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Show Welcome Prepared In Honor of National Marching Champions Carbon Band To Arrive Friday; Celebration Set for Saturday With the national marching championship in their possession, members of the Carbon county liltjli ichool band will arrive in Price about 3:30 a. m. Friday after completing a triumphant conquest for hono:s in the national band contest I.Hd at Evanston, 111., lhuiids:;, Friday and Saturday. In addition to capturing first, in th? parade contest, the Carbonitcs walked away with exception;! 11 v high honors in the concert, solo and ensemble division, placing in every event they entered. The Carbon Car-bon entry was acclaimed by the judges as the greatest marching unit ever to enter a national contest. con-test. A proud citizenry has planned a royal welcome for the band, whose remarkable achievements during the past four years have brough: nation-wide recognition t o this county and state. Although a huge crowd is expected to be on hand to greet the band when it arrives Friday morning, the celebration cele-bration of the victory has been scheduled Saturday to permit the students to rest effcer their arduous trip, School bands of Carbon and Emery Em-ery counties will participate in tht festivities Saturday, and will present pre-sent a massed concert at 6:00 p m., on Carbon avenue between Main and First North streets. At the same time, a barbecue will he held on South Carbon avenue, followed fol-lowed by a program between 7:00 and 8:00 p. m. One of the features of the program will be a marching demonstration by the Carbon band. A street dance will be staged between be-tween eight and nine o'clock, after af-ter which a torchlight parade will leave Main street and proceed to the Silver Moon hall, where the dance will be resumed. Every part of the celebration Is free, and arrangements are being be-ing made to entertain several thousand out-of-town visitors. The Members of all participating band? will be accorded free use of the swimming pool between 3:00 and 5:00 p. m. The Savoy hotel and city hall have been designated as instrument headquarters for the visiting pupils. It was announced W e d n e s aay that the following bands have definitely agreed to participate in the celebration: Carbon high first and Carbon second band, Notre Dame, Harding, Helper, Spring Glen and Wellington. Invitations to take part in the celebration have been sent to other oth-er junior high bands in the county and to the Huntington, Castle Castle Dale and Ferron high schools. Plans for the reception were organized or-ganized Tuesday at a meeting in the city hall. J. B. Littizzette was selected as chairman of the general committee, with Mayor R. E. West as vice chairman and Ben D. Redd as secretary. Committees in charge of various vari-ous features of the celebration are as follows: Barbecue. Gust Plat.is, Glen Allred, Harry Mahleers, An-gelo An-gelo Georgedes, Henry Moynler, James Mathis, Chris Bolotas and L. R. Eldridge of Price; William White, John Gerendas and Barney Vieta of Helper: publicity, Arthur Draper and Mrs. F. O. Storrs; music mu-sic and dancing, B. W. McAllister, A. S. Horseley, Glen D. Reese and John Menotti. Traffic and street dance, Chlel of Police Vernon Davis; lighting, W. E. Fleetwood; program, E. M Williams, Elmie Bernard!, Frank W. Averill, Vernon Davis; torchlight torch-light parade, Fred Voll and James Greener, Helper, and Frank Graus-sman, Graus-sman, 'C. E. Beveridge and L. A. McGee, Price. Welcome committee, Mayor Frank Porter, Helper; Mayor R. E. West, Price; Mayor J. P. Russell, Hiawatha; Mayor Carl Hanson, Wellington: W. B. Stapley, Castle Gate; State Senator George M. Miller, Price; Commissioner D. L. Parmley, Consumers; Wm. Wood-head, Wood-head, Kenilworth; W. W. Christen-sen, Christen-sen, Price; Bishop George Ruff, president of the Carbon schocl board; J. R. Loftis and R. J. Vaughn, Helper; John Staley, Sco-field: Sco-field: Clyde J. Roberts, Columbia: R. R. kirkpatrick, Stand ardville; Amos Wakefield and J. A. Nuttal, Emery county. Carbon's performance in the national na-tional meet was a fitting climax to a most successful year, during which the Price unit captured the parade and concert championships in both the state and intermoun-tain intermoun-tain contests. In the national tournament, the Carbon band competed with 21 Class A entries, representing the finest student musical talent ir the country. Generally conceded to be the best tournament and snappiest-band snappiest-band in the tournament, the Carbon Car-bon organization Instantly became favorite with the tourament crowds. The perfect timing and rhythm which characterized the Price performance per-formance in the parade Saturday drew thunderous applause from the thousands of people who gathered gath-ered in the Northwestern university univer-sity stadium to witness the mon-arching mon-arching competition. The Carbon band received a second sec-ond division rating in the concert work, which ranks it as a superior organization under the method of judging used in the national contest. con-test. The concert competition was conducted Friday. Six members of the band won individual in-dividual honors in the solo contests con-tests held Thursday. First division ratings, the highest obtainable, were won by Derold Simmons of Kenilworth in the saxophone, and John Cook of Helper in the flugel horn. Jack Owens of Kenilworth placed in the second division for drums, while third division ratings were won by the following: Cecil Christensen, Price, baritone; Lee Empey. Price, bass clarinet; Harry Clark, Helper, clarinet. Every Carbon student who competed com-peted in the solos won a place. It had been planned to enter four other soloists, but they arrived too late to register. Carbon students also won high honors in the ensemble division, cornet trio and clarinet quartette capturing third division ratings. Members of the trio are Hemdon Virden of Price and Victor and Dominic Bonacci of Helper. The quartette consists of Leslie Mathis and Stanley Borrell of Price, Jack Jones of Hiawatha and Harry Clark of Helper. In the absence of Director E. M. Williams, who was unable to make the trip because of illness, A. B. Caseman, leader of the Helper junior jun-ior band, acted as concert director of the Carbon unit during the contest. con-test. Herbert Adamson, a member of the Carbon high faculty, directed direct-ed the band in marching. The students and citizens who accompanied them spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Chicago. During their stay in that city, they visited the Century of Progress, the band presenting a concert Monday afternoon at the Electric court bf the exposition. A trip on Lake Michigan was enjoyed Tuesday. Tues-day. The Carbon party, numbering approximately 170, left Tuesday at 11:45 p. m. on their return trip. Enroute from Price to Evanston, the band played a concert in Pueblo Pu-eblo Tuesday of last week, arrivin'; in St. Louis the following day. During their seven-hour visit in the Missouri metropolis, the Car-bonites Car-bonites presented a concert in ths Forest park, and were taken on a tour of the city, which included a trip to the Lindbergh exhibit and a swim in the municipal pool. Sun-Advocate. |