Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 21 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
26,
private entertainment that the National Piano Manufacturers'
Association for the first time in many years decided to forego its
annual banquet usually held on that night and thus prevent inter-
ference with scheduled events of more general character.
The members of the Chicago trade have been working for
several months planning for the entertainment of the convention
visitors and for their accommodation during the week either at the
Drake or in the event of an overflow at other hostelries, for it has
been apparent for some time that convention attendance would be
unusually large.
itors last year and the year before, barring exhibitors entirely from
the Drake this year was at one time considered seriously.
Unquestionably the exhibits are a valuable part of the Con-
vention and if not abused by drawing attendance from the busi-
ness sessions will do much to present to the visiting dealers in-
formation of great value and interest.
Publicity Possibilities of Band Contest
Through the efforts of an active committee in Chicago, there
will be a number of features in connection with the convention this
year to win for the event considerable publicity of national scope.
The outstanding feature, of course, is the great band contest to
be held on the lake front and in which it is expected over 150
school bands throughout the country will participate. Through the
action of the band instrument manufacturers suitable awards have
been offered to stimulate interest in the contest and it is believed
y
Special Trains horn Both Coasts
The New York delegation will travel to Chicago as usual on a
special train over the New York Central railroad leaving New York
at 12:50 P. M. standard time on June 2 and arriving in Chicago
early the next afternoon. The Boston delegation will join the New
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that the massing of several thousand musicians in one great concert
will serve to attract widespread attention from the public at large.
As a matter of fact, the newspapers generally have already given
much space to this event.
Arrangements have been made for the presentation of
celebrities at the daily luncheons at the Drake and also at the big
banquet on Wednesday evening, and it has also been arranged to
have the principal addresses and much of the music incident to the
convention broadcasted by radio from the powerful Drake Hotel
station so that it will be heard by thousands of fans within a radius
of 1,000 miles or more from Chicago.
Imposing Round of Entertainment
There will of course be the usual round of entertainments
both of public and private character, for in addition to the big asso-
ciation banquet the Chicago Piano Club frolic, the travelers' ban-
quet, the daily luncheons and the other regularly scheduled affairs,
a goodly number of manufacturers have already announced plans
for entertaining those of their dealers who are in Chicago at dinners,
theatre parties and similar affairs.
It was with the idea of leaving one evening, Tuesday, for such
Yorkers at Albany and proceed West with them. It is also an-
nounced that the Pacific Coast delegates have arranged to come to
Chicago on a special train and those delegates in other sections of
the country who plan to go to Chicago either singly or in groups
can again take advantage of the certificate plan that provides for a
return ticket to their home town for themselves and family at one-
half the regular rate. The certificate must be secured from the
ticket agent at time of purchasing ticket for the convention and
must be presented at the registration desk at the I )rake for identifi-
cation and endorsement.
The Music Publishers' Meeting
Although the National Association of Sheet Music Dealers will
meet with the other national trade bodies at the Drake during the
week, the Music Publishers' Association of the United States will
hold its annual convention in New York on Tuesday of the week
following, June 12, owing to the provision in the Constitution which
fixes the convention date as the second Tuesday in June.
With this single exception, the national convention activities
of the trade will be over by June 9, and the association executives
will be free to proceed in carrying out the year's programs.
MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
26,
private entertainment that the National Piano Manufacturers'
Association for the first time in many years decided to forego its
annual banquet usually held on that night and thus prevent inter-
ference with scheduled events of more general character.
The members of the Chicago trade have been working for
several months planning for the entertainment of the convention
visitors and for their accommodation during the week either at the
Drake or in the event of an overflow at other hostelries, for it has
been apparent for some time that convention attendance would be
unusually large.
itors last year and the year before, barring exhibitors entirely from
the Drake this year was at one time considered seriously.
Unquestionably the exhibits are a valuable part of the Con-
vention and if not abused by drawing attendance from the busi-
ness sessions will do much to present to the visiting dealers in-
formation of great value and interest.
Publicity Possibilities of Band Contest
Through the efforts of an active committee in Chicago, there
will be a number of features in connection with the convention this
year to win for the event considerable publicity of national scope.
The outstanding feature, of course, is the great band contest to
be held on the lake front and in which it is expected over 150
school bands throughout the country will participate. Through the
action of the band instrument manufacturers suitable awards have
been offered to stimulate interest in the contest and it is believed
y
Special Trains horn Both Coasts
The New York delegation will travel to Chicago as usual on a
special train over the New York Central railroad leaving New York
at 12:50 P. M. standard time on June 2 and arriving in Chicago
early the next afternoon. The Boston delegation will join the New
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•••!§••••••
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Map of Chicago, Showing the Drake Hotel and Downtown Business Section
that the massing of several thousand musicians in one great concert
will serve to attract widespread attention from the public at large.
As a matter of fact, the newspapers generally have already given
much space to this event.
Arrangements have been made for the presentation of
celebrities at the daily luncheons at the Drake and also at the big
banquet on Wednesday evening, and it has also been arranged to
have the principal addresses and much of the music incident to the
convention broadcasted by radio from the powerful Drake Hotel
station so that it will be heard by thousands of fans within a radius
of 1,000 miles or more from Chicago.
Imposing Round of Entertainment
There will of course be the usual round of entertainments
both of public and private character, for in addition to the big asso-
ciation banquet the Chicago Piano Club frolic, the travelers' ban-
quet, the daily luncheons and the other regularly scheduled affairs,
a goodly number of manufacturers have already announced plans
for entertaining those of their dealers who are in Chicago at dinners,
theatre parties and similar affairs.
It was with the idea of leaving one evening, Tuesday, for such
Yorkers at Albany and proceed West with them. It is also an-
nounced that the Pacific Coast delegates have arranged to come to
Chicago on a special train and those delegates in other sections of
the country who plan to go to Chicago either singly or in groups
can again take advantage of the certificate plan that provides for a
return ticket to their home town for themselves and family at one-
half the regular rate. The certificate must be secured from the
ticket agent at time of purchasing ticket for the convention and
must be presented at the registration desk at the I )rake for identifi-
cation and endorsement.
The Music Publishers' Meeting
Although the National Association of Sheet Music Dealers will
meet with the other national trade bodies at the Drake during the
week, the Music Publishers' Association of the United States will
hold its annual convention in New York on Tuesday of the week
following, June 12, owing to the provision in the Constitution which
fixes the convention date as the second Tuesday in June.
With this single exception, the national convention activities
of the trade will be over by June 9, and the association executives
will be free to proceed in carrying out the year's programs.
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