10 pm: Tableau of Huntington’s Republican court, followed by a tea-party, served by 169 ladies in costumes of a hundred years ago; 1 pm: grand ball.

“The grand concert will be given by two of the most famous bands of the city, stationed in the balconies, upon opposite side of the Academy. Operatic selections and national airs will be played while tea is being served. Promenades will follow and at midnight the dancing will begin.”

No mention of music.

“There were twenty dances on the programme, and Bernstein’s band was kept pretty busy during the small hours, Grafulla supplying the music during the promenading intervals.”

“…The dancing. Bernstein and Grafulla furnished the music, and, to judge of it critically, it was neither better nor worse than what the habitués of Academy balls have long been accustomed to. The following program was rendered. [list of titles and composers; includes two overtures, a finale, four national airs, and dance music]. The principal part of the programme was furnished by Grafulla, who played the English national anthem, ‘God Save the Queen,’ during the tableau of ‘Lady Washington’s Reception,’ under the impression that it was indigenous to the soil, because there’s a hymn called ‘America’ sung to the same air…”