| Show 8 C AMUSEMENTS Two concerts were given in the tabernacle tab-ernacle yesterday by the British Guards band The one in the afternoon drew avery a-very light audience but the programme was given with the same excellence as in the evening The chorus for this occasion was composed of about 700 children who sang patriotic and other choruses in a creditable manner A beautiful flute solo entitled Le Tremolo Trem-olo was played by Mr Redfern and I a comet solo Klllarney was well rendered by 11 Kettlewell The band I numbers Included notably Merry Wives of Windsor Reminiscences of Mozart Funstons Quickstep a new march and The Mable Waltzes The audience was thoroughly appreciative apprecia-tive although small An interesting incident in-cident of the afternoon was the presentation pre-sentation of flowers to Lieutenant God sentaton fowers frey and one of the soloists by a little lit-tle girl a member of the chorus who carried a large British flag In the evening a large number of people were present and all were again most enthusiastic in their demonstrations demonstra-tions of approval The Zampa overture over-ture opened the programme An excellent excel-lent number beautifully rendered was the Reminiscences of Vlrdi arranged I by Lieutenant Godfrey That most excellent ex-cellent soloist Mr Redfern played an nt I 1 I Air Vane responding to an enthusiastic enthu-siastic encore with Home Sweet I Home The chorus under the direction direc-tion of Mr Stephens rendered the Pilgrims grims Chorus by special request In I place of the Haydn number on the I programme and then gave the Hallelujah I r j re ne W lujah Chorus as an encore The Pilgrims Pil-grims Chorus went much better last I night than it did the night before with I the enlarged chorus The choir also I gave Lift Up Your Heads from the Messiah Professor Daynes was back I in his old place at the organ I is I plain that much better results are obtained I ob-tained from the regular membership I of the choir than when an attempt is made at a mammoth display of choral singers In place of The Gondoliers by Sullivan Sul-livan Lieutenant Godfrey announced I that the Scotch melodies would be repeated I re-peated by request i These won so much favor that the Georgia Camp Meeting was played as an encore and that served to call out The Stars and Stripes A favorite fav-orite number of the evening was the cornet solo Queen of My Heart by Pinsuti A bassoon solo by Mr Camp bell also won much applause On account ac-count of the many encores It became I necessary to omit one or two numbers of the regular programme The evenings I even-ings entertainment closed with the England and America descriptive piece amid the greatest enthusiasm I is a piece of music which I distinctly i I I ar Cri appeals to the galleries as it i were I The visit of the British Guards band has given rise to many opinions and comparisons with Sousas organization I has been said many times that comparison com-parison is no criticism neither does it I serve any purpose and both the Eng glish and the American organizations are able to stand on their own merits I Sousa has more enthusiasm more fire and dash than Godfrey It may bi attributed to the difference in the national na-tional characteristics The very atti verJ att tudes and poses of the two men show this to begin with The visit of the British band has been a pleasant event of our musical season I will plaj at I Saltair Saturday and Sunday |
