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Show MUSIC OF THE ENCAMPMENT. While preparations for the entertainment of the Grand Army during the week of August i) have been going on in all lines designed to make the visit of the veterans comfortable, the musician, of the city have added the touch which will make the encampment in Salt Lake unique. Harry A. Montgomery, well known among the musicians of the city, has written the "G. A. R March," which the committee on music of the encampment has designated as the "official" march. The committee commit-tee of the encampment has been co-operating with the musicians of the city, and arrangements are making to have the visiting bands join with the local organizations in the formation of an immense im-mense musical organization to play the "official march." Certainly it would' be inspiring to see and hear several hundred trained musicians take up a march with a good swing, such as the "official" "offi-cial" march has, and parade up the street. It would be inspiring, to say the least, The committee further contemplates a band concert con-cert with the best visiting bands united with the local bands. While such an arrangement would probably not meet with all the success that a critical criti-cal musician might wish, especially if the music selected were of the more difficult class, there are boundless possibilities in such an arrangement for playing "Marching Through Georgia," "Dixie," the "G. A. R. March," or other well-known music of the kind that appeals to all, especially the guests of the city. An' evening of patriotic airs by the combined bands of the encampment would appeal with mighty force to the lovers of music, which includes almost everybody, even if there should be apparent defects to the supercilious musical "critic." By all means, let the bands get together and make the echoes of the hills resound. 1 f |