Music Trade Review
Issue: 1931 Vol. 90 N. 6 - Page 57
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
WISCONSIN STATE HIGH
SCHOOL BAND TOURNAMENT
Many Wisconsin music dealers were in
attendance at the annual Wisconsin State
high school band tournament which met
May IS and 16 at Menasha, Wis. The
event, bringing together more than 4,000
musicians from high schools in the state in
the "world's largest" band tourney, attracted
more than 20,000 spectators, including Gov-
ernor Philip F. La Follette, Senator John J.
Blaine and John M. Callahan, State superin-
tendent of schools.
The band awards were as follows: Class
A—First Tating: Appleton, Green Bay, Mil-
waukee North Division, Richland Center,
West De Pere. Second rating: Oshkosh,
Shorewood, Viroqua, Wauwatosa. Third rat-
ing: Elkhorn, Milwaukee Boys' Technical,
Milwaukee Boys' Vocational, Milwaukee
West Division, Stevens Point High School.
Class B—First rating: Waupun, Menasha,
Beaver Dam, Algoma.. Second rating: Two
Rivers, Ripon, Racine, St. Catherine's,
Oconto, Rio, Muscado, Menasha, St. Marys,
Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc, Milwaukee Lin-
coln, Milwaukee South Division, Milwaukee
Girls' Vocational, Columbus. Third rating:
Portage, Milwaukee Custer, Eau Claire,
Wausau, Mukwonago, Colfax, Brodhead,
Seymour.
Class C—First rating: Milwaukee Roose-
velt, Neenah, De Pere, Oshkosh, Waterlook,
East Troy, Wisconsin Rapids, Preston, Mil-
waukee Mixed Vocational,
Menasha, Waupun, Richland Center and
St. Catherine's of Racine were adjudged the
best-appearing bands in the tournament.
Because of the magnitude of the event, and
the increasing number of schools desiring to
participate, substitution of district tourna-
ments and tryouts, rather than the colorful
state-wide tournament, is being considered.
Judges Avere: A. A. Harding, director of
the University of Illinois Band; V. T.
Grabel, director of the Chicago Symphony
Band; G. C. Bainum, director of the North-
western University Band; H. Bachman,
director of Bachman's Band, Chicago; E. J.
Meltzer, of the Meltzer School of Music,
Chicago, and Orien Dalley, department of
instrumental music of the University of Wis-
consin.
INTERESTING NEW BOOKLET
ON HARMONICA PLAYING
"The Art of Playing the Harmonica" is
the title of a new publication just issued by
M. Hohner, Inc., prominent harmonica manu-
facturers, and in every respect represents the
most comprehensive treatise on harmonica
playing that has thus far been published.
In the twenty-four pages comprising the
booklet there is absolutely no extraneous
matter, the entire text being devoted to ma-
terial of direct value to the harmonica student
from the proper method of holding the har-
monica and the knack of tonguing the in-
strument, to detailed descriptions as to the
methods for securing various artistic effects.
A number of standard music selections are
published arranged with the notes numbered
in accordance with the notes of the harmonica
so that the student can follow through with-
out difficulty.
The booklet is the work of C. Irving
55
June, 1931
Valentine, director of music, Newton High
School, New York, who has long made a
study of the harmonica and its possibilities.
CONN SAXOPHONE SEXTETTE
TO PLAY AT CONVENTION
Through the courtesy of C. G. Conn, Ltd.,
the Conn Saxophone Sextette, winners of the
Chicagoland Music Festival, August 23,
1930, and one of the best of its kind in the
country, will play before the music merchants
at their Thirtieth Annual Banquet at the
Palmer House, Chicago, Tuesday evening,
June 9.
Among its personnel are artists who form-
erly played with Sousa, Innes, and Cincinnati
Symphony and other well-known organiza-
tions, including M. J. Webster, Bb soprano
u
and F mezzo; C. J. Herendeen, Eb alto;
Joe Artley, Eb alto; I. U. Leatherman, tenor;
W. E. Wyatt, baritone; Charles Weber, Jr.,
bass.
Among the numbers which they will play
before the Convention are some of the
numbers they used to win the Chicagoland
Music Festival contest, including "Morning,
Noon and Night," and "Orpheus." In one
number they will use the F mezzo soprano
instead of the Bb soprano, a new soprano
voice for the saxophone developed by the
Conn Company.
The Wisconsin Automatic Music Co., of
Sheboygan, has filed articles of incorporation
to deal in automatic phonographs, musical
instruments, etc. Capitalization is $2,000 in
twenty shares, and the incorporators are E.
Toebe, C. Noble and H. Sterman.
The Dealers' Line"
is called the dealers' line of Band Instruments be-
*• cause of the principles upon which the policies of the House
of York are based.
We know that we cannot profit unless our dealers do, and in
all our advertising and sales literature, this fact is kept in
mind. Direct factory competition is a thing unknown to the
dealer who stocks and pushes the York Line. And the quality
of York Instruments, maintained through nearly half a century
of manufacturing, is a credit to any store.
Wanted—Dealers in
Territory Now Open
HHHERE are still some choice territories open, and if we
•*• are not adequately represented in your city, we solicit your
inquiry. If you are the kind of a dealer who regards consumer
satisfaction as a factor equal in importance to immediate profit,
you are the sort we want—and we have an interesting propo-
sition to make you.
See Us at The Palmer House, Chicago
]une 8, 9, 10, 1931
YORK BAND INSTRUMENT CO.
