THE GARRISON BAND.
It is gratifying to see the public manifesting interest in the affairs of the Taranaki Garrison Band, which, for causes not hard to find, have been drifting for some time past. The financial position of the Bandj as disclosed at last night's meeting by the citizen's committee set up at a previous meeting, is by no means desperate, and can be remedied without much effort. What is necessary to ensure the success of the Band is management, and now that a citizen's committee has been appointed, there should be no trouble on this score in future. The public are favorably disposed towards the Band. They recognise its usefulness, and only want approaching to extend whatever help is necessary to put the Band on a proper footing. Whilst the public is conscious of its obligations to the Band, the latter, in turn, owe something to the public. There can be no doubt that the Band have not of late given.as freely oi their services to the public as has been desired. There may have been good reasons for this. We do not know. But the fact remains that if the Band wish to retain the support of the public they must be prepared to give the community "something for their money." We have no sympathy with the proposal made at last night's meeting to ask the Borough Council to increase its grant for additional municipal concerts at Fitzroy, Vogeltown, Westown and Moturoa. We see no objection in approaching the Council for an increased grant towards tin' fund!! of the Band, nor in the Council acceding to the request, within, of course, certain limits; but why give concerts in the sparsely populated districts when we have attractive spots, suprema in situ, like the Recreation Ground and the seaside? Vogeltown people would,, we feel sure, sooner walk down to the Park and listen to the Band there than attend an "open-air" concert on the roadside. Tf we are to have more Band concerts let them be held in the beautiful Park and at the attractive seasidesituations, surely, that cannot be improved upon. As we suggested in this column yesterday, we would like to see Sunday afternoon concerts arranged during the remainder of the summer, and believe they would be greatly appreciated by the public and prove a source of attraction to outsiders (to secure whom systematic efforts are now being made throughout the Dominion), and not without profit to the Band itself.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 169, 4 December 1912, Page 4
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412THE GARRISON BAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 169, 4 December 1912, Page 4
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