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The Charter Oak Band.The music for the Fairfield Fourth of July celebration was furnished prin-ago and its members, with one or two exceptions, are all employed at the Turney Charter Oak Wagon Works, and hence the name. T. H. Jones is f the director of the band and during ex the past year everyone of the twenty- CO! two members has done hard and faith* ^ 11 ful work, meeting every Tuesday and ■ I Friday night of each week, when w® ' several hours were spent in practice.Recently, and especially after they ' were engaged for the Fourth, the i meetings were of even more frequent occurrence. The band headquarters is I ! over Mr. McKain’s restaurant in “Newi Chicago.” I, I There is much hard work in connec* I I tion with a band in any country town, I — -1 and especially has it been so with the ; I Charter Oak Band, as at the time ofi the organization very few of the mem*- bers played by note. Then, too, it is i impossible in a town of the size of3 Fairfield for a band to receive the re-t muneration which it deserves, but fori j s the past month the merchants have lhired the band to give concerts in the I* park on Thursday night of each week, V1 thus helping out the band treasury, n On Tuesday the members of the band ■t wore their new uniforms for the first lt;. time, and they made a fine appearance. ’g The coats are of dark blue broadcloth, q triraed with black mohair and gold braid; the trousers are of light blue kersey with a stripe of black braid down the sides; and the caps are of the I same color as the coats, trimmed with I Q black mohair braid, and with the. words, “Charter Oak Band” embroid-y ered in gold braid on the front.The personnel of the band is as foi-1 lows, together with the instruments played by each member: Ie Robert Shelton........................solo cornet Id Frank Jones..........................solo cornet I m\ Fred Campbell........................solo cornet I -Q Harry Wright.........................solo cornet IFrank Van Doien...................E flat cornetLouis Sattler..........................tirst cornet |Fred Briggs...........................first cornet IHarry Stein wood..................second cornet |l* Herbert Howe.....................E flat clarinet Il-1 Bruce Russell ..............piccolo I^ T. H. Jones..................solo, B flat, clarinet 1Franz Liming................first, B flat,clarinetTeeumseh Graham......................solo alto IFred Hastou............................first altcl 1's Fairfield is proud of this band, and “e should give it a support that will en-38 and by his success in training the boys ^ of the Charter Oak he has demon-n strated his fitness as a leader. Their -Is repertoire is extensive and their work isto all well done. I
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 05, 1899
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