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Philadelphia Harmonica Band Plays
for President at the White House
Wednesday, July 3, the Philadelphia
O N Harmonica
Band had the privilege of play-
ing for the President of the United States, giv-
ing a concert on the lawn of the White House
at 12.45 p. in. on that day.
The boys journeyed from Philadelphia to
Washington, and appeared at the special request
of the president, rendering several selections
neth Goodyear, the seven-year-old mascot of
the band, patting this young man on the
shoulder many times during the concert. Upon
its conclusion he congratulated Mr. Hoxie, the
leader of the band, and returned to the White
House.
The Harmonica Band then went to the WRC
broadcasting station where they played for a
lins, guitars and other plectrum instruments.
The keynote of the Bureau's campaign on these
instruments is expressed on the front cover of
the book, as follows: "It Is Easier to Listen
But It's Fun to Play." The attitude of the
Bureau toward this educational development is
expressed by its director, C. M. Tremaine, who,
in his foreword to the book, emphasizes the
revival of interest in the music of the fretted in-
struments.
An impressive feature of "Fretted Instrument
Orchestras" is found in the forty-seven pages of
reports on 248 existing fretted instrument en-
sembles in all parts of the country. Those re-
ports were received in the course of the Bu-
reau's survey on the subject, which extended
not only throughout the United States, but
into Canada, England and Japan. Of the en-
sembles thus represented, 100 are to be deli-
nitely listed as mandolin orchestras and eighty-
nine as banjo bands. In addition, there are
nineteen miscellaneous in nature, as mentioned
above, besides seventeen classified as banjo,
mandolin and guitar clubs and twenty-three as
guitar ensembles.
After describing the value of the plectrum in-
struments and identifying the different member-;
of the family, the book covers fully the pro-
cedure of group formation and takes up the
subjects indicated by the following subheads:
"The Instrumentation Problem," "Banjo Bands
in the Outdoors," "Those Attractive Guitar En-
sembles," "Let's Have a Ukulele Club," "Guild
Affiliation
Recommended,"
"Choosing
the
Repertoire" and "With Other Combinations."
Another practical feature of the book is the
bibliography of publications of the various pub-
lishers for fretted instruments, including teach-
ing material and music for performance.
President Hoover and the Philadelphia Harmonica Band
from the program for which they are justly
famed. It was the last day for the public re-
ceptions which have been held every Wednes-
day, and over a thousand people were waiting
outside the executive offices in order to greet
the president.
The boys were escorted through the White
House building to one of the many spaoous
lawns that adorn the property and there awaited
the president's arrival. Mr. Hoover sent word
by one of his secretaries that while he was re-
ceiving his guests, it was his wish that the band
should play several numbers, which they did to
the delight of the presidential staff who came
out of their offices in order to hear the selec-
tions.
Shortly afterwards the president, himself,
joined the party and expressed his pleasure at
the sterling quality of the performance. An
army of photographers representing various
commercial enterprises, newspapers, and mov-
ing picture interests were on the scene and
innumerable snaps were made of the band in
action.
The president displayed great interest in Ken-
large unseen audience for almost half an hour.
Following which they gave a concert, which
had been previously advertised, at Droop's
Music Store in Washington. The store was
packed with a large audience who very gener-
ously applauded the efforts of the band.
This was the last engagement for the boys,
and upon its close they were taken on a sight-
seeing tour through Washington, and after a
late dinner returned to Philadelphia, arriving
home about midnight.
Valuable Book on Fretted
Instrument Orchestras
As a part of its educational work in develop-
ing a greater interest in the plectrum instru-
ments, the National Bureau for the Advance-
ment of Music has recently issued a 100-page
book on "Fretted Instrument Orchestras." This
volume, illustrated with fifteen pages of photo-
graphs, is a guide to procedure on organizing
and maintaining ensembles of banjos, mando-
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