Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-04-18
Claliauqua Athactio.s for This Season

Chaliasqua Athactioss for This Season
Indications are that the Chautauqua
program for 1919 will surpsss in quail
ity al of thnse which have gone before.
Y 4. F. Graham, field manager of the
Redpath- Vawter Chautauqua System,
was here last week for q conference
with the local committee.
Big Band Coming.
One announcement of interest is that
. we will have big band back on the
4 program for this summer. For several
seasons the Redpath-Vawter folks fea'
tured big band music on the program
and the sple ndid concerts by the Tha'
viu and Bohumir Kryl organizations did
!. much to make the Chautauqua an es-
tablished summer institution. Last
3 summer band music was omitted and
4 it was missed. So this year we are to
have the celebrated Banda Roma.
Under the direction of Luigi Quaglia
h the Banda Roma has come to be recog-
nized as one of the great musical or
4 CARNATIONS of the country. Luigi
Qusglia is one of the really great con.
ductors sent to US from Italy. He is q
graduate of the University of Naples
and won fame as director and COM
poser in Europe before coming to Amer
lea.
Splendid Music
Good music, as usual, will have big
place on the Chautauqua program. The
engagement of the Boston Opera Sing
ers assures US of another splendid
treat. This company is headed by
Louise Stallings, one of the favorlte
! sopranos of Metropolitan audiences.
Alessendro Alberni, baritone, has won
success in eastern musical circles, as
have Esther Schultz. contralto, and
Antonio Gusrino, tenor. Marion Car
ley, pianiste and accompanist, is Ca
madam artist.
Charming Girls
The Althea Players are six charming
fnaidens, singers and instrumentalists,
and they are scheduled to appear on
the opening day of Chautauqua. A
feature of the Althea programs is the
ensemble violin Numbers. There will
be vocal and instrumental quartettes
and solos, humorous readings and
''stunts, just the kind of a program
to give the Chautauqua a good start.
Kryl Company
The Saxaphone Sextette is a b.
humir Kryl organization. 1t was as
sembled and coached by the famous
.handmaster and comes with the Kryl
stamp of quality upon it. AS the name
indicates, this organization features the
combined work of..six saxaphones. Each
member of the Sextette is versatile
musician and in addition the ensemble
saxaphone numbers the company offers
an orchestral program, interspersed
with solos.
Popular Number
Nine young women comprise the
White Hussar company. They appear
q brass band, q ladies' glee club,
fife and drum corps and as soloists-
Just an all-around "stunts" program
similar to the one furnished by the
Royal Dragons two years ago.
A Great Drama
The success of the drama, 1T Pays
to Advertise, on last summers pro-
gram and the request from all over the
circuit for another play company has
resulted in the Redpath-Vawter peo-
pie securing a company to present
Izrael Zangwill's great play. 1.-The
Melting Pot"
''The Melting Pot is unquestion.
ably one of the greatest of modern
dramas and the intense Americanism OF
the story makes it especially approprl'
ate for this year. The dramatic cast
calls for ten people and Mr.. Graham as
serts that the personnel of the COM
pany will be higher even than was that
of 1T Pays to Advertise
Big Joy Night
The closing night of the Chautauqua
has been reserved for Ralph Bingham,
the platforms foremost humorist.
Ralph Bingham has been entertaining
the public since he was lad in short
trousers and there is scarcely COM
munity in America that has not laugh
ed with this jolly fun-maker. Bing-
ham is coming with brand-new stunts"
and will have personal and absolute