Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-31
Villas County's First Surgical Clinic
Fills Long Felt Need in Child Health
PLAN OF FINANCING
HOME TOWN BAND


Eureka! / believe that have the
only proper solution for financing 8
oand in small town where the band re
ceiyes no salary from the municipality
as in many and many locality. Sun
lay, | drove my family, mother and
sister, over to small town eighteen
miles this side of Chippewa Falls
namely, Boyd, where the Band Asso.
citation of some IL bands in that lOca.
ity held their Band Tournament The
Grip was a long one but if | had hearu
nothing else but the 105th Regimental
Band of Eau Claire, 80 pieces undel
the leadership of one Mr. Steinmetz,
should have felt myself amply well
paid. These bands participated in the
went; Eau Claire 105th Regimental,
Boys band sixty pieces, and Veterans
II Foreign War, about 20 sailors from
eau Claire; two bands from Lady.
NTH, one As and the other go; Chip
Cewa Falls; Cadott, Fall Greek; a
.4Ils' band from Eleva of 16 pieces;
Stanley; Boyd, etc.
The method of working the program
was that all bands in the association
would meet at one of the towns one
Sunday and play under management,
of that band of that particular town.
The wives of the band members would
serve dinner and supper and furnish
free to every band member from other
towns as well as their families. ALI
others paid for their meal Promptly
at one o'clock two of the bands would
start playing, one on each of the two
platforms in the park. Thus each band
played about ten selections, alternat-
ing one selection each, and with no
time wasted between each selection.
When each band played it's ten selec-
tons two new bands stepped on the
platforms and played and this kept VI
all day. The outside bands could
leave after their part Of the program j.
they desired. From supper time on,
the local band played their concert
The local band conducted all the
booths on the premises selling drinks,
cigars, eats, etc. Sixty girls 18th cans
tagged every one entering the park
and it was estimated there were over
900 there Sunday and at least $500
taken in, all going to the local Boyd
band of but thirty pieces. Therein Les
the solution of financing local bands.
When the tournament meets at Eau
Claire they take in about $500 instead
Every tournament insures against rain
so they are protected Those bands
cali afford to hire good leaders, pay
themselves for rehearsals and con-
certs, and not until some such arrang-
ment can small town bands as ours,
ever hope to get good membership out
for winter rehearsals.
/ could suggest some such an Asso
citation for Eagle River, Rhinelander,
Tomahawk, Amigo, Crandon, Phillips
Hurley and other bands in smaller
towns within same radius, to be form
ed this winter to be used next season.
Band members who like to take theiI
family on an outing Sundays get a
good ride some distance from home
each Sunday that they meet, get a
meal for the entire family, and one
good pay day for his work on the day
they meet at his town.
want to say however that Eagle
River band compares very favorably
with every band except the Eau Claire
band which far outshone anything
there. They played such music as The
Quartette from Rigoletti by Verdi; a
Duo for Eb and BIB clarinets, etc.
Chippewa Falls Band was good, but
our own programs here were of heav
Ter grade than all those put on by the
other bands l noticed that the clari
net section is every band but Chip
pewa Falls and Eau Claire was as de-
ficient as our own; and I play clarines
in our own at that. 1t seems that clar
net players are as rule, not as good
players as cornet players or trombone
players. And most band practised the
keeping time with the foot" with the
exception of the Regimental band
Eagle River people who do not appre-
ciate the class of music played by our
own band should have heard this
tournament.
The next tournament for them is
Labor day at Wisota Beach, two miles
this side of Chippewa Falls and a mum
Der of band men and their families
are planning upon going over then and
I hope they become as enthusiastic
as am upon such an association to be
formed here.-F. w. CARTER.