Evening star., 1922-05-07
PUPILS SERENADE
HARD|NGS June 3
Event at Lincoln Memorial to
Be Climax of Second
Music Week.

serenade to the President and
Mrs. Harding at the Lincoln Memoir
ial on Saturday afternoon, June 8, by
a chorus of $500 District school chill
dren, will climax Washington's Sec
ond music week. 1t was announced
last night by Robert Lawrence, or
ganizfng director. The second music
week, which is scheduled to begin
May 2S, is expected to eclipse the
hrst music week of last spring, which
attracted nationwide attention.
In letter to Mr.. Lawrence. the
President said that he and Mrs Hard
ing will gladly accep. the musical
bestowal planned for the Lincoln
Memoria! site. A statement made by
MT harding a year ago in which he
said Il am in favor of placing the
government squarely behind the ma
tlon-Wide effort to bring music into
us own, indicates very clearly his
deep interest in the movement ac-
cording to Mr.. Lawrence
Male Choir Program.
One of the features of the LINCOLN
Memorial serenade will be a musical
program gram furnished by the male choir
OF Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
OF Indianapolis. under the direction of
Elmer Andrew Steffen. Programs al
SO will be rendered by the J. L. Hud-
son quartet of Detroit, the United
States Nevy Band, conducted by
New York city, granddaughter of
Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President un-
der Lincoln.
1t will be recalled that during
Washington's first music week a. SER
enade to the President was staged on
the elipse, when $4,000 school chill
dren assembled into what was termed
"a Human Wheel
Secretary of the Navy DENLY has
assigned the United States Navy
Band, Charles Benter, director, to CO.
operate with Mr.. Lawrence in carry
ing out the splendid program arrang-
ed for this years Music week cele-
bration. The bands first appearance
will be in connection with the concert
to be given tonight in Central High
Auditorium. The program includes
the United States Navy Band. the
quartet from St. Patrick's Church, vo-
cal solos by James Nolan, basso, and
community singing under the direc-
tion of Mr.. Lawrence.
Concert Admission Free.
Admission to the concert is free.
The evenings entertainment begins
promptly at s o'clock. with doors
opening at 1880. No children under
the age of four admitted, and all
other children must be accompanied
by adults.
The program in detail is:
PART /.
Band selections:
(a) March, Call Me Henry" .Benter
(b) Overture, "Tannhauser'. Wagner
(c) Rhapsodie." Slavonic." friedman
(d) Transcription, "Old Folks at
Home-in Foreign Lands" Roberts
Gan international transcription of
the American Folk Song in the
musical idiom of eight nations.)
(e) Waltz. Argentine, Three O'Clock
in the Morning. Rabledo
United States Navy Band, Charles
Benter, conductor.
PART 2.
America"
ITo be sung by all)
Recretional singing.
Everybody.
Bass solo (Selected1.
James Nolan, Jennie Glennan at
piano.
Recretional singing.
Everybody.
Caprice Italiene". 80. .Tschaikowsky
United States Navy Band.
Quartet from st. .Patrick's Church.
(a) "Rigoletto" ...............Ve Verdi
(b) Song of Thanksgiving"
Mrs. Edna Hilliard Howard. soprano;
Caroline Manning, contralto;
Charles Meyers. tenor; James No
Ian, basso. Miss G1ennan at the
piano.
Recreational singing.
Everybody
"The Star Spangled Banner"
(To be sung by all)