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STILL BLOWS led all through the night from distant towns and villages, with TRUMPET.
50,000 brass band "fans" to sup- port, and by 7 a.m. they were in the streets around the Crystal
the course.
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The King's Good Wishes. In response to a message toyalty-from-thousands of work- ing-mon musiclans," the King'a private secretary wired to the
Sir E. Elgar the Greatest Palace, having a trial gallop over Crystal Palace.
Master of Music.
200 BRASS BANDS.
I hope you were not alarmed if you SAW the Crystal Palace quivering, and heard sounds like this coming from it-
Ferrumph-umph-pah! Grrm-wumpetty-bang! Compah-oompaht
Hundreds of households wero awakened by the music of Wagner, played outside their windows.
"Oompah!" said the tubas. "Gramp, grump," said the trom- bones.
Looking out of their windows, whole familles saw the working. men musicians from Glasgow and Tredegar and Brynmawr add other homes of melody standing in circles and blowing for all they were worth.
There is no other sight in the pageant of London quite like the Crystal Palace on Brass Band day. All the bandsmen have to wear
"It has given the Klog much pleasure to receive once again the of loyal and devoted assurances the working-men musicians assem- bled at their annual festival. His Majesty sincerely thanks them and Bends his best wishes for cessful meeting."
4 BUC-
THEATRE RECORD.
"MRS. FRASER" OUTDOES "BUNTY."
It was only the sound of the 200
The record for long runs in the brass bands who have brought their trombones, tubas and other
Haymarket Theatre, London, which has a tradition extending over 200 weapons to the National Band
the massed gold | years, is held by Mr. St. John www Festival, writes an Evening News uniform, and
and Ac-i braid correspondent in mail week.
peacock-coloured Ervina's comedy, "The First Mrs. the trousers would have made a Drury Fraser," which by November 1 had cording to the latest reports
Lane producer turn green with occupied the theatre for seventy foundations of the Crystal Palace
.weeks. Previously the record was are still standing the strain well, envy.
held by "Bunty Palla the Strings." and it has not, been found neces
which ran for sixty-nine weeks and Hary yet to grout the pillars.
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It was the biggest blow" of the year.
The music was not the only big noise at the festival. Mr.. George Bernard Shaw arrived at noon, and listened to the test plece which Sir to Edward Elgar has dedicated him.
Mr. Shaw, who has been accused sometimes of blowing his own trumpet, blev Sir Edward's this time. "I am very proud of the fact that the greatest master of music in the world has dedicated this work to me," he said.
"Elgar is a master of stupendous tone without noise. He is a must- cian who really knows how to use syncopation. Many bands do not know the real meaning of word."
Mr. Shaw paused.
There were hands that looked like a collection of lion-tamers, and bands so gorgeous that they might have been mistaken for cinema commissionaires, and bands which were just like the nobility of the Austrian court in the palm days of the Empire: red bands, green bands,blue bands and purple bands.
And mingling among them one heard snatches of talk like this:
"Ay, the knows, the tempo were too fast, so I said to auld
Joe..."
"Look you, man, this trombone lag the best in the world, yes, in- deed. In Wales the trom. bones
There were 19 London bands, all blowing for the honour of the
One of them was the Metropolis.
Boys' Brigade band.
He listened to the sonorous melody of the place "The Severn Suite." Mr. Shaw, for several minutes, was silent....
5,000
A Gorgeous Array, Do not imagine that the brass bandsmen take this battle lightly. Most of them had travel-
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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NOVEL APPOINTMENT.
Director Of Religious Drama.
The Bishop of Chichester (Dr. Bell) has appointed Mr. E. Martini Browne, M., as Director of Re- ligious Drama in the Diocese of Chichester.
This is the Arst appointment of the kind made in England. The duties were indicated by the Bishop's Chaplain in an interview.
"The object of the appointment," he stated, "is that the director may encourage the production
in
parishes all over the diocese of re- ligious playa as a means of edifica-
I asked one of the bandamention, instruction and enjoyment. whether there were any women players. He looked quite shocked, and said: "Good heavens, no!"
"Why not?" I demanded, "There never have been any," he said.
would im- "But surely women prove a bard's staying-power," I insisted. "Do you deny that wo men have great lung-power?"
"No," he admitted. "Then why not allow them to play?"
"He will be expected to go about and lecture on the production of plays, to give advice as to the kind of play, the method of production, lighting, the best plays, and so forth. No play will be allowed in: a church except with the express One of permission of the Bishop." the plays of the kind contemplated he added, would be produced short- ly in Eastbourne.
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It was Dr. Bell who as Dean of Canterbury, asked Mr. John Mase field to write the mystery play "The Coming of Christ," which was per- formed in Canterbury Cathedral at: Witsuntide, 1928.
He fingered his cornet in an em- barrassed sort of way. "All I can say is that it is a tradition," he muttered, and went quickly laway. And lastly I ask your sympathy
Mr. Martin Browne is a graduate For the for the judges. They have been of Christ Church, Oxford. cooped up in tents all day, guard- past three years he has been Pro- ed by the police, and have been fessor of Dletion and Dramatic Arti listening to the same pleco played at the Carnegie Institute of Tech- over and over again. Is there no nelogy, Pittsburg, USA. (the lead-! Society for the Prevention of ing school of drama in the United cruelty to Judges?
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