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In _NikWears . Arting At 9 a. High â€" School Mb etmistnee â€"â€"Finch came here from Niaâ€" FEall«â€"in 1930 and has been diâ€" since. As a member of the tive committee of the Northâ€" Mr. Finch THURSDAY, MARCH it H. N. Finch 15 BANDS TO PARTICIPATE Will Be Parade of Contestants *Fifteen bands, répresenting pubâ€" lic stchools of the northsastern disâ€" trict of Illinois, will participate in the annual Northeast District Band contest which is to be held here at Dserfieldâ€"Shields this coming Saturâ€" day, March 19. ',l‘he. contest ‘stg;;ts ~ The contest, which is to be held for the most part in the auditorium, will be followed by a parade of all the bands through the main streets> of Highland Park, if the weather permits. _ After â€"the _ parade, deciâ€" sions will be announced in the audiâ€" torium by the judges. § Bands Divided Into Classes ~There are three distinct classes lin-which these bands are grouped. Bands from schools that have 750 at 9 a.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 19 comprised of bands that have been from Harvey, Iliâ€" nois, â€"has been in every . Illinois conâ€". _ test, both district and state, since 1924. â€"â€"Itâ€"was organized in 1917 under the diâ€" â€"rection of Mr. Roy Dugan, who remainâ€" â€"â€"ed in this capacity â€"â€" for a year. The band .â€"â€" was then taken over .. SA ile? Cantest been. directed© l;? Clarence Peebles, weeks. In the Northsast District Band C |~â€"â€"...~1930, gecond place in Class A; in 1931, fi1 by â€" Mr. _Donald C. Allen, whoâ€" has diâ€" rected it since. : or school‘s fiftyâ€" and will last until the To £HE PRERELBS Riverside Sends Band of Fortyâ€"Five organized only one year, and bands from grade schools, junior high schools, and schools of less than a 250 enrollment. i s In class "A" the bands will play in this ~order: Riverside, ~Clarence Peebles, director; Thornton, Don Allen, director; Maine, Alexander Harley, director; Deerfieldâ€"Shields, H. N. Finch, director; Bloom, C. G. Crumb, director; Proviso, J. I. Talâ€" madge, director; Waukegan, Otto Graham, < direetor; Morton, J. C. Mimnema, director. 2y Active In Contests Since 1924 â€"In Class "B" aret Leyden, L. A.| age, â€"â€" > _ Â¥~ Stark; director; Blue Island, . Mr. $ Beasely, director.. .. : After the parade th e Class Câ€"Dâ€"E â€"â€"â€" | return to the auditoriu The bands in class:= "Câ€"Dâ€"E" are; results of the contest five in number, namely, Northbrook, nouficed Dan Mason, director; Maywood o s: s Grade school, Leslie Shepard, direeâ€"|â€" Thisâ€"parade will be . C. Coumib, ~director; . Columbus| .. _____._...__â€"â€"â€"_â€"__ school of Cicero, Mr. Bolerjack, diâ€" NyyF s rector; and Harvey Grade schaols, The t‘.CkEts’ which â€" a Don Allen, director. cents, will be on sale 1 L erve 2 M Heviaiece: No rioug o ~â€" ye The judges will not award the bands with first, second, and third places in each division as in the past, but will place bands in three groups, "Superior," "Excellent," and 66 Civic Organizations ‘Support wno nHas HCoOR : (UE EREetTE , onet onl Cc dn tb stt ind Contest of 1929 it was awarded first place 31, first placein Class B. . > Highland Park Chamber "A" the bands will play m;ny tickets for the * BANDS TO PARADE | \ IN HIGHLAND PARK _ =*| ___AFTER THE CONTEST _ After the contest has been comâ€" pleted in the auditorium, all of the different bands competing in *the contest, will form a large parade and march around the business disâ€" trict of Highland Park. There will its organization After the parade the bands â€"will return to the auditorium, where the day, in the boxâ€"office. They also be offered for sale before after school Wednesday, â€"Thursday, and Friday, as well as being sold at the door. . At 9 o‘clock in the morning, Satâ€" urday, the contest will start in .the ‘This parade will be held if The tickets, which are thirtyâ€"five nts, will be on sale tonight, Tuesâ€" about 800 students in the parâ€" in 1928â€"29, has in Class D; in will anâ€"