The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-29
ST. JOHNSBURY FOLK
ENJOYING WINTER
in SUNNY SOUTH
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hooker
Write Interesting Let
ter from Florida
LOCATED AT ORLANDO
Picking Flowers and Listning to
$4,000 Band Makes Winter
LOCATED AT ORLANDO
Picking Flowers and Listning to a
$4,000 Band Makes Winter
Season Pleasant

l will begin by saying we are well,
getting along finely and hope that all
of you are doing the same.
Perhaps you would like to hear
something about the new attractions
we have here this winter 1t is a
$4,000 band
Mr.. Rollo F. Powers of Chicago,
director of "Powers and His Band,'
and his 26 artists, all belogning to
the Federation IF Musicians. They
carry IL trunks containing a musical
! library.
The Instrumentation of this band is:
Six BIB clarinets, one Eb clarinet, one
flute, one oboe, one Italian harp, one
BIB baritone, one small drum and
tyn1panies, three BIB cornets, one BIB
trumpet, one F trumpet three French
horns, two BIB basses, two BIB tenor
trombones, one bass trombone, one
large drum and chimes.
They gave their first concert Fri
day evening, Jan. II, 1919, from
temporary band stand erected in
front of the Board of Trade head
quarters.
The opening selection, "Orlando
March," was composed by the direc-
tor. For blocks and blocks the
streets were lined with autos and
from Washington street to Central
Avenue the eager public swarmed, un-
til there were thousands and thous-
ands janmed into the small space.
After the first half of the program,
M4s Powers retired amid an ovation
and handed the baton to Sig. Frulla,
his associate director, for the re-
snainder of the program, of which the
two last acts of the opera, "Andrea
Chenier," were transeriptioBs of his
sown al arranging, both of which were
iplayed from manuscript, the first time
L in the South Closed with the Star
Spangled Banner The opening con-
cert was wonderful beyond descrip-
ton and gave proof to the music low
+ ing public that the "Powers Band" is
! all and more than was promised and
ranks among the best of the country.
fThey gave a sacred concert Sunday
and it was estimated that at least
10000 persons heard the music.
"Powers Band" expects to play for
10 weeks, giving daily concerts after
noon and evening and the program
is printed in the Orlando Morning
Sentinel.
= A band stand has been erected in
the Eola Park. One afternoon while
sitting there listening to the music
though l am many miles away, with
hills and valleys between, my
thoughts trambled to my Vermont
home and I wished that everyone
could feast their eyes on this picture
II Just imagine perfect summer day
Y lovely Eola Lake, Eola Park, palms
shrubs, roses, "a little in the distance
many houses peeking out from
among the great green trees, over al
g the blue sky, patches of white here
and there, seems down here "just lik'
great tent covering u.s." and to me
it is a little more beautiful than any
where else.
Some of the St. Johnsbury people
II are here and are enjoying the beau
tiful sunny mild climate. Mr.. ant
= Mrs Grow of Pearl street are here
p One day while on the street I wa
n very much surprised to meet MI
J. Charles Flint and Mr.. John Page
, their wives are here with them. On
y day they went with US, in the auto
- about % miles to St. Cloud, callet
= the "Wonder City," because of it
- rapid growth. 1t is built upon th
shore of East Lake Tohopoefaliga, ;
body of clear water seven miles wid'
;. and nine miles long. St. Cloud lie
- on the water shed sometimes callet
-, the Backbone of Florida" sevent.
y feet above sea level, the waters drail
g southwark into the Kissimmee rive
and northward into the ST. John
river. St. Cloud is the home of th
veterans of the civil war, called th'
= "Veteran Colony" We had dinner a
the St. Cloud hotel.
= After returning to Orlando, W,
l. visited the grave of. Mr. F Eaton
,e about two miles out The Flint
and Pages thought it a wonderful
: sight and they enjoyed picking SOM
IS kamquates, tangerines, grape frui
Y and oranges. There was one larg
cluster of grape fruit hanging iron