Venue(s):
Central Park Mall
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Event Type:
Band
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
27 May 2020
“Every week the Park is becoming more of an institution. Its beauties are more thoroughly appreciated, and, as a natural consequence, its walks and drives are more constantly frequented. The poor sewing girl, in her plain print dress, and the wife of the millionaire, in her luxurious carriage, and clad in silks and snowy laces; the clerk of limited means, and the owner of fabulous wealth, all find there a common meeting place. All alike appreciate its beauty and enjoy a ramble through its well kept walks and drives. Yesterday the concourse of visitors was overwhelming. From early morning until long after the concert commenced every car was crowded. Ladies with waterfalls and the gold trimmings of autumn; children and business men, city folks and inhabitants of Brooklyn, Hoboken, Staten Island and the more remote region of New Jersey, were all represented in the throng. Summer toilets, with a slight sprinkling of fall fashions, childhood and old age, all mingled together, made the scene eminently attractive.
Vehicles of every description, all filled to their utmost capacity, numerous equestrians and thousands of pedestrians, were all there enjoying the clear, cool air, and luxuriating in the bracing atmosphere of autumn, which the intense heat of the last few weeks rendered doubly enjoyable. The concert commenced at three o’clock, at which time the orchestra was crowded on every side. The seats (numerous as they are) were all filled, and even standing room within earshot of the music was a thing to be prized. The melodies of Beethoven and other eminent composers were performed with the taste and skill for which the Park band, under its talented leader—Mr. H. B. Dodworth—is so justly famed. The concert was over shortly before five o’clock, when the visitors proceeded to the lower end of the Park to watch the movements of Professor Lowe’s balloon, the ‘United States,’ which like a mighty ship, was swaying to and fro in the strong wind.”