Fourth of July Excursion

Event Information

Venue(s):
Vanderbilt (steamer)

Conductor(s):
Claudio Solomon Grafulla

Price: $1.59; $2 for gentleman and lady

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

Program Details

Excursion up the Hudson and around Staten Island; took place from 11 am-5 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Seventh Regiment Band

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 July 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 05 July 1870, 1.

“Grafulla’s Seventh Regiment Band furnished the instrumentation for the occasion, and the sweet strains of music borne over the broad waters of the Hudson as the steamer plowed its way along added not a little to the enjoyment of the day.”