Show BAND CONCERT CONCE RT AT i SCHOOL auditorium TUESDAY EVENING 0 in the hope to raise the necessary amount to send the monticello high school band to ogden utah to participate in the band meet to be held on friday and saturday of this week a concert was given in the school auditorium on tuesday evening for which a small fee was charged the trip to price over last week end proved that a great deal of progress has been made during the past year under the able direction of lon kennard and during an interlude in the tuesday evening program supt bupt H lloyd hansen read some of the comments made by the judges during the contest held in price he also gave a short history of the local band and paid tribute to the students who have worked so diligently toward improvement mr hansen brought out the fact that a band is an expensive or caniza tion to maintain but that it is a worthwhile project and should also be considered as a civic undertaking der taking and given all possible lapport by the people of monti f cello whether they have children in the band or not we agree with mr hansen and even though the forty band members may be unable to in make ake the trip this year we hope their good showing during the price band meet and their steady improvement since the band was orga organized n less than two years ago will serve as inspiration to the towns co extent when the fall term begins in order that these young folks may in turn feel encouraged to carry on their good work they gave a very creditable performance on tuesday evening and included some of the required state numbers the warm up march number and the two overtures they played were exceptionally fine as was the closing num ber and two encores to hold a group of young folks together through participation in the school band or later when some of them will graduate is one of the most constructive efforts we could undertake we sincerely urge the further operation cooperation co of everyone toward the future promotion and maintenance of our school band which is a credit to our town |