MONS. CALON AND THE HAM1LTON BAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1405, 5 July 1881, Page 3

MONS. CALON AND THE HAMILTON BAND.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— Kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper to contradiot a statement which appears in your Satur* day's issue with regard to the Hamilton Band. In the paragraph it says, ' ' Mons. Calon has desired to join the band." This is a malicious falsehood, intended to make me look small in the eye of the public at large. The real facts are these : — Mr Gwynne, of the committee, and several members of the band have repeatedly desired me to come now and then, and give them a helping hand at their practice, as it •would fill up a blank with the clarionet I used to play. They assured me they would be very glad to see me there whenever I chose to come. In answer to their desire I have given those gentlemen plainly to understand that should I give them a little assistance at practice, I have no other reason or motive whatever in assisting them, but from pure love of music and to see the band making rapid strides to perfection ; and if they fully understood my meaning I would not mind occasionally to take the part allotted for the clarionet. — I am, etc., E. Calos. [Our reporter was quite correct in what he stated in the paragraph that Mons. Calon had expressed a desire to join the band. In fact, Mons. Calon went so far as to promise to attend the practice on Thursday night and take up the clarionet, which he did not do. Perhaps it might be as well to state that the members of the band are working harmoniously together, and it would be a great pity to have that good feeling disturbed by any such repetition as the late I Whatawliatii squabble. The music from which the band are playing is -written by their bandmaster, which is not so difficult to a young band as that purchased. — Ed.]