to be given on the
college grounds on the afternoon or
Aug. goth promises to be very
great event and a very large gath
ering is expected to be in Decorah
on that day. The people of the coun-
try districts surrounding Decorah
are all signifying not only their
willingness, but their extreme eager
ness to attend.
The towns surrounding Decorah
are all preparing to send large dele
cations to the final concert of this
band that has spent the summer in
Europe and which has had such
great success across the water and.
in some of the largest cities In the
United States. Some people are also
coming from a distance for the oc-
casion and special trains are talked
of by some places as a means or
reaching Deeorah on that day. Peo-
pie from a distance are securing
their tickets for the banquet which
| is to be given in the auditorium on
the evening of August goth so that
| is is expected that August Goth will
be a big day in the history OF De-
corah. f.
! The concert on the afternoon OF
August 10th will be held on the
college grounds and will be in the
nature Of a welcome home and a
speech of welcome will be made
by some prominent speaker and
Pres. Preus will relate about the
trip to Norway. After this concert
those of you who were born and
reared in Norway will be given OPP
portunity TO speak with those Inem-
bers of the band that have visited
your old home or "bygd' so that
you may each get first hand news
from your old home.
Remember the dates. Concert in
the Grand opera house, Aug. l9 at
$3.50 D. m. sharp. On the afternoon
of August goth at 2:0o O'Clock y.
m. concert on the college grounds,
admission so cents. On the evening
of August goth the people of Decor
ah tender the band banquet in the
college auditorium. All who wish
may attend the banquet and should
procure their tickets from the CONF
mittee in charge as soon as possible.
Tickets are now on sale, for the
evening concert at Parman's Drug
Store, for the afternoon concert at
all the Decorah banks, the Luther
an Publishing House and X. A.
Vick's store and the banquet tickets
can be purchased from a COMMITTEES
OF which l.. S. Dale is the chairman.
1t is necessary to procure the BAN
quet tickets early in order that an
approximate estimate of the number
who will be present may be made
and provisions made accordingly.
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