Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-04

cial arrangement that Miss Odiorne
will present the act Is one of the fea-
lures of the carnival ball program.
The True Story of George Wash
inGton" is the name of a descriptive
dance number which will be presented
in costume 10y 10 of the young dancing
pupils of Miss Dorothy Elise Gray OF
this city. This number is NOSE attrac-
lively ARRANGED and costumed and will
be closed by an exposition OF the min
uet of colonial days. This number
will have special significance as the
date of the affair is on the birthday
anniversary of the great Washington.
Miss Gray herself will also appear
as a dancing soloist, and has arranged
a special dance for the carnival ball
entitled Heart of the Storm She
will be supported by chorus of 10
trained young lady dancers. Miss
Gray will be the queen Of the
Nymphs' and her chorus will all be
costumed as woodland nyInphs.
Hawkesworth and Aldrich is a big
time act from the b. +. Keith vaude-
Vile circuit, which has. been head
liner in many of the big theatres Of
the country. This team is one of the
best on the stage today. and present an
exposition OF ballroom dancing, includ-
ing the Valentino Foxtrot. and the Tan
go. which is the rage of the season in
New York.
Miss Frances Aidricl. one OF the
team. has been called 1.-The melody of
every grace" and will appear as r. So
loist in n program of aesthetic dane
ing numbers. which will be on ~ par
with. or superior to, the act Of last
years carnival by Miss Francesca
Bragiotti
The other member of this Keith cir
cult team. Norman Hawkeswortn. will
also appear in an exposition of the
Frisco" He is a son of the famous
Hawkesworth of stage fame of q gem
Grafton ago. and has been called "a
greater exponent of this type of dane
ing than was his dad
Another act from the vaudeville
circuits will he that of Miss Rita
Murin. n celebrated character artist
of the New York circuit. Miss Muir
in has gone big wherever she has
appeared and is called the greatest
single act on the vaudeville stage to-
day. She will appear at q big pop
concert in Boston on February 10.
and in this city at the Carnival Ball
on the night of the 22nd.
The ball management has also Sc
cured the services of Captain Potts,
who has recently come to this State
from Panama, and who is reputed to
he one of the greatest marksmen with
the small bore rifle of all time. His
exhibition will reveal something close
to the phenomenal, and it is promised
that this number on the program will
bring forth a surprise that will lin
ger long in the memories of those
who witness it.
City hall will be transformed by
one of the most elaborate decorative
schemes ever conceived. on the night
of the great ball, which will be the
big single indoor entertainment feat
ure of the Maine Winter Carnival
this year. hundreds of yards of red,
white and blue bunting will be used
in the decorations, and the lights will
carry out the same color scheme. A
complete new lighting system is be-
ing worked out for the hall. through
which Il series Of eight wonderful
changes will be possible, with a CEN
trail control switchboard.
The winter carnival in this city is
n great community enterprise and the
school children as we'll as the adults
participate in every phase of the
three days program of competitions
and exhibitions. The children of the