THE BESSES O' THE BARN BAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 15 March 1907, Page 3

THE BESSES O' THE BARN BAND.

The Royal iiesscs o' tin; liarn Band 1 arc 1.0 open tlu'ir season at tlio Thealro Royal on Friday night next, at 8.30, A matinee at tlie Kecrcation Ground on Saturday afternoon has boon arranged, wlien the pwes on that occasion will : be Is !il to tlic ground and Is extra lo the grand stand. On Saturday evening the liesses will give their final concert in the Theatre. The booking, which,has easily constituted a record for New I'l.yniouth, is very heavy and the general indications point to a record season. The impression tins baud lias cre;.te:l so far in Ken - Zealand indicates the superiority of the IJ:vses ovi-r all other bands. This supremacy was strongly in evidence (luring I lie rtccul tour in America, where no less than five English bands were touring. Mr Garfield, the I'rosi. derd of , lie While City (Chicago), afhr hearing the liesses give I heir first two performances, offered to back them against any American or English band foi' ai.'W dollars, It is a Mgnilieant fact tint the challenge was never accepted and this in the "home of ►5 ms:i. Fiji' h,j concerts li"re two generous programmes Inyo born arranged, consisting of sonic of tin- mo-'l brilliant numbers of " the ]!>'sses" fa.noui repertoire. The 1.5 Irani on Saturday lias been delayed until ,5.15 pm., thus enabling many re.-idents along the 1 ne to hear the full rro . gramme at Saturday afternoon's cm . cert. Tile box plans lor the tsvu evening coiu-rts ':re nl 11 e 1 >res:!cn, tie 3/ dry sa'e tickets being at Avery's-, where the tickets for the afternoou performance are also.