Evening star., 1935-06-09
70 SHRINE BANDS
| ENTERC|TYT TODAY
Numerous Concerts Planned
Throughout Week by
Visitors.

Presaging a week Of music In the
air." some 10 Shrine bands In full
regalia will begin their march into
the city today from temples in all
sections of the country.
To the strains Of martial music,
the bands, from the most northern
temple at st. Johns, New Brunswick,
to Houston, Tex. on the South, will
swing through the downtown section
today and tomorrow from Union Sta
ton or the railroad yard, where some
Of the incoming trains will be sta
toned.
Numerous band concerts are sched-
uled throughout the week at different
places in the city. In addition to
these 1t is expected that there will be
innumerable impromptu band con-
certs. For instance, telegram from
Medinah Temple. Chicago. to The
Evening Star has promised a con-
cert to this newspaper.
To Mass on Ellipse.
One of the outstanding band fes-
lures of the week will be the massed
band concert Wednesday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock on the Ellipse south
of the White House. In this big
concert it is expected by Raymond
M. Florance, chairman of Bands and
Rand Concerts Committee. that there
will be more than 1000 musicians
participating This huge group will
be directed by Noble Frederick VIII
ken, director of Almas band: Noble
William j. Stannard, former leader
of the United States Army Band;
Lieut.. Thomas F. Darcy. leader of the
Army band Lieut.. Charles Benter.
leader of the United States Navy
Band; Capt. Taylor Branson, leader
of the United States Marine Band.
ard Louis S. Yassel, director Of the
Mounted Cavalry Band at Fort Myer.
who is assistant leader of the Alnas
Temple Band.
There will be many brass bands and
numerous Oriental ones with curious
instruments of the East. The Oldest
Shrine band in the country, organ
lied in 1899, is coming from Sphinx
Temple. Hartford, Conn. One Of the
most unusual musical outfits will be
the bagpipe band from Luxor Temple,
ST. Johns, New Brunswick. Many
comical musical outfits also are ex-
pected to add gaiety to the conclave.
Program for Week.
The band concert program for the
week throughout the city follows:
Sunday, 4:30 p.m.-Band concert,
Almas Temple Band.
Monday, 3 p.m.-Willard Hotel.
Grandstand, Cyrus Temple of Al
bany, N. Y.
Z pm.-Willard Hotel, grand
stand, Medinah Temple Band of
Chicago, Ill.
/ Tuesday, p.m.-Childrens Hos
pital, KAHN Temple Band of Roanoke.
/ Va.
pm.-Grandstand, Willard Hotel,
Kismet Temple Band Of Brooklyn,
4 N. Y.
3pm-Franklin Park, JafIa Temple
Band of Altoona, Pa.
3 pm.-Masonic and Eastern Star
Home. Morocco Temple Band Of Jack
sonville, Fla.
! 3 pm-walter Reed Hospital
Moslem Temple Band Of Detroit, Mich
4 p.m.-Elipse, Sphinx Temple
! Band of Hartford, Conn.
pm.-Grandstand Raleigh Hotel
/ Ali Chan Temple Band OF Cumber-
land, Md.
p.m.-st. Elizabeth's Hospital
Murat Temple Band Of indianapolis.
Ind.
4pm.-Grandstand. Willard Hotel.
Mount Sinai Temple Band of Mont
pelier. VT.
Wednesday, 1870 pm-Massed band
concert, Elipse south of White House
pm-Band concert. 34th Infantry
Band, Warrant Officer Carl H. Fischer,
band leader. Army exhibit East
Potomac Park.
Thursday. IL am.-Grandstand
Willard Hotel. Rameses Temple Band
of Toronto, Canada.
II a.m.-Raleigh Hotel, Suda n
Temple Band of New Bern, N. c.
2 p.m.-Grandstand. Willard Hotel,
Lu Lu Temple band Of Philadelphia,
Pa.
3 p.m.-Grandstand, Willard Hotel,
Syria Temple Band of Pittsburgh, Pa.
3 pm.-Franklin Park, Murat
Temple Band of Indianapolis, Ind.
3pm.-Grandstand Raleigh Hotel,
Osiris Temple Band Of Wheeling,
w. Va.
4 p.m.-Band concert. saith In
fantry Band, Warrant Offlcer Carl H.
Fischer. band leader. Army exhibit,
East Potomac Park