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MAY 19, 1928
Fifth High School Music
Tournament in Portland
Thirty-five Schools Participate in Interesting
Contest for Prizes Offered by Music Houses
POKTLANU, OKK., May 10.—The fifth annual inter-
state high school music tournament under the
auspices of the conservatory of music of Pacific
University, Forest Grove, took place April 27
and 28 with thirty-five schools and 700 students
Ironi all parts of the state represented. The
tournament consisted of an even dozen events,
mixed chorus, girls glee, girls quartet, boys
quartet,: girls high and low voices, boys high
and low voices, pianoforte, and two violin
groups. Schools were classified in accordance
with their student membership as follows: Class
A schools with an enrollment of 500 or more;
Class B, schools with an enrollment of 150 to
499; and Class C schools with an enrollment o!
149 or less. The Corvallis High School was
judged the winner of the grand sweepstake;
second place went to Franklin High School of
Portland, third to Salem High, and fourth to
Oregon City. Franklin High of Portland won
the sweepstakes cup in Class A, this being
awarded for the school scoring the highest
number of points exclusive of solos.
Portland music firms came to the front as
usual and helped support the event with dona
tions of trophies and prizes for the winning
events. The Wm. j . Purdy Music Co. donated
a silver cup for first in the piano division; the
Sieberling-Lucas Music Co. donated first grade
bows in the violin division and Sherman, Clay
& Co. donated several prizes. This year's
tournament drew the largest entry in the his-
tory of the event.
Many Musicians Visit
Plant of Holton Go.
torn very much relished by the Holton people,
because the physical demonstration of quality
instrument building is by far the most convinc-
ing.
Vesey Walker Organizes
Junior Legion Band
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 15.—Vesey Walker, of
the Vesey Walker Music Shop, presented a new-
idea in band organization in the D. J. Martin
Post Junior Band, an affiliation of the Ameri-
can Legion at Waukesha. The band is com-
posed of children from 9 to 16 years of age, and
Mr. Walker directed their first public perform-
ance in Waukesha recently. Air. Walker was
also active in arranging the Boy Scout bugle
contest which was held at his studio at 310 Wis-
consin avenue. "There is good band instrument
business, and 1 find an increasing call for string
instruments," he said. "Summer will bring a
good demand for the cheaper string instru-
ments, and this will be a considerable business
factor."
Weymann Kept Open House
PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 16.—H. A. Weymann &
Son, Inc., manufacturers of Weymann fretted
string instruments and orchestra banjos, kept
open house in their factory, in this city, to-day.
The occasion was the convention ol tlie Penn-
sylvania Association of Music Merchants, which
was held on May 7 and 8. The Wednesday
morning program included a visit to the various
manufacturing and jobbing houses in the city
and quite a delegation took advantage of it to
inspect the manufacture of Weymann string
instruments while in the city to attend the con-
vention.
BACON
Milwaukee Leader Stages
School Band Contest
Eight Bands in That City With 330 Players
Already Entered in Event to Be Held June 8
in That City
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 14.—A high school hand
tournament sponsored by a local newspaper,
The Milwaukee Leader, is interesting musical
instrument men in Milwaukee. The tournament
has already aroused the interest of a number of
bands in Milwaukee, and already eight repre-
senting 330 youthful players have registered.
The tournament will be held on Friday evening,
June 8, in Lake Park.
The bands will be divided into two classes,
those who have had the same personnel for
two or more years, in Class A, and those who
have played together for less than two years
in Class B. Each band will be permitted to
play two numbers, an overture and a waltz, and
the selection of pieces is optional with the
bands. Two large silver trophies will be
donated, one to the winning organization in
each class.
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Annual Summer Influx Begins to Well-known
Band Instrument Plant at Elkhorn, Wis.
FXKHORN, Wis., May 15.—Musicians from all
parts of the country are making their annual
pilgrimages to the Holton factory and the sur-
rounding lakes. The influx started the first
week in May and will likely continue until way
late in the Fall. Every train pulling into Elk-
liom brings some artists who want to see at
first hand the latest developments in Holton in-
struments and to try out the new flies bought
from the sporting goods catalogs.
There arc a lot of golf sharks among them
too. Frank Holton has already polished up
his sticks and taken another hitch in his plus
fours, ready for all-comers. He swings a mean
niblick.
The Holton Co. has completed plans for the
reception of the great musicians who will find
their way to Elkhorn during the next few
months. This visiting of musicians is a cus-
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