New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
Through The Static

There was lot of indefinable racket in the air last night, most of which could not be traced to static. Of course, the well known interfer- once was present to some extent, but the greater part of the noise in our set was caused by some motor or generator. For the past several weeks, power lines or something like that have been causing q hum and slight sputterlng. This noise, while not sufficient to ruin programs, is annoying at times. Last night was not one for distance. Western sta- tons were not heard to any. great extent. Most of the broadcasters dritted in listleasly with little life.
 We remained with WBZ during the greater part of the evening. The entire program was excellent and well balanced. Instead of filling up the time with bowling sopranos and other rubbish, the Springfield station brought forward the Regent Mixed Quartet, the Aleppo Drum corps and McEnelley's Singing orchestra as thrae of the best features,
 The Regent quatet held the stage for considerab ble length Of time and rendered 8 well chosen collection of songs. The numbers were of the old dtgnifed type and included Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" "Twi- light Is Twilight" Annie Laurie, "Homelight" and Bells of St. Mary In addition. Miss MacClaire, central. to, sang Danny Boy" and Mis- Bradley, soprano, sang Break oi Dawn" The contralto solo was en- hanced by the rendition of a violir obligato. The quartet sounded fail from the Springfield station, so well take 1t for granted that 1t would have sounded perfect from an! other. Whenever any program doesn't sound so good it can usual, be attributed to the transmission from Springfield, which is alway rather tinny. We enjoyed that pro gram immensely.
 Then came Springheld's secon ;. home run of the evening in the forp - of the Aleppo Drum corps 0 shriners' band. This band is
 weekly feature from WBZ and ca usually be depended upon to presen a high grade. program. Last nigh was no exception-with one excep ton. "Marche Militaire No. l." b Schubert, didn't take with us at al The number isn't at all musica c However, we heard the "Nations . Emblem March" and that made u for the faults of the other selection B Mind you, we're not grabbing tn y band for the rendition of Schubert
 number. We just didn't like the st :. lection itself. Several request seIet tlons were played as part of th program, with the closing selectio The Star Spangled Banner" bein played.
 McEnelley's Singing orchestra tt third big feature from WBZ. score y heavily as usual. Two arrange mens from "Tannhauser, "'were pr'
 scented, Evening Star" and "Pi
 grims' Chorus" AS foxtrots the, selections sound first rate, but Ricl
 ard Wagner must have turned ov'
 in his grave to hear his pet sele
 tons played in such a style. But 2
 enjoyed it thoroughly, being a men J. Der of the newer generation whic
 gloats over operatic insults, or ratl d CT insults to operatic selections, pr
 vided that they are played in foxtr
 time. My Girl Don't Love Me Al
 More" was great, in spite of Il
 terrible grammar of the title. IT l. singing orchestra sang and the mus
 cal instruments musicked. Ever n body had a good time and the lit