The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-04
Maysvine Band Lands Contract
For Blue Grass Fair at-Lenngton
Local Band Gets Contract Over Some
or the Greatest Organizations
In Exlstence-Great
Advertisement.

Members Of the managing commit
tee of the Maysville Boys Band here
receiy>d telegram this morning from
Colonel J. Barbour Russell, manager
Of the band, who was in Lexington,
informing thom that he had this
morning signed contract with the
Music Committee of the Blue Grass
Fair to furnish the band music for the
1921 season.
This is by far the biggest contract
the local band has ever signed and is
considered the greatest compliment
yet paid the band for some Of the
greatest musical organizations in the
world have been making a bid for the
Lexington Job. Some six or eight ma
tionally known bands had been after
tho contract as well as one large
Canadian organization. The Maysville
band was selected because of the phe-
nominal success the local band has
made, because Of its being a great
drawing card, being the only juvenile
band in this section of the United
States efficient enough to play such
contracts and because of the pressure
brought to bear upon the officers of
the fair company by friends of the
band both in and out of Lexington
The contract signed by Colonel Rus
sell this morning calls for forty piece
band for an entire week and the price |
Is so large as to be startling in COM
parison with the figures paid the band
for past fair engagements.
The engagement will open with a
public concert on the court house |
square on Sunday afternoon Septem-
Der 4th. On the following Monday |
which will be Labor Day, the band
will lead the Labor Day street de-
onstration to the Blue Grass Fair
grounds. The fair opens on Monday
and during each day Of the week the
band will play concert in the after
noon and evening The evening con-
cert will be one hour in duration.
The Blue Grass Fair company is
under contract to spend at least ST.
500 in advertising the fair throughout
he country. They will post large
posters of the band on billboards
throughout the entire state and pic
:ures of the band will be carried in
newspapers and periodicals through
several states. This contract will
,ring to Maysville the greatest adver-
isement the city has ever had and
will give to the band great prestige
which 1t could hardly procure in any
'ther manner than in furnishing mu-
ic for such an institution as the Blue
irass fair.
The management will begin at once
o make all arrangements for the full
llling of this contract and the men,
'ers Of the band will be made to real
ze the Importance of making good
With capital letters for such an op- ,
to make good seldom comes I
0 such youthful musicians. The band Il
viii be worked hard in the time left 9
efore September on high class music. {
Already they are more efficient in II
uch music than the ordinary band
ut they will determine to become ex-
ert before the date for filling of this
Engagement.
Plans are already underway to pur-
hase complete new uniforms for the
orty members who will be selected to
lay for the fair and they will be the
lost attractive uniforms that can be
urchased too.
Colonel Russell has made arrange 7
tents for the band to have headquar- I,
,rs at the Phoenix Hotel and the y
lembers will be kept there during the 9
eek in the best possible style.
the signing Of such an agreement
My means stepping stone to some
ling big in the musical world and in )
10 future our band can look forward
many big contracts. Il