Grand concerts by the united bands of Camp Custer: 250 musicians: under the direction of Bohumir Kryl

              Souvenir Program Official Opening of Liberty Theatre
Camp Custer—Battle Creek Michigan
Grand Concerts By the United Bands of Camp Custer 250 Musicians


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Under the Direction of 
Bohumir Kryl
The World's Greatest Cornetist and Bandmaster.



328th Field Artillery Band
Band Leader—H. L. Barber


329th Field Artillery Band
Band Leader—Olen Kelsey


330th Field Artillery Band
Band Leader—George Giebeler


337th Infantry Band
Band Leader—Steven Blanche


338th Infantry Band
Band Leader—George Gallucci


339th Infantry Band
Band Leader—John O'Grady


340th Infantry Band
Band Leader—George Ames


160th Depot Brigade
Band Leader—J. A. Conrad



Under Direction of War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities

RAYMOND B. FOSDICK, Chairman
Committee on Entertainment
LEE HANMER, MARC KLAW, HARRY P. HARRISON




America

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.



PROGRAM
Thursday Evening at 7 O'Clock, Jan. 10, 1918.



1.
Overture, Poet and Peasant


Suppe


2.
Fantasia, Echo in the Forest


Kling


3.
Caprice, Hunter's Dream

Bucalossi





Description of a fox hunt in dear old England, imitating birds, the barking of hounds, and the galloping of horses.



4.
Cornet Solo, Carneval de Venice

Kryl





BOHUMIR KRYL.



5.
(a)
Marching Song, America, Here's My Boy

Lunze



(b)
Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)

Novello


6.
Scenes from II Trovatore

Verdi





Introducing Miserere, by Messrs. Edwards and Tripp, ending with the famous Anvil Chorus, introducing the costumed corps of musical blacksmiths, electric anvils, etc.



7.
Allied Fantasia

ar. Kryl





Introducing the National Anthems of the Allied Nations and their respective Flags.




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The Star Spangled Banner
National Hymn of the American Republic, words written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key.  The Tune is that of Anacreon in Heaven, an old English Song

HERE are the words
SING them when the band plays


Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?



PROGRAM
Friday Evening at 7 O'Clock, Jan. 11, 1918.



1.
March, Semper Fidelis


Sousa


2.
Overture, On Old College Songs


Moses


3.
Tone Pictures of the North and South


Bendix


4.
The Patriot


Kryl





CORNET SOLO BY BOHUMIR KRYL



5.
Gems from Chimes of Normandy


Planguette


6.
(a)
Your Country Needs You Now

Cormack



(b)
Over There

Cohan


7.
The Death of Custer, or The Battle of Little Big Horn


Lee Johnston





Synopsis: (a)  Sioux Indians' war dance, night before the battle.  (b)  Bugle call in Custer's camp before forming the line of march.  (c)  Custer's Custer's cavalry on march to Sioux's camp, the sound of horses' hoofs in the distance.  (d)  Approach of cavalry with band playing National Airs, the Indians responding with their customary war music.  (e)  Battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876, in which our great general lost his life.  (f)  Indians rejoicing over the victory with scalp dance.  (g)  Arrival of reinforcements, General Bentine and cavalry.  (h)  Custer's burial, volley of shots, muffled drums and bugle sounding the last call over our great general's grave.






Finale: Nearer My God To Thee.




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The Tribune, Chicago
—As a director he is without a peer, as a virtuoso he is unrivaled.


Los Angeles Times
—The most remarkable cornet technicist in the world.


Washington Post
—The effect of his playing was electrical.


New York Times
—Kryl is complete master of the difficult instrument.


Kansas City Star
—Kryl is a great virtuoso.


Cincinnati Inquirer
—He is a great conductor and the head of a great band.



PROGRAM
Saturday Evening at 7 o'clock, Jan. 12, 1918.



1.
March, The Stars and Stripes Forever



Sousa


2.
Airs from The Serenade



Herbert


3.
Descriptive, A Hunting Scene



Bucalossi




(a)
Early Morning.






(b)
The Meet.






(c)
Full Cry.






Finale.





4.
Cornet Solo, American Fantasie



Kryl






BOHUMIR KRYL.



5.
Two popular March Songs—








(a)
Till the Clouds Roll By

Kern




(b)
Somewhere in France is the Lily

Howard


6.
Scenes from Il Trovatore



Verd






Introducing Miserere, by Messrs. Edwards and Tripp, ending with the famous Anvil Chorus, introducing the costumed corps of musical blacksmiths, electric anvils, etc.



7.
The Soldier's Dream



Arr. Dr. Carl Yeck






Synopsis: Tattoo.  Taps (lights out).  Slumber.  Daybreak, clock strikes four, corporal of the guard report (4 o'clock and all is well).  Drummer call.  Morning gun.  Breakfast call.  March Soldiers, fall into line.  Off for the front, all aboard, good-byes.  Train disappearing in the distance.  At the scene of oncoming battle.  Attention, company.  Forward, march.  Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.  Memories of the Blue and Gray (a)  Dixie, (b)  Red, White and Blue, (c)  Suwanee River, (d)  Arkansas Traveler.  (e)  White Cockade and The Girl I Left Behind Me.  Reports of cannon.  The din and roar of battle is heard.  The wounded soldier.  Thinking of Home.  The Vacant Chair.  Grand Finale.  The Star Spangled Banner.




ADMISSION 25c.