MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH THE YEARS
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CHARLES F. MADER -- Charley Mader was one of our finest cornet players. He left Chillicothe in the early 1880s and went to Marion, Ohio, where he led their brass band. In Marion, he taught Warren G. Harding the rudiments of horn-playing. Returning to Chillicothe, he played in the 20th Century Band and gave music lessons at his Mill Street home. He directed the Clarksburg Band at the Republican Rally in Clarksburg on September 20, 1910. On that occasion, our soon-to-be president, Warren G. Harding, was pleasantly surprised to discover his old friend and teacher. He recalled how Charley looked cross at him many times when giving lessons and also when they played in the band together at the Ross County Fair. Harding, who played the slide trombone, became President of the United States in 1920. To give an idea of the crowd at this Harding barbecue, there were counted on the grounds that day 1,200-plus buggies and 208 autos.
The Citizens Cadet Band was organized by Prof. Charles F. Mader and gave their first concert on May 27, 1899 in front of an audience of nearly 1,000 persons at the courthouse.
Kirchenschlager's Orchestra was formed by John Kirchenschlager, Jr., a cornet player, in 1879. Other members of this group were Charles Hirn, piano, Otto Huber, flute and Ed Frey, violin. Later George Frey, Louis Voelker and Moses Long joined this orchestra. In1882 they disbanded when four of its members left to join a traveling show company out of Richmond, Virginia, and Chillicothe lost its fine orchestra. However, in the meantime, another talented orchestra had been assembled by Albert Tritscheller. Other members were Fred Tritscheller, William Mader, Charles Mader and George Wissler.