Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-01
NEW CASINO BALL ROOM OPENS

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opened its doors on Friday evening
last, and to call it a social success
does not nearly do justice to the eff
forts of Messrs. billiard and Byrne in
their work of remodeling the pier to
the new demands of the public.
The opening nights receipts were
turned over to the Byron Pennington
Croker Post, No. 1874, of the American
Legion, and a number of Legion boys
acted as officials at the opening.
The pier has been greatly changed
in interior appearance, and many new
effects are obtained by lights, ferns,
etc. Not all the decorations had ar
rived for the opening night, but still
the pier presented a picture to please
the eyes of all.
William J.. A. Evans, who has fig
ured so prominently in the big social
affairs of the island for the last few
years, acted as 1oormaster and did his
work we'll. There were very few
dancers that could be criticised, and
these were stopped when they came
before the attention of the floor
master.
AS Shakespeare would say, "The
Plays the Thing" but in dancing one
should say, 1.-The Players Are the
Things" and the players who fur
nished the music for the Casino
dances are worthy of a whole column
of description in themselves; however,
we cannot apply quite that much
space to them.
There are two ochestras furnishing
continuous music from eight until
twelve, and each is a headliner. 1t is
impossible to pick a choice between
the two for the praises of one is also
due the other, and vice versa. How
ever, we will introduce our readers to
Yerkes' Novelty Five first. These are
the boys who supply the jazz music.
Three of them are students in the
Columbia University of New York City,
and two of them attend the University
of Indiana. They have been promi-
nent in the social affairs of New
York's 400" for the last two years.
The roster of Yerkes' Novelty Five
includes Jean" Fosdick, the ener-
getic leader, who officiates on the
saxaphone. Reading from left to right,
as the society pictures all say, we
come to "Bebe" DeMarcus, who keeps
Jean" company on the second Sax.
"Duds" are supposed to be dead shells,
but "Dud" Fosdick, the brother of.
JEAN can take either a French horn
or a banjo and after listening to him
!. for five minutes one is convinced that
the nickname "Dud" was never earned
by him for being a dead one. "Chick"
Grieb with his drums and traps sup
plies all the jazz stuffethat the people
love nowadays and does it we'll.
Chick says that when Wildwood gets
tired of him he'll pick up his drum and
"beat it," but the popularity he showed
last Friday night predicts that he will
be welcome in our midst for sometime.
Last, but not least in any way, comes
Johnny" Johnson, who in his own
words, accompanies at the piano, sits
up on the platform with the rest of
the boys and does his best to get
along" Now Johnny is a little bash
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his best is true if the rest is not, for
it's been sometime since anyone has
played for Wildwood dancing who
could beat Johnny al the black and
white keys.
All in all, the boys are as fine a
bunch as ever graced a ball room and
are sure to leap into instant fame with
the wildwood dancers.
The second orchestra is one that
will prove a subject of conversation
for tho resort all season. This is the
Royal Marimba Band, composed of the
eight Hurtado Brothers. The follow
ing is taken from the Columbia Phono-
graph Catalogue and states a great
deal of information on this band: "The
eight Hurtado Brothers, known as the
Royal Marimba Band, are the recog-
nized marimba masters of Guatemala.
They have toured the world with
startling success. The marimba used
by these players is over II feet long.
1t is played in a manner similar to the
xy%lophone, but each wooden block or
key of the marimba is augmented by
a suspended 'resonator'-a triangular
wooden tube. This tube is hollow and
r~everberates with tremendous sorority
as each marimba key is struck. Ma
rimba music is distinctive. One must
heal the rich tonal depths of the lower
notes, the rapid brilliancy of the treble
and the sweeping cadences of har-
mony played by the Hurtado Brothers
to appreciate the tone appeal in this
Central American Music"
Although they have never visited
Wildwood in person before, their play
ing has been heard in many homes in
the city before now, for they have
made a great many records for both