Music Trade Review

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MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
D ECEMBER
29, 1923
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CENTURY WINDOW CONTEST WON BY NEW MEXICO DEALER
Apollo Music Shop, of Albuquerque, Winner of First Prize in Country-wide Contest-Large
Number of Representatives of This Popular Edition Participate With Varied Displays
The recent window display contest, arranged
by the Century Music Publishing Co., in which
several hundred dealers throughout the country
plays related to standard numbers . However,
the fact that man y of the Century publications
are given multi- colored and exc lusive de signed
Prize-winning Window in Century Music Co. Contest
took pa rt , result ed in a series of original and
title pages added conside rabl y to the possibili­
a ttr ac tiv e di spl a ys. Th ese sh owin gs ar e particu­
·ties in arrangem e nts and layouts.
larl y impres s ive when it is reali ze d that the dis-
T he priz es were $50 for the first winn er; $25
for the se cond; $15 for the third, and $10 for
th e fourth. The Apollo Music Shop, Albuqu e rqu e,
N. M ., was th e winner of the first prize.' A
reprodu ction of this particularly attractive win­
dow is herewith shown. A full window display
of Century titl es, ar ran ged to re s emble a pipe
or gan, in the background, before which were
displa yed other title page s giving the impression
of a mo saic floor. This di splay not only won
the un a nimous prai se of the judges, but previ­
ously had cr ea ted a distinct impression in the
eyes of the music bu ye rs of Albuquerque.
The second priz e was won by Hickey's
Ly ceum Music Store, Ithaca, N . Y. This dis ­
play showed over 200 Centur y titles, including
twelve copy rosett es and si x hand-made signs
of imp ressive ch a ract er, all of whi ch made an
unusually attractiv e combination.
The third prize went to the J Raigor Musi c
Shop, St. Loui s, Mo., and th e fourth prize to
J. Ed. B lack , Springfield, Mo. Missouri was,
seemin gly, well represented. Mr. Black, by th e
way, has won other window display prizes and
throughout the trad e is well-known for the
origina lity as well a s the character of his win­
dow dre s sings.
Ten dollar awards of appreci a tion were given
to the following house s, whose windows de­
served more th a n mere comm e nt: Volkwein
Bros., Pitt s burgh, P a.; Escher Music Shoppe,
Pittsfield, Mass.; E. Hegeman, Philadelphia,
Pa., and]. W. La Bai Music Co ., Baltimore, Md.
The following w ere the judges of the Cen­
tury contest: V. D. Walsh, The Music Trade
Review; F . C. Bruns, Federal Ad vertising
Agency, and B. W. McClellan of the Music
Trade s.
A partnership form ed by a singer and a com­
poser was recently comple ted he re and is known
a s The Song Shop, owned by Stone & Verges,
HOllston, Tex. The partners are Billy Stone
and Joseph Verges .
A New Song of Unusual Merit
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for All Voices.
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A natural song hit.
Gw.Ynne J>e.Qiti
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Lucien Denni
Victor Song Record just released. Dance records will be released soon. Published in three keys; Quartets
for mixed, male and women's voices; Orchestra and Band.
Published. by J. W. JENKINS' SONS MUSIC CO.
KANSAS CITY, MO.