Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-24
CONCERT TURNS
S79.O5 TO CLUB
AFTER EXPENSE

When the members of the Music club
and those of the Kiwanis club get the
report on the cash results of the Cres-
tore band concert it will show that the
receipts at the door for both matinee
and night performances were $969.50,
CT that sum the matinee yielding $26l
and the night program $T08.50. The
band played here on an 1920 agree
ment, so that the 20 per cent which
came to the sponsoring cubs amount
cd to $19390 and the management OF
the band took out $775.60 as its share.
The report has just been completed
by Mrs. E. c. Piper, active leader for
the Music club and in general charge
of the committee bringing the band to
Douglas 1t shows that the expenses
included the following items: Adver-
tising at Bisbee $43.65; advertising in
The Dispatch, $50; posting bills in city
at Bisbee, Sc; house posting, 81. Total
expenses for putting on the show,
$9065. The agreement was that the
theatres usual advertising expense OF
$50 per show was to be deducted from
that total and the excess should be
borne on the same ratio as the divi-
sion Of the receipts, 1920. so that the
band management paid $52.52 of that
amount and the local clubs the bal
ance. i;f
When ell expenses had been met,
there remained of the 20 per cent re-
ceived by the local clubs the sum OF
$15810 before any money had been
paid for the use of the theatre. There
was an agreement which provides that
the theatre management was to have
the first 5000 above the usual expenses
as the rent for the two performances,
but when he discovered the results,
David Diamos, the owner, after Mrs.
Piper had laid the money on his desk,
counted out half of it and handed it
back, retaining only $79.05 for his rent
instead of what his, contract allowed
him. He told Mrs. Piper that he was
glad to aid the two clubs in bringing
the better things in music to the city
and was we'll satisfied that he was. able
to make that division with them. 1t
was a result that delighted the MEM
berS of the committee who expressed
praise of Diarnos for his action.
The disappointing factor was the
BiSbee branch office for tickets. There
was paid out in trying to stimulate
interest there $4365 for advertising, $6
for bill posting and $3.50 in compli-
mentary tickets and the return IN
ticket sales brought $3.50 to the cash
box.
Outstanding in the things which will
be reported to the clubs by Mrs. Piper
will be the fact that Mrs. John B.
Crowell brought more than a dozen
from her acqu3intances in LordSburg,
her former home, who patronized the
concert; that j. w Tardy provided the
frames for banners for the boy scout
band when it gave its parade helping
advertise the concert; that the teach
ers in the city school lent a COM
mcrdable assistance to the work; th9t
the members of the Music club and
the Kiwarais club all helped in the
work of disposing of tickets and other
efforts to put the concert across.i
While the returns have not been
large, even after the theatre manage
nent made its large concession in
rntal, the Music, club members are wen
pleased because they started not for
the cash profit but to bring some
thing worth while in music to the peo-
pie OF douglas ana UllSy UOHCNO 0AAoU
the concert resulted in just that!
Among the major efforts of the
Music club is getting the better in
music for the enjoyment of the people
Of Dou.las have been the presentation
here OF Paul Whiteman and his or
chestra, John Philip Sousa's band,
Luisa Espinel and the Messiah by To-
cal artists prior to the coming of Crea-
tore. Of the last two the percentage
was only small, about SIS in each case
and one was contributed to the club
effort and the Episcopal church where
the Messiah was presented.