Evening star., 1923-09-30
NOTED DMUS|C|ANS
t to APPEAR HERE
Nine. Aida Heads List to Sing
for Only Nominal
Price.

Price.
With a number of new actiNitles'
the community centers OF the pupiic
schools will open this week for the
season of l923-1924. Civic meetings.
concerts, pagcantry and entertain
ments will be features Of the year
program.
At the Central High Center VIII De
course of artist concerts undeF lno
direction of Mrs. Wilson Greene Inc
object is to give to the high schooi
students and the general pubic the
opportunity of hearing the pest music
al the popular prices made possible
through the community center ue
partmcnt Five concerts nave peeI
arranged, with the minimum prize 10, ipI
the seasons tickets at S2.6o ana tle
maximum price at SO. with slnFie
seats AZ IS cents to $3.50. Under TINS
series will appear the following wen
known artists: Nine Aida SOPRANO OF
November 20; D'Alvarez, contralto.
DeccmDer IA; Seidel, violinist. Febru-
airy /; Gahrilowitsch, pianist, con-
ductor of the Detroit symphony Or
chestra. February %; Tito Schipa,
is singing all the coloratura roles
with Nine. Cialli-Curci, March ii.
To Feature Pageantry.
Parcantry will be featured through
out the season. under the direction OF
Mrs. Marie Forrest executive OF ine
Central High Center and pageaht III,
rector Among these VIII pc d
THANKSGIVING pageant, a spring res
tiyal and a pageant OF the history
and agriculture Of mississippi whleh
will be sta ged through the co opci
tion of the Mississippi society OF
wasbinrton and the community CEN
The Washington Society, of the Fine
Arts will again give its series VI
Cnmmnni,v Athletic Club will use
Centrars gymna Sums when they are
available. .,-
will continue to have weekly ana spe.
cial concerts under the airecl,om %
Robert Lawrence. The majority o.
these concerts Will be at Central High
Center. although some are planned
for the new Eastern and the western
high schools. Combined with me ne
community music Will be features "
civic and artistic interest
Visual Instruction.
A course of visual instruction plan,
ned under the supervision or cecil
Norton Slsson by the visual instruc-
tion direct, Anna Marie Howard. VIII
be given in all the seventeen centers.
Last winter the experiments IN VI. M
work by the executive secretary, Mrs
Edith Hunter Of the Johnson-Powell
Center, proved so successful that, II
was decided to extend the activity 10
other centers, and Miss Howard was
placed in charge, to be assisted by
Rebecca J. Gray, executive of the
Lovejoy centner. Besides the stere-
opticon views the plans include songs
recitations and dances by children.
based on their school work in history
and geography, enabling them to
give dramatized expression to their
lessons. The work will be made in
teresting by the teachers OF the pub
lie schools and the executives of the
various centerS.
Tho plans for instruction in orches-
trail music by the music department
of the public schools are again made
possible through the cooperation oil
the community center department.
of Instruments viii be formed this
winter This is looking forward TO
the instruction in the graded schools
being followed by advanced classes
in the high schools. in preparation
for community symphony orcheStraS
in the future.
The centers are holding confer
ences this week to perfect plans made
by the executives. and will soon be
active under paid and volunteer
workers of the department.
Five Nights n Week.
The Thomson Center expected to
hold its regular activities on five
nights during each week. but owing
to the repair and improvements of the
Thomson School some of these ac-
tivities may be moved to the Frank
lin building or postponed for more
intensive work later in the season
For the present the schedule is un-
certain.
The Wilson Normal Center will be
open on Tuesday. Thursday and Fri
day evenings and on the afternoons
of Wednesday and Friday. The hrst
conference of the executive commit.
tee and the workers of the center Will
the Wilson Normal Center, 11th and
Harvard streets northwest. The kim
derEarten club and the boys and
girls recreation clubs will meet in
the afternoons under able leaders
The evenings will be devoted to dra-
matte, athletic, social and educational
clubs. The secretary will be glad to
meet any groups desirous of using
the center.
The johnson Powell Center will be
active on Friday and Saturday eve
nings with various neighbohood
clubs, and on the afternoons of Tues
day and Friday with the violin.
French, expression and rhythm
given Thursday afternoons.
The Park View Center activities
will fall on Friday evenings, When
space will be found for the meetings
Athletic Club, Boy Scouts and other
activities not yet designated once
each month. on Thursday, the Park
View Citizens Association Will meet
Classes in rhythm work ha and held x1ol1n ON
Wednesday afternoons, and the
Mothers Club will have a session
once each month on Thursday after
Moons.
Work for Scouts.
The Petworth Center has Friday
evening and an extra night eacn
month. This community center co.
operates with the scout movement
and gives a prominent place 10 the
Girl Scouts, the Brownies and the
Boy Scouts. The center is also the
home of the Petworth Womans Club
and the citizens association, and fea-
lures community dramatics.
The Il. V. Brown Center of Chevy
Chase has each Friday evening and
one afternoon. The activities Will
probably be social dancing. rhythm
instruction. violin instruction and
others not designated.
The Southeast Center. located last
wear at the Tyler School, has out
grown it's quarters. Although some
Of it's activities will be located in
that building. the larger clubs, will
be in the Hine Junior High school.
with an auditorium for dramatic
work and a gymnasium for athletics.
dancing and other social clubs. Friday
and Saturday will be the nights for
this center, with visual instruction
for two afternoons.
East Washington Center has moved
some of its activities to the new
Eastern High School. where on
IA. In,- v.t. Will hA lsa