The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-05-13
MUNICIPAL DANCES PLANNED
Band Concerts Galore Will BE Provided
For the Entertainment of the Visitors
Finance Committee Will Need 81
600 to Garry Out Plans

The heads of all the committees
in charge Of Kenosha's big Home
Coming celebration held recently at
the offices Of the Kenosha Retailer 8
Association and the reports of the
various committee leaders showed that
the movement in favor of the Home
Coming is rapidly gaining impetus
The reports showed that D lot of peo-
ole in Kenosha were showing q real
interest in the big festival of re-
miniscence and lot Of people all over
the country who once called Kenosha
their home have their ears to the
ground awaiting the announcement of
the formal program for the big event.
This program will not be issued until
about the first Of June and copy of
it is to be sent to more than two thous-
and people.
Reports of the finance committee
showed that the movement is meeting
with the hearty support of the people
Of the city. In half days. work the
committee collected total of six
hundred dollars. This is an excellent
start, but nearly three times this
amount will be needed to carry out the
plans made by the various committees
in charge of the program. Just lit
tie indication Of the big things planned
has De5n given out. During tie three
days Kenosha is going to have music
galore. The bands of the city are ex-
pected to play continuously or as near
continuously as is physically possible
and the band concerts are to be held
in all parts of the city. The bill for
music Is TO be one of the largest of the
bills to be paid by the committee.
Kenosha is going to be ablaze with
color in honor of her returning sons
and it is declared that the decorations
of the streets will exceed any thing ar
ranged in Kenosha in recent years.
The merchants on Main street and
other streets in the down town district
have declared their willingness to aid
in carrying out the scheme Of decora-
tions and the plans for them will be
announced within few days, Just
as soon as the "Kenosha Slogan is
adopted it will be worked out in a
score of decorative designs and it is
certain that there will be big demand
for this kind of decorations.
There are going to be some big dances
in connection with the Home Coming.
Over on the north side of the city it is
planned to sweep portion of Lake
avenue clean as lady's parlor and
make room for dancing party which
will take care of thousand couples.
Music for this dance will be furnished
by a band made up of all of the lead
ing orchestras of Kenosha. Another
big municipal dance is being planned
for the south side and it viii probably
be held at Eichelman Park on one of
the evenings of the big event. The
committee is also planning for special
vaudeville acts to be pulled off on the
street during the three days and paid
entertainers win be brought to the city
for this purpose. The theatres are CO.
operating with the committee and the
managers have given assurance that
they viii have programs Of real merit
on all of the three days.
a formal request will be made for
Official sanction to the Home Coming
and at the next regular meeting of the
common council an appropriation will
be asked from the city to aid in pay.
inc the expenses.