Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-11
MUSIC CARNIVAL Al
ROCKFORD TOWER
Band and Chorus Closed Season Of
Outdoor Sings" Last Night
With Big Crowd.

Notwithstanding all the other attraction
and engagements of last evening, the
al frcs - wind-up of the Community
Chorus out door season brought out
the largest gathering OF alt and at
point aI far from iac Ccutcr ct things
as Rockford Park
Those whose duties or pleasures dld
not permit them TO reach the scene un'il
: o'clock found the scene already set
Nth ~urc enough basket pIcniccrS dotted
over the grounds and automobile ditto
with their matchmaking outht more
or less ostcntatIouslv displayed; semi
circle oi parked autos on radius oi about
tlvr hundred feet, centcrlng on, raised
platform ior the band, back Of whlch-
and reaching to the base ot the water
tower. chars and benches for chorus
Hines ut flags and streamcrs were drapcd
down from the towCrWall~. and the baili-
stand was decorated WITH tags and hunt
inc and illuminated with elect re hu'1N'
which twinkicd into hrillance, as the
dusk decpcncd and the LITTLE new moon
tNtnklcd out from the western SKY, as Il
anxious Ia ID its bit, although conght
unprcpared. as il were. Later on. several
flares were set up inside the cncoStre,
and some nf the cnclrclng aut"mohiir7
turned on their headlights
Bv 80 o'clock the band had finished
il supper. and ITS cigarettes. and took up
it's positions with Fred Watson m anu
form as assistant leader and Harry Har-
HART in white and gold. aS maestro.
SPLENDID NASH CONCERT.
The band consisting Of - men picked
from the forces of the NV York tltN
Community Chorus organization opened
,f .u i.,, v..rf}pf4.,r1 ia fare
by three of tho bugCS, with the "Alda
march. in which a full round tone was
developed acrccahly free from nc blatant
hlarc usually inflicted under the Cllec "a
music 4 Susa march. the lravlata
waltz the descriptive Hunting Scene
IN }uc.sloSsI aud jha William Tel march
we're tho principal ensemble numbers
of the band the solo numbers being
gwen bv MIR FAicoaI who brought ont
unsupported beauties from q Barytonc
horn and hy II Capoiifcrro, who gave
4 mastcrly rendition Of the '1yranlcd
Polka on the trumpet, and the Hawaiian
"Aloha rs an encore
lie i a noted vlrtuoso on has irstrI-
meut, standing at the head Of the glnld
In this country. and Is solo trumpetcr
to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
New York
And mention must not be overlooked
of the able and energetic snare drummer,
and artist IN his line.
SINGING By THE CHORUS.
The chorus sang Unfold. We portals,
.'Send out Thy light and 'HalleluJah
Chorus. very effectively. and crowd,
chorus and band joined in the famaiiar
airs ~ Dixie over There, ole
Virrinny. "Tentng tonight and q
dozen more.
Then came the Flag salute and Near
er nv God 70 Thee, and taps sounded
by the bugle in the background, and the
outdoor season was over
Barnhart said few words OF apprecIa-
ton 10 the chorus, before they dispersed
thanking them and the members OF the
various committees that have worked
So effectively although unostent&uouSly,
and IN return was gwen three rpuslng
cheers. with an extra round thrown in for
! red Watson
LARGEST CROWD YET.
The crowd was the largest yet and
hard to estimate with accuracy Il
there were not ten thousand people,
there were nearly that number Ger
ta!niv u was the largest Community
gathering for purely Community pur-
pose uutin2cd with part iSanshIp of any
variety. Of creed. politics, or race that
Wilmington has ever seen Whether
az not it be true that il Is in the ar.
Is HARRY Barnhart modcstis says. he is
1T least entitled to the credit of being the
instrument of starting something IN
the lie Of the cty
While tAcrc were several hundred
auta- parked on the edges of the circle
c..h o' 4mch brought a full load. the
the majority of the audience depended
un the ear lines which we're rather over
taxc IN taking the crowds ont. and
broueht TENN back without great DELAY
or inconvenience