Evening star., 1924-05-23
WCAP TO BROADCAST
HAYDN'S CREATION
Oratorio Will Be Sung by Mount
Vernon Place Church
Chorus Tonight.

Haydns Creation" will be sung
tonight by the Mount Vernon chorus,
the program to be broadcast direct
from the Mount Vernon Place NJ E
Church South, as the feature on the
program of WCAP. The chorus. which
numbers eighty, will be under the di-
rection of r. Deane Shure, director
OF music of the Mount Vernon Place
Church.
This chorus is well known to radio
audiences, having been heard at
Christmas time in Dawn in the
Desert a Christmas oratorio writ
ten by Mr.. Shure and Rossell Edward
Mitchell, and again at Easter in 1.-The
Atonement," also written by these
two washingtonians.
Assisting the chorus will be Mrs.
]. Frank Rice, soprano: Miss Gretchen
Lord. contralto. w. Arthur Mccoy,
Benton Webb, baritone: Howard p.
Bailey, basSo, and Mrs. Frank A.
Frost, organist.
Detailed Program.
The program for the performance,
which will be broadcast, from $50 to
9:45, is as follows:
Organ prelude; Mrs. Frost; tenor
the Holy Beams Mr.. Mccoy and
velous Works." Mrs. Rice and Mount
Vernon Chorus; soprano solo, with
Verdure Clad" Mrs. Rice; Awake the
Harp" Mount Vernon Chorus; THE
Mccoy, Mr.. Bailey and Mount Vernon
Chorus; bass solo, Now Heaven in
Fullest Glory Shone." Mr.. Bailey;
Achieved Is the Glorius Work."
Mount Vernon Chorus; trio. "On Thee
Each Living Soul Awaits" Mrs. Rice,
Mr.. Goodyear and Mr.. Bailey; duet,
Graceful Consort," Mrs. Rice and Mr..
Webb; "Sing the Lord. Ye Voices All'
(Amen chorus), Mrs. Rice, Miss Lord.
Mr.. Mccoy. Mr.. Webb and Mount Yer
non Chorus.
Violet Warren Pierson, dramatic
reader, will formally open WCAPs
program at o'clock after Stuart S.
Of the major league games. Miss
Pierson will read some children's sto-
ries written by Mrs. LarZ Anderson
and Lady Gregory. Other attractions
to follow include a song recital by
Hazel Arth, soprano; the second of a
series of talks by the Department of
Agriculture on High Prices; q talk
by Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt on Outdoor Recreation"
After the broadcast from the Mount
Vernon Place Church. Evelyn Hunt,
society editor of a local newspaper,
will tell what she knows about Wash
close with the usual Friday night
dance program from the Wardmen
Park Hotel.
Children's Program.
Some of washington's most talent
ed Juvenile entertainers will take
part in the children's program to be
broadcast this afternoon at 4 o'clock
by WRc under saesHt the direofi4h cf tha OF pegsy
relief. All children who enjoy the
program will be put on their honor
to send 10 cents to the Headquarters
of the American Committee for the
Relief of German Children, room ,3o5,
Fed National Bank
TThe program includes: Announce
ment by Peggy" Albion; address by
Jimmie Davis, seven-year-old son
and poems by the kindergarten chill
dren of Morgan School, directed by
Portia Oberly; songs by children
from the Monroe School kindergarten,
under direction freG OF A9snsta Gsnt,smsn swan nf
verona" by pupils Of Chevy Chase
Country Day School, directed by STAN
wood Cobb principals; choruses- by
children from Neighborhood House,
led by Clara Neigh; story by Cath
arine Murphy OF the Bruen Home for
Children; songs by Wilson Normal
School students, directed by Berenice
Randall; piano recital by thirteen
year-old girl from Louise Lakin
Foundation Of MuGic; song recitals
by Eddie Crouch, boy solofst Of St
Alban's Cathedral choir, and Mary
Frances Glenn. pupil Of the Wash
ington Opera School.
There will be other features, in
cluding surprises by Mrs. Albion. The
affair promises to be a unique event
in radio broadcasting, as this Is the
first time q program made up entirely
of children has been attempted. A
good two hours Of wholesome fun
is the prospect both for the perform
ers and those who tune In.