The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-06
FOLK SONG AND DANCE
PROGRAM is ENJOYED
BY SEVERAL HUNDRED

Hung with gay-colored flags, the
stage of the high school auditorium
made a fitting setting Tuesday even
ing for the artistic program of folk
music and dances of II countries of
the New World and the Old. Musical
numbers were given by the music de-
partment of the Woman's club and pu-
pills of Miss Elizabeth Kolp executed
group and solo dances in costumes.
Several hundred persons, members
of the Woman's club and their guests,
the Virginia Asher Business Women's
council, filled the lower floor and the
balconies.
The dancers in their quaint and pic
turesQue costumes executing and in
terpreting their dances with rare grace
were the most popular feature OF the
program. Thy were recalled again and
again by the audience. Miss Mary
Louise Eyden costumed as gypsy
played the accomplishments for the
dancers.
Vocal numbers were sung by a dou-
BILE trio composed of Mrs.fD. e. Dennis,
Miss Ruth James, Miss Corinne Nus
baum, Miss Haley Harold, Mrs. w. j.
Smith and Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd. Ital-
Idll, OCOlCus LAEAlSA anu wa
wegian songs were given by the trio,
accompanied by Mrs. Roy Campbell.
Russian Folk Song.
A Russian folk song, by Blumen-
shein was played on the piano by Miss
Elizabeth Hasemeier, illustrating the
plaintive, melancholy quality of Rus
sian music. Mrs. Roy Campbell played
d. Fequeira's ''Zortzico Basque Dance"
which is typically Spanish. Miss Ruth
Scott gave a brilliant and finished rem
dition of Kreisler's Caprice Viennois"
which is characteristic of the musical
lore of Austria-Hungary.
Louise and Margaret Jenkins, pretty
as pictures in gay Italian boy and girl
costumes danced a capricious Taran-
tella. Dorothy Porter of Hagerstown,
showed much grace in her Russian
dance. in Cossack costume with boots
and elaborate headdress.
France was represented by dainty
minuet interpreted by Katherine Myers
in a quaint full-skirted gown of palest
pink taneta. Armed with tomahawk
Jean Grotten6' TX in an Indian costume
gave a most graceful exhibition OF a
North American Red Mems dance. Mrs.
Dempsey Dennis sang solo to this
number, accompanied by Miss Haley
Harold
Carry Awaya Honors.
Twenty little maids in Danish cos
tunes and later as Swedish girls car
ried away the honors of the evening.
Each costume was different but made
in the same fashion with full skirt,
banded in some contrasting gay color,
perky little aprons some with lace and
some with embroidery, tight little
laced black bodices, and white waists.
The Danish maids in couples danced
their folk dance. Their headdresses
were tall conical caps, with ribbon and
rosette trimmings and each flying a
gauZy veil
The little Swedish dance of Greeting
given with steps and singing by the
dancers was encored and all "a per-
formers returned and in one straight
line bowed to the applauding audience.
With their gay, quaint costumes they
wore demure headpieces of black tat
feta with big bows and long steamers.
Little white lace borders framed their
faces. The dancers in the Danish and
Swedish numbers were: Helen Frances
Kinert, Louise Logan, Jane Elmer, Bet
tie Taylor, Jane Buche, Georganna
Doan, Jane Gilbert Helen Miller Myra
Dennis, Alice Marie Hail. Edith Wor-
! ley, Mary Shiveley, Jean Meyers, Mary
! Alice Kreuger, Elsie Bull, Alice Jean
Price, Phyllss Hughes, Eleanor Col
Inns, Vivian Cox, Maxine Ferguson
Helen LuEen, Mary Alice Harrington
Mary Quigley and Katherine Buche.
Highland Fling.
Lizette Campbell displayed the great
est terpsichorean talent in her animal
ed Highland fling. She is agile and
shows unusual grace as well as perfect
technique in her dancing. Lucille
Steers, of Green's Fork, in be-rib
boned costume with black cap and
jacket and yellow skirt, gave lively
Hungarian dance.
Ellen Bartel executed a difficult
Polish Mazurka in a dashing manner
The dance was very spectacular with
high leaps and intricate steps finely
executed by the young dancer Hel
costume was bright red trimmed with
white fur. of a Russian style.