Word: marimbas
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...cowboys or sabaneros. They rode in from long distances on fine horses, their saddles decorated in the most colorful of leathers, but these otherwise well-dressed horsemen rode in their stirrups bare-footed. The traditional square dances, queens, representing the two orders of society, football games, and sweetly melodious marimba concerts in the moonlight were all features of the ceremonies. Particularly impressive, though, were the bull-riding contests, held in a special plaza and attended by a large audience, which in breathless excitement, watched the infuriated bulls buck their riders, who stuck tenaciously to the smooth saddles and used spurs...
...swing of the Mandolin Club's performance of the Strauss waltz, the excellent numbers furnished by the Gold Coast Orchestra, including the inimitably accurate German band, the unusually fine violin solos by W. Lind, the highly diverting ventriloquist dialogue by M. Perry, the virtuosity of Mr. Benfield upon the marimba xylophone, and Mr. Moynahan's fantastic dance. Against these high lights furnished by individuals, the Banjo Club, the Vocal Cub and the Mandolin Club provided a background of attractive numbers interpreted with unvarying skill. To the directors and the individual members congratulations are in order...
...Maria Orellana, President of the Republic of Guatemala, adjusted his ear to music. With great discernment, he selected the best nine-man Marimba Orchestra in Guatemala City. Last week, it arrived in Washington to play for Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge at the reception of the Pan-American Union in their honor...
...Marimba Solos. Mr. Clarence Jones...
...German shot. The entertainers include such a versatile collection of artists as Constance Collier, Elsa Maxwell, Itow, the Japanese dancer, Nora Bayes, Clara Kimball Young, Poola Frisch, Yvette Guilbert, Mary Desmond, Ruth Draper, Alice Derlet, the Belgian soprano; Frank Pollack, Maud Fay, Anna Fitshugh, Emily Whalen and the Marimba Mexican Band...