Show THE BAND CONTEST The Galling Gets the Prize Compliments for Held Johnson The band contest took place during the afternoon There were but two entries en-tries the Gatling a new organization that gives great promise of future usefulness use-fulness and Held Johnsons favorite band The Gatling rendered Overture Romantique and Held Johnson played a serenade Eventide Below is the report re-port of the committee as filed with Secretary Secre-tary Wells last evening HeberM Wells Secretary the D A and M Society Dear SirYour committee on band contest beg to state that they have decided In favor of the Gatling band Prof Pederson director and awarded them the prize of BO and the society medal The committee regrets that there was no second prize to be awarded as the excellence of the Held Johnson band In their opinion merits a decided recognition there were Inequalities also In the contest which tended to their disadvantage firstly that they were competing with trained musicians of longer experience than themselves secondly that they were fewer In number and thirdly that being a strictly brass organization the same variety of tone could not be expected as In the Gatling band which Includes brass and reed instruments together The committee however felt that their duties were limited to the task of deciding on the one question of efficiency without regard to other considerations considera-tions The only question which was allowed to weigh with the committee was as to whether both bands were permanent organizations or whether there might have been a consolidation of musicians for the mere purpose of securing the fair premiums Wo have the positive assurance as-surance of Mr Pederson that his band was organized to be a permanent one and Held Johnsons has been for sonic time before the public If not out of place the committee would suggest sug-gest as a possible guide forfuturecontents that the conditions and rules be announced far enough in advance to allow the competition to take place on some one piece selected by the I committee this would then involve a test of reading ability taste and general skill as well as of execution Further the bands should be classified Into brass military and marshal no committee can decide to its own satisfaction I where the terms are so general as to place different dif-ferent kinds organizations in competition with each other We would also suggest that the addition ad-dition of second prizes might Induce country bands to enter who could not hope to successfully compete with the more skilled i funseo of peWlew city om entries en-tries should be limited to bands which have been In existence long enough before the fair to set at rest any question as to their permanency Respectfully H G WHITNEY K GonrissKi E DEEZLEY C S BURTON CommitteeS Committee-S IT LAKE Crrr Oct 2 1889 |