On warm summer evenings such as last evening, when because of the heat more strenuous activities are abandoned, and one would prefer a few hours out of doors to a rubber of bridge, the ideal place to go to is to the concerts at Brandon Park. The damp coolness of the grass in the natural amphitheater formed by a semi-circle of trees. Is refreshing. In such a setting, music indeed is inspiring.

A crowd of about 2,000 people assembled at the park last evening to hear Joe Vannucci’s orchestra in a group of up-to-date jazz, waltzes, and Negro spirituals. Charles Lannigan, a baritone soloist, presented a few delightful numbers.

A large number of people occupied chairs directly in front of the band shell long before the concert began. The usual snappy march was played as the opening number, namely, “Strike Up the Band.” A fascinating number, suitable to the night itself, “One Blue and Moonless Night,” was well played followed by “I’d Like to Do Things for You.”

A thrill of pleasure ran through the audience when the faint strains of the introduction to “The Blue Danube Waltz” by Johann Strauss were heard. The beautiful swinging rhythm bringing to mind a blue, softly flowing river and an old-fashioned waltzing couple in a German garden, was perhaps the most enjoyable number of the first half of the program.

“Tiger Rag,” a shrieking syncopated number, with solo parts played by various instruments, including a clarinet solo by Joe Vannucci, is a popular piece and was played in the latter part of the program. “Minnie the Mermaid,” “Caravan,” a Negro spiritual, “Song of the Bayou,” were all greatly enjoyed. A medley of old-time waltzes was played as solos by various member of the orchestra.

The program was closed with the “Star Spangled Banner,” a signal for groups of young folks sitting in the grass who had been wildly chasing one another about the park and shooed away from the band shell by the guarding policemen and the older people who had been enjoying the music while comfortably seated in chairs to face about — homeward.