The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-21
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EVENT.
Bob" Lawrence Community
Concert Will BE Musical
Feature eff WCAP


Through one of the biggest
''hook-ups" ever attempted in the
field of radio broadcasting, local
fans will be able, tonight to listen
into the public policy committee
session of the National Electric
Light Association, to be held at
the Million-Dollar Pier. in At
lantic City. The program will be
broadcast by Station WCAP and
six other big broadcasters, as far
west as Chicago. Following this
program Bob" Lawrence Com
munity Concert will be broadcast
from the local station.
Senator Capper to Speak.
An elaborate program has been
arranged to begin at 7:S0 o'clock
with orchestral selections by Zez
Confrey and Paul Whitemans
Orchestra. An address will he
made. by Senator Capper, of Kan
sas, which will be followed by solos
by Efrem Zimbalist, renowned
Violinist.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
will then address the members Of
the National Electric Light Asso-
citation, assembled in Atlantic City.
through the wires of the telephone
company from the LEGAL studio.
This speech will be picked up at
the pier and sent to New York
from which place it will return 20
Washington and be Ie-broadcast
here.
Local listeners, therefore. will
not hear the Secretary's words di-
rect, but will get them after they
have travelled from here to New
York and back, through Atlantic
City. This will be done with the
aid of a special wire from Wash
ington to the Atlantic City pier.
the Secretary's voice being anpli-
fled at the latter location ana dis
tributed to the various horns and
microphones in the hall.
Last of Series.
Following the special program
from Atlantic City, WCAP will pick
up and broadcast the community
concert which will start at Eastern
High School at 8:15. This will be
the last of the Eastern High School
series, and Director Lawrence has
made a special effort to make this
one of unusual interest.
The Army Band, under the lead
ership of w. J. Stan..ard, will open
the program with carefully select.
ed group of popular numbers.
The Baltimore and Ohio Glee Club,
Al
feature of the evening. This organi-
cation is composed of forty-five men,
under the direction of Hobart Smock.
The Glee Club is one of the finest
choral organizations in the South,
and it's appearance at Eastern High
School should be of particular in.
terest to the musicians and music
lovers of the city.
The vocal sOloists of the evening
will be Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, So
prano, and Harlan Randall, baritone.
Anton Kasper, well-known Wash
ington violinist, and Rosemary
Finckel, talented child pianist, will
furnish the instrumental classics.
: The accompanies of the evening
will be George Wilson and Dorothy
+: Wallauer.
An unexpected, though perma-
nent engagement, will prevent
Dawson and Doyle, banjoists, from
appearing tonight as previously
scheduled and their places on the
program will be filled by Robert,
IT., and Willis Lawrence, with their
violin and ukulele music.
The community singing will, as
usual, be directed by Mr.. Lawrence
assisted at the piano by Helen
Burkart. Part of this program,
will probably be lost to the radio
audience. as the Atlantic City pro.
gram is scheduled to last some time
after the community concert be-
gins.
Afternoon Program.
The afternoon program from
WRC will be given a little touch
Of variety by a dance program
rendered by the high school boys,
under the direction of Rudolph Ed.
lin, at 4:15 p. m. 1t will be pre-
ceded by two programs by Will
helmina GUIDE, one a piano recital
and the other songs and readings.
Arthur Mccormick, one of WRC's
most popular baritones, also will
be heard during the afternoon.
Out of town does not look so in
viting tonight as the local programs.
Pittsburgh, through KDKA, will
broadcast an address by John
Duss, celebrating the one ,hundredth
anniversary of the Harmony So
ciety, which has ceen heard many
times, at 1880 p. IN. A concert by
the Black Cat Orchestra will fol.
low at 8 o'clock.
Following music by the WBc
String Orchestra at GAO d. m.
through Springfield, a program by
I'VE Old New England Choir" will
be broadcast at 1880. The usual
summary of the days events at
the Methodist Episcopal General
Conference will be given at 10 o..
m. followed at 1890 o'clock by the
weekly Midnight Boston Dance Con.
cert by Riseman and his orchestra.
Tonight is KIDS Night at WTAM,
Cleveland, where a program entire
~ by children will be broadcast
from 3 to II o'clock. At the con,
clusion, Harry l.. Davis, former
Governor Of Ohio, will give an ad-
dress
Irving Seller and his Boulevard
Orchestra are again features from
WIZ. New York. They will, as
usual, play a few bars of some
popular songs, the title of which
is In the form of a question. The
. listener must give the name of
the song. the kind of instrument
played and figure out clever
answer to the question in the title.
Doctor Gardner Murphy. Of
Columbia University. will give the