Visit of St Hilda Band
A Delightful Programme
As was expected, the famous St Hilda Band was given a fine reception on their visit to the town on Monday last.
The Band gave two performances, one at Aspenden House (by kind invitation of Capt. and Mrs H.H. Williams), and an evening performance at the Red House (by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs Claud Fraser).
There was a small but appreciative audience at the afternoon performance, at which Capt. Williams thanked the band for such an excellent programme.
On Monday evening there was an audience of between 400 and 500, lured by the beautiful warm evening and the "soft strains of music." The seating arrangements were excellent, and the entire programme was greatly enjoyed.
Mr Lawson Williams, the celebrated tenor, formerly of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, appeared before a Buntingford audience for the first time. Mr Williams is an actor as well as a singer, and his song, "Let me like a Soldier fall," was loudly encored; he was recalled a second time and sang "I passed by your window."
The Band concluded the evening programme with the hymn "Abide with me," the second verse being played by four of the bandsmen in a distant part of the grounds.
At the close, Mr E. Smith, the bandmaster of the Town Silver Band, thanked the St Hilda Band for the excellent programme, Mr and Mrs Claud Fraser for placing the grounds at the disposal of the Band, and all those who had helped to make the evening such an enjoyable one.
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