Pianist Vincent Centeno performing the 'Budget March' in the McTavish Room of the Liberty Theatre last weekend. See a video of the performance at dailyastorian.com.
Albert William Utzinger, center, the composer of the ‘Budget March’ for the Astoria Daily Budget, led the Seaside High School girls band in the 1920s and 1930s.
Pianist Vincent Centeno performing the 'Budget March' in the McTavish Room of the Liberty Theatre last weekend. See a video of the performance at dailyastorian.com.
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
The Utzinger family.
Clatsop County Historical Society
Albert William Utzinger, center, the composer of the ‘Budget March’ for the Astoria Daily Budget, led the Seaside High School girls band in the 1920s and 1930s.
Astoria is one big attic. The souvenirs of this town’s long history are scattered among homes and archives. One of my most surprising discoveries is the “Budget March” — three pages of sheet music dedicated to the Astoria Daily Budget, a newspaper that my grandfather and his partners acquired in 1919.
During the 1990s someone brought me this piece of sheet music. I had lost track of it until a few weeks ago. While cleaning out her music stand, my wife came across it.
The 'Budget March' was written in 1903 by Albert William Utzinger for the Astoria Daily Budget newspaper. Watch pianist Vincent Centeno perform the piece in the McTavish Room at the Liberty Theatre.
Steve Forrester, the former editor and publisher of The Daily Astorian, is the president and CEO of EO Media Group. Contact him at sforrester@eomediagroup.com.
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