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Music Dominates Legion Convention
(Continued from page 63)
Electric Co. The organization, under the direc-
tion of Vesey Walker, just nosed out the band
of Columbus, O., with 96.39 points to 96.21.
Scoring was based on general appearance,
inarching ability, conducting, interpretation, in-
strumentation, articulation, intonation, expres-
sion and ensemble.
The winner was the only group entered
awarded a perfect score for instrumentation.
Members of the group were of the opinion that
the band's seven Sousaphones, the largest num-
ber in any band in the contest, were to a cer-
can Legion Band.
The Columbus Band was placed second for
the fourth consecutive year. Third and fourth
places went to the Kenosha, Wis., and Wichita,
Kan., bands, with 94.96 and 94.56 points.
Scoring was in the hands of five judges, whose
identity was not made known to either the
contestants or the spectators. Each judge was
chosen for his qualifications for judging one or
more of the features considered in the awards.
The unplaced bands in the contest were from
Logansport, Ind., Belleville, 111., Detroit, Mich.,
Even
Comedy
Bands
Had a
Place
tain extent responsible for the award. Walter
Olsen and Amos Metz are drum majors for the
outfit.
The Milwaukee band, State champions of
Wisconsin for the past five years, have taken
part in the National Legion contests for the
past five years. They were placed third at the
Philadelphia and fourth at the Omaha conven-
tions.
Prizes in the contest, awarded by the conven-
tion city, were: First $1,000, second $500, and
third $250. The Lemuel Bolles trophy, a silver
plaque, is to remain in the possession of the
winner for the coming year, during which time
the group will be designated the official Ameri-
Greenville, O., Batavia, N. Y., Trenton, N. J.,
Minneapolis, Minn., and Chicago, 111.
Dr. C. C. Hawke, Winfield, Kan., was chair-
man of the National Contest Committee, which
had charge of both the band and drum and
bugle contests.
During the judging for musical ability, the
bands were allowed to choose one of the fol-
lowing selections for rendition: "Under the
Cuban Flag," Sousa, "March of the Toys,"
Herbert, "Invitation a la Valse," Weber, "Largo
from the World Symphony," Dvorak, "Second
Hungarian Rhapsody," Liszt, and "Dance of the
Hours," Ponchiclli.
The Doodledorfer Band of Peru, Ind., while it
did not compete for
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n a t i o n a l honors,
stood high in the es-
t i m a t io n of the
crowds
which
watched the Legion-
aires at play. The
Doodledorfers, who
specialize in doinfi
things a little differ-
ently from the rest
of the musical or-
ganizations of the
Legion,
possessed
uniforms remarkable
largely for their lack
of uniformity, and
a collection of musi-
cal i n s t r u m e n t s
whose like is prob-
ably not to be found
anywhere.
THE MONK
It consisted large-
CARTOONIST
ly of bits of pipe
carelessly left lying
around by plumbers,
who would probably
blush for shame to
see the uses to
which they are now
put, a few once-serv-
iceable instruments
which have seen bet-
ter days, and others
probably significant
of raids on ten-cent
How the Legion Band Music Hit Louisville From the Louisville Evening News stores.
The Doodledorfers' big moment—and their
stay in Louisville was composed almost entirely
of hilarious big moments—came when they
played "How Dry I Am," while Uncle Sam was
depicted in fireworks astride a barrel in the
sky during the Victory Spectacle Wednesday
night before a crowd of 16,000 persons.
The drum and bugle corps of Frankfort Post
No. 211, Philadelphia, took first place in na-
tional championship competition in its class,
which preceded the Victory Spectacle, from a
field of eighty-one contestants. The winning
corps, which numbered forty-seven men, in-
cluding a color guard of six men and Drum
Major Henry C. Whiteling, scored 98.525 points
on a scoring system similar to that used in the
band contest. Second place went to the corps
of the Fort Dodge, la., post, with a score of
98.10, and third to the Commonwealth Edison
Post, Chicago, with 97.75 points. The prizes
in the drum and bugle corps contests were the
same as those in the band contest.
The other seven groups which survived.the
elimination contests, held at the Louisville
Male High School, earlier in the day, repre-
sented posts at Kankakee, 111., Salem, Ore.,
Rockford, 111., Los Angeles, Cal., Elyria, O.,
Karibault, Minn., and Long Beach, Cal.
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Markets New Music Stand
The music stand division of the Consolidated
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new music stand which promises to become
very popular because of its unusual features.
The new stand is termed the Imperial Midget
Adjustable Stand.
It is of the friction tele-
scopic type, in throe sections, and the legs have
a special locking device which permits opening
and closing the stand quickly and with little
effort. It has a narrow foot spread and a par-
ticularly attractive depth with tilt adjustment
for any position.
The Imperial Midget Stand folds up into a
very small compact unit and can be carried
either in a pocket or in a thirteen-inch stand
case. Jobbers and dealers report that it is
proving particularly popular to students and
members of school orchestras because of con-
venience and small cost.
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