Makers of GOOD BAND INSTRUMENTS Since 1882
Grand Rapids, Michigan
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
WISCONSIN STATE HIGH
SCHOOL BAND TOURNAMENT
Many Wisconsin music dealers were in
attendance at the annual Wisconsin State
high school band tournament which met
May IS and 16 at Menasha, Wis. The
event, bringing together more than 4,000
musicians from high schools in the state in
the "world's largest" band tourney, attracted
more than 20,000 spectators, including Gov-
ernor Philip F. La Follette, Senator John J.
Blaine and John M. Callahan, State superin-
tendent of schools.
The band awards were as follows: Class
A—First Tating: Appleton, Green Bay, Mil-
waukee North Division, Richland Center,
West De Pere. Second rating: Oshkosh,
Shorewood, Viroqua, Wauwatosa. Third rat-
ing: Elkhorn, Milwaukee Boys' Technical,
Milwaukee Boys' Vocational, Milwaukee
West Division, Stevens Point High School.
Class B—First rating: Waupun, Menasha,
Beaver Dam, Algoma.. Second rating: Two
Rivers, Ripon, Racine, St. Catherine's,
Oconto, Rio, Muscado, Menasha, St. Marys,
Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc, Milwaukee Lin-
coln, Milwaukee South Division, Milwaukee
Girls' Vocational, Columbus. Third rating:
Portage, Milwaukee Custer, Eau Claire,
Wausau, Mukwonago, Colfax, Brodhead,
Seymour.
Class C—First rating: Milwaukee Roose-
velt, Neenah, De Pere, Oshkosh, Waterlook,
East Troy, Wisconsin Rapids, Preston, Mil-
waukee Mixed Vocational,
Menasha, Waupun, Richland Center and
St. Catherine's of Racine were adjudged the
best-appearing bands in the tournament.
Because of the magnitude of the event, and
the increasing number of schools desiring to
participate, substitution of district tourna-
ments and tryouts, rather than the colorful
state-wide tournament, is being considered.
Judges Avere: A. A. Harding, director of
the University of Illinois Band; V. T.
Grabel, director of the Chicago Symphony
Band; G. C. Bainum, director of the North-
western University Band; H. Bachman,
director of Bachman's Band, Chicago; E. J.
Meltzer, of the Meltzer School of Music,
Chicago, and Orien Dalley, department of
instrumental music of the University of Wis-
consin.
INTERESTING NEW BOOKLET
ON HARMONICA PLAYING
"The Art of Playing the Harmonica" is
the title of a new publication just issued by
M. Hohner, Inc., prominent harmonica manu-
facturers, and in every respect represents the
most comprehensive treatise on harmonica
playing that has thus far been published.
In the twenty-four pages comprising the
booklet there is absolutely no extraneous
matter, the entire text being devoted to ma-
terial of direct value to the harmonica student
from the proper method of holding the har-
monica and the knack of tonguing the in-
strument, to detailed descriptions as to the
methods for securing various artistic effects.
A number of standard music selections are
published arranged with the notes numbered
in accordance with the notes of the harmonica
so that the student can follow through with-
out difficulty.
The booklet is the work of C. Irving
55
June, 1931
Valentine, director of music, Newton High
School, New York, who has long made a
study of the harmonica and its possibilities.
CONN SAXOPHONE SEXTETTE
TO PLAY AT CONVENTION
Through the courtesy of C. G. Conn, Ltd.,
the Conn Saxophone Sextette, winners of the
Chicagoland Music Festival, August 23,
1930, and one of the best of its kind in the
country, will play before the music merchants
at their Thirtieth Annual Banquet at the
Palmer House, Chicago, Tuesday evening,
June 9.
Among its personnel are artists who form-
erly played with Sousa, Innes, and Cincinnati
Symphony and other well-known organiza-
tions, including M. J. Webster, Bb soprano
u
and F mezzo; C. J. Herendeen, Eb alto;
Joe Artley, Eb alto; I. U. Leatherman, tenor;
W. E. Wyatt, baritone; Charles Weber, Jr.,
bass.
Among the numbers which they will play
before the Convention are some of the
numbers they used to win the Chicagoland
Music Festival contest, including "Morning,
Noon and Night," and "Orpheus." In one
number they will use the F mezzo soprano
instead of the Bb soprano, a new soprano
voice for the saxophone developed by the
Conn Company.
The Wisconsin Automatic Music Co., of
Sheboygan, has filed articles of incorporation
to deal in automatic phonographs, musical
instruments, etc. Capitalization is $2,000 in
twenty shares, and the incorporators are E.
Toebe, C. Noble and H. Sterman.
The Dealers' Line"
is called the dealers' line of Band Instruments be-
*• cause of the principles upon which the policies of the House
of York are based.
We know that we cannot profit unless our dealers do, and in
all our advertising and sales literature, this fact is kept in
mind. Direct factory competition is a thing unknown to the
dealer who stocks and pushes the York Line. And the quality
of York Instruments, maintained through nearly half a century
of manufacturing, is a credit to any store.
Wanted—Dealers in
Territory Now Open
HHHERE are still some choice territories open, and if we
•*• are not adequately represented in your city, we solicit your
inquiry. If you are the kind of a dealer who regards consumer
satisfaction as a factor equal in importance to immediate profit,
you are the sort we want—and we have an interesting propo-
sition to make you.
See Us at The Palmer House, Chicago
]une 8, 9, 10, 1931
YORK BAND INSTRUMENT CO.
Makers of GOOD BAND INSTRUMENTS Since 1882
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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