| Show MANY r ANY BANDS J GATHER FOR BIG CONTEST J. J Price Is Mecca for Hundreds i. i of Young High School Musicians PRICE April 14 Approximately H-Approximately 1500 junior cad senior high school students will start pouring into Price Thursday evening and Friday morn Friday mornIng mornIng morn morn- Ing to o compete in th the second annual Intermountain band contest sponsored sponsored spon spon- fored by the Price chamber of or com com- merce merce B By FrIda Friday afternoon this city will act as ns host hosl to an estimated crowd of persons from all aU parts of Utah southern Idaho and western Colorado Business houses house this week have decorated their stores with welcome signs igns and will act as headquarters for tor the three thirty-three bands The city has caught the spirit of this civic project and homes have been opened for the visitors Every available bed bedin bedin bedin in the city has been listed with the housing committee Dormitories and suitable vacant buildings are atc being equipped with cots and bedding supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied by the national guard to house the students This music-conscious music city has been taxed to the utmost in extending the same hospitality and friendship which featured last Jast years year's contest when eighteen bands competed competed competed com com- for music laurels burels JUNIOR BANDS ARRIVE The junior high schools will arrive Thursday as contests in this class be held at 7 o'clock in the evening evening eve ning at nt the Latter-Day Latter Saints church Six Colorado bands will reach here Friday morning at 9 Idaho Falls is expected Thursday evening at 7 Bands from Ogden Lagan Logan Logan Lo La- Lo- Lo gan and other northern cities are arc rc ex expected expected expected ex- ex at the same time unless s the they come by bus The contest this year promises to tobe tobe tobe be the largest of its kind in the western western western west west- ern part of the country It is a yearly yearly year year- ly h project undertaken by the chamber chamber cham char ber of commerce to stimulate music among grade and high school students A fund of approximately 1500 has been set aside to meet e a The three day meet begins Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day evening with the junior high school contest Eleven bands will compete in this division playing a warm up number the ass assigned isn cd number Energy Overture by Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett and ond a number of or their own choice Bands competing in this di division division di- di is vision Ion arc are Notre Dame of Price Hiawatha Hiawatha Hiawatha Hia Hia- watha Castlegate Wellington Mt Emmons Latuda Sunnyside Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne Harding of Price Spanish Fork and The contest willbe will willbe willbe be judged by Clarence J. J Hawkins of Salt Lake City Boheme Makovsky Makovsky Makovsky Makov- Makov sky of oC Stillwater Okla and Robert Sauer of Provo SOLOISTS TO CO COMPETE At 9 o'clock Friday morning approximately approximately ap ap- proximately soloists will compete and will wilt be classified according to their bands with at least three students students students stu stu- dents to a complete class The solo soJa contests will be held in the Latter Latter- Day Saints church the Carbon county high school and the Community church These contests are free to the public The main attraction of the three days will be the parade Friday at 4 p m. m when the bands march down Main street at minute eight intervals to be judged on marching The parade parade parade pa pa- rade will be judged by Leopold Yost and William Bunbury of Fort Dougl Doug Doug- l las s. s Bands will assemble on Fourth East street and march down Main street Maneuvers will be held between between between be be- tween First and Second East streets in front of the courthouse The parade parade parade pa pa- rade will disband at First West street Bleachers will be erected along Main street to care for the crowd At p. p mm rn m. a special band dance will be held in Price Visiting band members will be guests MASSED BAND CONCERT Cla Class s A B Band and C band contests will begin Saturday at a. a m. m Nine class C bands will compete the as assigned assigned assigned as- as signed number bein being Premier Overture Overture Over Over- ture by Losey Those in this class are Mt Lincoln Appleton Colo Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne Monroe Castle Dale Fruita I Colo Huntington Fruitvale Colo and North Summit The assigned number in class B Is Norma Overture by Bellini The four schools competing are Palisade Colo Springville Cyprus and Uin- Uin tah Eureka is the only school listed in class D. D Class A bands are Provo O Ogden den Idaho Falls Montrose Colo Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon county Grand Junction Colo I and Logan The contest will be brought to a abose close bose Jose Saturday with a massed band parade and concert at p p. p m. m The three thirty-three bands will march from Second East street down Main and north on Carbon avenue and will wm as assemble assemble assemble as- as on the Kiwanis football field for the massed band concert Over 1400 students will make up the giant band Following the concert win winners ners in the various contests will be announced A dance will follow |
