AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9996, 17 March 1910, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

ROYAL BESSES 0' TH' BARN BAND. Considerable interest is being evinced throughout the district at the return of the famous Royal Besses o' th' Barn Band, and universal satisfaction created with the prospects of concerts, in Mastertbn, commencing on Tuesday, March 29th. The Besses o' th' Barn returns to Australasia with an hereditary reputation as one of the finest if not the best —brass bands extant. When it is remembered that a band consisting of thirty three performers and a conductor can, with only six different brass instruments and drums, produce musical effects in gradation and colouring from the softest Dianissimo up to the crash of fortissimo, including the simple harmonies of a popular hymn and the weird grandeur of Wagner's musical mythology, it can be readily understood that such results would give the performers world-wide reputation. Every performer in the Band is, and must be, a consummate artist to arrive at such a standard of musical perfection, from the artist drummer to the yolo cornet. Tt is said to be a performance in which the lip, tongue and fingers, are equal in facility and delicacy of rendition to the fingers only of the great artists of the organ, piano and violin. There is no hitch no hesitation, not the smallest indication of executive difficulty by any member of the Band, even in the most florid rush of instrumentation; not the faintest effort or unnecessary gesticulation on the part of ihe conductor (Mr Alexander Owen). There is no undue prominence to any instrument, an absolute balance is preserved producing a magnificent combination with harmonious results. Full particulars respecting prices, opening of plans and booking of seats by post, will be announced in a later issue.

THOMPSON-PAYNL PICTURES

There was another large audience at the Foresters' Hall, last night, when the programme submitted drew forth loud applause. To- jght an entirely fresh stries will • ■ presented when "The Millionaire cowboy" will be introduced, This picture promises to be very editing. "The Warrior's Dauphter" is another film that is highly si' kMi of. 'Why Girls Leave Home ' should be of interest to the fair sex, "In the Watches of the Nignt," "The Miner's Daughter,' ''Wanted—A Child," and "The Biter Bit," are a few of the many items in this change. The management announce the new and powerful dynamo just Imported will be used for the first time tonight, and patrons can look forward to seeing this excellent show to still better advantage.