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PLANS COMPLETE FOR NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND BAND CAMP
DLANS are now under way to make the
National High School Orchestra and Band
Camp, located at Interlochen, Mich., a "big-
ber and better" camp for the coming summer.
All the buildings are to be given another
coat of paint. It is necessary to enlarge the
Bowl, to take care of the 300 high school
students who will be there this summer, and
the library and instrument rooms were found
to foe all too small to take care of the music
which is given out and the instruments which
are used by students and music supervisors
studying at the camp. The camp now owns
forty upright pianos, "some good, some not
so good," for it was found necessary to pur-
chase them to take care of the accompaniment
work and the many students who wished to
study piano under the two competent instruc-
tors on that instrument.
Two new practice rooms, of fourteen small
rooms each (seven in each have pianos in
them), have been built, through the gift of
Mr. Clinch, of Chicago and Traverse City.
More practice rooms could well be used, but
the funds are not now forthcoming. Class-
rooms are in constant use by the many teach-
ers at the camp, and we hope to add to their
number another year.
The road leading to the camp from the
main highway is to be paved this Spring,
so the directors of the camp took advantage
of this opportunity and are planning to have
some of the sandy paths paved, which will
help a lot.
A very fine athletic director has been en-
gaged, and he promises to have every student
at camp "swimming" before he or she leaves
for home. Field and track meets will be
held; instruction given in rowing, canoeing,
tennis, and archery for those who wish it;
and a swimming pageant will be held before
camp closes—thus giving ample recreation
to all at the camp.
The hospital at the camp is to be better
equipped; with a full-time doctor and reg-
istered nurse in constant attendance to take
care of any cases that may need attention;
so parents may feel assured their children
will be given as good medical care as is
possible.
Among the new features included in the
1931 plans of the National High School
Orchestra and Band Camp will be an
Alumni Camp for the former members of the
camp and of the National Orchestra, and a
few supervisors who play, with a limited
membership of 100 in 1931. The members
will be housed in modern dormitories, twelve
students to a cottage, while their program
of activities will parallel those of the High
School Camp, though the two groups will
not mix in any of the classes. The major
activities will include orchestra, band and
choir, each rehearsing two hours daily, while
courses in all branches of music and two
courses in education will also be offered with
college credits.
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Another feature will be laboratory courses
in acoustics, conducted by John Redfield of
Columbia University, and another of "Music,
a Science and an Art." Mr. Redfield will
be assisted by engineers from various musical
instrument factories.
A feature of the season will be a massed
band of 1,000 players on "Sousa Day," when
the "grand old man of music" will conduct.
Edgar Stillman-Kelley, Dr. Howard Hanson,
Henri Verbrugghen and Hollis Dann are on
the list of scheduled guest conductors; and
others will be announced later.
Only a few changes will be made in the
faculty; and those changes will be made
mostly in the effort to provide only the best
teacher on each instrument of the orchestra.
Prof. A. A. Harding, of the University of
Illinois, will again conduct the band, which
was so successful last summer.
The vocal department of the camp this
coming summer will give as its features an
opera, in costume, and the oratorio "Crea-
tion," the latter augmented by adult choruses
trained by camp teachers in the surrounding
towns.
Visiting supervisors and parents are
always welcome, and escorts will be pro-
vided to show them through the camp at any
time. Visiting supervisors may audit classes
three days without fee.
FORM ARKANSAS SCHOOL
BAND ASSOCIATION
Organization of the Arkansas School
Band Association with the purpose of the
advancement of school bands in the state
has been announced by Roy V. Martin, direc-
tor of the Pine Bluff, Ark., public school
bands and secretary of the newly formed
body. L. Bruce Jones, director of the Little
Rock High School Band, is president; L.
O. Wallick, director of Monticello, Ark.,
High School Band, is vice-president; C. S.
Carter, director of the Fort Smith, Ark.,
High School Band, is treasurer. A national
band contest is to be staged at Tulsa, Okla.,
in May. The Arkansas contest will be in
March or early April. Several contest fea-
tures, concert, marching, etc., will be spon-
sored.
OHIO VALLEY BAND
TOURNAMENT IN APRIL
The second annual Ohio Valley high
school band tournament will be held in East
Liverpool, O., during the latter part of April,
the Ohio Valley band tournament decided at
a recent meeting. Bands representing be-
tween ten and twelve high schools along the
Ohio river between East Liverpool and Bel-
laire will take part in the contest during the
afternoon and a street parade for marching
awards and selections by massed bands will
be featured in the evening.
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Prof H. F. Laughlin, supervisor of music
in the East Liverpool schools, has been re-
elected president of the tournament associa-
tion. Ohio Valley music dealers will co-op-
erate in holding the contest.
NATIONAL HARP FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD IN SYRACUSE
The national harp festival, one of the
most distinctive events of the musical year
in America, will be held in Syracuse, N. Y.,
in 1932.
Selection of that city for next year's fes-
tival was made by Carlos Salzedo, inter-
nationally famous harpist and president of
the National Association of Harpists, which
sponsors the festival. Lincoln auditorium at
Central high school was adjudged satisfac-
tory for a concert of 100 harps, which will
be the outstanding feature of the festival.
Announcement of the decision was made
by Salzedo to the Syracuse chapter of the
national association at a meeting conducted
in Clark's Music store. Melville Clark, who
is of the executive committee and treasurer
of the national association, and Miss Grace
Weymer, harp instructor in the College of
Fine Arts, Syracuse university, had an im-
portant part in bringing Syracuse to the
attention of the association.
Mr. Salzedo said that the festival will be
held some time in April. The 1931 festival,
which was the 11th annual event, was con-
ducted in Milwaukee, Wis. Previous fes-
tivals have been conducted in New York
City, Chicago, Providence, R. I., Indian-
apolis, Detroit, Los Angeles, Louisville,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Boston.
Noted harpists from all over the country
will attend the festival. The concert, pre-
senting a symphony of from 80 to 100 harps,
is an event which takes place only once a
year, and then at the national festival.
TWO NEW MODELS OF
EAGLE BRAND HARMONICAS
The Fred Gretsch Co.'s Western division
at 226 South Wabash avenue, Chicago, has
added two models to their own Eagle brand
harmonica line. These are an Eagle Chro-
matic, to retail at $1.50, and an Ampli-
phonic at $1.20 retail. These new styles have
already made a decided hit, particularly the
Eagle Chromatic.
Vice-president Nash said that President
Fred Gretsch is due at his Western branch
for a short visit. Meanwhile Win. Gretsch,
who makes his home in Chicago, takes occa-
sional aeroplane trips to his former home in
Brooklyn, and announces a preference for
the aeroplane over train or auto travel.
P. H. Monnig in Europe
Paul II. Monnig, head of Tonk Bros. Co.,
Chicago, sailed for Europe in mid-February
and will return about April 1. He spent
most of his time abroad in Germany, Austria,
and European sections where the factories he
represents are located.
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