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Musical Merchandise Section of The Music Trade
Final Steps Taken for the Formation of
One National Musical Merchandise Body
' T H E May meeting of the Association ot
•*• Musical Merchandise Manufacturers of the
Chicago district held at the Auditorium Hotel
on May 8, following a dinner, was a highly im-
portant one as the final steps were taken to
effect the plan already agreed on of reorganiz-
ing tlie three musical merchandise bodies into
one.
The honor guest of the evening was H. C.
Lomb, president of the National Association,
who explained the advantages of the new plan,
and the revised constitution was adopted. It is
not intended to abandon the monthly meetings,
which are expected to be held as usual in Chi-
cago on the first Thursday of each month, and
the new system permits a closer and quicker
This School Band Is
Composed of Prize Winners
Six first, seven second and three third prizes!
This remarkable record was set by the pupils
of R. M. Stark, bandmaster of the Parker Junior
High School in city wide junior high school
solo contests held at Manly Junior High School
in Chicago, March 22, 1930.
Outstanding among the many fine perform-
ances in the competition were those of Rose-
conta.ct and more and better concerted action
than ever before.
President Jay Kraus of the local body pre-
sided as usual and followed National President
Lomb in explaining the advantages of the new
arrangement.
As he put it, and although speaking to mem-
bers present at the dinner ta,ble, Mr. Kraus was
really addressing all the manufacturers in the
industry, he said:
"To all members of the National Association
of Musical Instrument and Accessories Manu-
facturers, the Association of Musical Merchan-
dise Manufacturers (Eastern district) and the
Association of Musical Merchandise Manufac-
turers (Chicago district):
"With a view to strengthening and solidify-
ing the activities of our three organizations,
PHIL BAKER
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plans have been formulated for the reorganiza-
tion of the three bodies into one, and one of
the important features of the convention at New
York, on June 9, will be the discussion and final
action to accomplish this move. Your attend-
ance is therefore urgently desired so that the
benefit of your views and counsel may be had
by all the trade.
"The plan, briefly, is to adopt a new constitu-
tion for the present National Association, which
will embody the principle of a, parent organiza-
tion, with regional divisions. The present local
association in the New York district will be
transposed into the Eastern regional division
of the National Association, and in correspond-
ing manner the present local association in the
Chicago district will be transposed into the
Central division of the National Association,
with the possibility of additional divisional
organizations being formed as the industry
grows and centers around other localities.
"Members located away from the metropol-
itan districts will be attached to the division
nearest them.
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niary Kelly and Daniel Lutes, both of whom
were first prize winners after comparatively
short periods of instruction under Mr. Stark.
Rosemary, playing a Martin "Handcraft"
fleugel horn won first prize in the fleugel horn
solo contest after taking but sixteen weekly
lessons.
Daniel, playing a Martin
"Handcraft"
trumpet, won the trumpet solo contest with but
eleven weeks of instruction to prepare him for
this triumph.
Union Musicians Are
Opening Own Theatres
WIS.—Milwaukee union musicians
have a plan for construction of a large down-
town theatre in the city under consideration,
according to John Mix, musicians' delegate to
the Federated Trades Council.
Mr. Mix declared that union musicians have
had a hard time since the advent of the talkies,
and that while some have been able to pick up
temporary work, a number of the men have not
worked steadily for two years. He pointed out
that union musicians in Denver have just
opened their own theatre, and that a similar
enterprise is under way in Cleveland, O.
According to the delegate the plan would be
to have such a house located in the downtown
district with a seating capacity upward of
2,500, and a policy of installing a full orchestra
to supplement the talkies and furnish first-class
music between pictures and during any silent
news reels or features.
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