New Britain herald., 1925-10-29

the course or about five measures Try as We Could, 1t was impossible for us to bring the station in again. and the nearest we could get 10 il was q program of tin pan dancn music being rattIed off by q station right next door.
 Bill Tassillo and his orcheslra from the Cinderella ballroom at Hartford, came from WTIC at It. o'clock. This orchestra is rapidly becoming extremely popular with WTlC fans and threatens 10 eclipse Emil Heimberger's gang down at the Bond. It doesn't seem to us that such thing could happen, since tn" two orchestras play entirely differ ent types of music. Bill specializes on the products of Tin Pan Alley. with now and then a dip into the songs of 25 years ago, while Helm. berger plays almost entirely the music from the current musica, comedies. interspcrsed with classic arrangements. Hence, the bands ap- peal to two different types of dance lovers. As for us, we enjoy hearing both of them.
 Bill's orchestra started off with Silver Head" which, in spite of the ten cent ring to the name, really has nice little theme. A saxophone trio in close harmony started off the number the trumpets punctuating the number in the background, with sharp, crisp blasts. Then a group in terlude, following by a chorus taken by a clear muted trumpet, gradually replaced by soprano sax in con- versation with the trombone. The finale chorus brought out all instru- ments playing like mad. Then came "Eccentric," an old number which has not lost it's novelty for us There's lots of pep and innumerable trick breaks, together with queer rhythmic arrangements. We first heard that number played by Ted Lewis last winter or the spring be- fore, we forget which.
 Other numbers played were "Col- orado,' a smooth waltz; When The Gold Changes To Gray" number We didn't care so much for; Let Me Call You Sweetheart,' one of our favorites, which started off as a waltz and ended as a snappy foxtrot, and Jingle Bells" that old time school room classic.
 
 CNRO offered the Chateau Laur- fer dance orchestra in "Oh, kath. erina" and If You Knew Susie" apparently delving into history. The band came through loud, but the work was not eXceptional~
 Irving Bernstein and his La Java orchestra from WCAP, Washing ton, came in with lots of volume shortly after l 1 o'clock. The old pan handler, "Yes, Sir! That's My Baby" was the offering, preceded by a well played violin solo, unidentified.
 "The purpose of life is to accumu~ late experience in order that we may grow to the stature of perfect men and Women," said Walter Matthews from WLW at Cincinnati. The pro- gram at Il o'clock last evening was furnished entirely by blind people and there was q touch of pathos about the whole business. Matthews, | who has gained a reputation for his l word pictures" was an extremely 1 interesting speaker and his voice 1 came through clear and loud. A yio- lin solo by Henry Risen was also on the program, and the number was l well played, although at times, the | passages were played in an uncer- tain manner, as if tht performer | would have been more comforta blc | if he had been able to see the score. | It was remarkable performance, | however.
 We closed our endcavors with q few dance selections from WISE, At lanta, which was flashing in in great shape. Vick Meyers Melody Artists were playing%from the Atlanta Bilt- more hotel. Honey, I'm In Love With You" was the only number, the name of which we heard. Code interfered considerably, but the sta ton gradually became louded until it topped the disturbance.
 Bob Craig, commander of Brock Barnes post, American Legion, of PIainville, is pretty well satisfied these days with his little one tube perculator. In fact, he has always been satisfied with it. He came into the office yesterday and told us that to date he has brought in 104 sta tions with it, the greatest distance among them having been 2.pY, at Plymouth, England. He says he brings in WMBF at Miami Beach just as loud as Springfield. Bob sat down at his set a few night ago and, just for the fun of it, started to sec how many stations he could bring in during the evening. He started at about 7;30 o'clock and quit shortly before II. In that time he logged 36 stations. and in each case he waited to hear the announcement of the call letters.
 That's all for tOday thankSi