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Show · GTI~ ven when Sq t ~e C · ty was· onl s~a J t n, the pea le real-i zed tbe need r entert ·n ent nd cult ~e. T'~--ev held danc8~, org n- ·zed bands and "0T'Oduc d pl r~. 'Ihe o eers ve e always interested in r and eerlr theatres were b it. e of the first re the Socia H 1 ann "Ro\vr · The tre. 1862, tle well-kno S t L e T e tre 1 bu"lt, And onR so"'11e of the fi st ue -rorm ces roduced "ts stage were t'e noted d thias s t e S t eke TheAtre became more famous, traveling comu sto ed for nerform nces. Tn one of t_ese earl erf rm nces, w s given 2 b~ the D~ven ort Com~anv. Soon, 1 orchestra , ecturers and opera c ropanies stonned for . ,pueax nces. :n its search for cultu e, S t TJP "'e City p t to 1se much of · ts vn talent. rran famous men d o n d th ft1\f1'or"T1ontf C urch and "ilig ted to S. lt e. Professor Charles J. Toms, a cov oser v ose c 1n s:t·o s d been nlFnred d.nn, and w o h d traveled wit the Jtr.:~lian o,er Company under the direction of Carl Anchu e, rlOVed to Salt L e c·t and took UP t 'te conduct"nr of tbe 'Ibeat .. e ore estra. 3 not her t ented mu• sici n w"tb m1ch the same bistor was G ~~e C 4 e ess. Pro es or Do-minico B lio, former bandmaster of Hest noint, CF~rne to . alt L e to J.;ve nd organized a band here. 5 1 Ge rge D. Py_er, The Roma ce of ~Old P avhouse (s lt Se gull Press, 1928), p. 96. e City: 2 K te B. C rte ' He t Tbrobs of lt .a e Citr: Dau~h- · ters of tah oneers, 1939 ,vo p. 3 Py_er, op. c·t., . 13? 4 Ibid., D. 142. 5 Carter, on. cit., n. 60. |
