To the Editor of thie "Nowru-Cmiva Dairy News."
Sit,—For, T believe, the first tiino on record Mr. Paci pat on a good Fopular programme last' week-end, and was rewarded, at Jessfield Park, by a very large attendance Jon Monday night. fr. Paci, how-fever, id not conduct. himself. The! general critic lam of the playing! vas that it was ragied and enreleas. [Apparently our highly-paid orehesra is not out to give satisfaction to that large pablic who can thoroughly appreciate a good military band Dut fail to be moved by the high-brow offering thet Mr. Pact usually produces, A few weeks ago the writer noted with "pleasure that the. "Blue! Danube Waltz" was included in a programme and in consequence, for the first time for months, attended performance. After'—sitting through a Tot of more or less. interesting music, the "Blue Danube" was eventually played, bhut Mr, Paci managed apparently to sterilize most of the beauty out of Strauss' beautiful waltz 'At the Fast ratepayers' meeting the Chairman admitted that the Council wore rather unhappy about spending such an enormous amount of money on a band, and it would now appear that, having decided! to keep up the expenditure, the! Toast the Band Committee' might to endeavour to forse the feonductore to make a genuine attempt to give to the greatest pleasure to the greatest number by duly varying his programmes, and at the same time giving az much attention to the more popular ones as to the others.
Tam, ete,
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