Evening star., 1925-03-08

Clubs has conducted a contest for
young artists in voice, violin and
piano at its last five biennial con-
veutions. Some of the country's lead
ing musicians are winners OF those
contests and are grateful to the fed
Grafton for the splendid start given
them in that way.
A similar contest VIII be held dur
ing the next fourteenth biennial con-
vention, in Portland, Greg, June 6-13,
the week of the annual rose festival.
Preliminary contests will be held in
each State and the Is districts into
which the United States is divided.
Ethelyn B. Smart, chairman for the
local contest. announces that the
contest will be held here Saturday
afternoon, March %. at 1880, in st.
Pauls English Lutheran Church
Eleventh and III streets northwest,
and Is open to the public. Competent
judges have been selected and the
contest will be conducted strictly ac-
cording to rules sent from the ma
tional contest chairman.
Winners from this city will COM
pete with winners from Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia. in Roam
oke, Va, Thursday morning, April 80,
at 10 o'clock. The winners from that
contest will go to Portland to com
pete with winners of the other IL
districts. National winners will re-
ceive cash prizes of $500 each. or,
| if preferred, one years scholarship.
including living expenses. in one of
several music schools Of national
reputation.
Harold NJ Brown, chairman for
| transportation to the convention, will
| be glad to answer inquiries about
| the trip. He can be reached at the
| Interstate Commerce Commission, NJ.
! 1850.
| All dues for organizations, artist
and associate members, are payable
! now, and it is hoped that all will be
| prompt in this matter, so that the
| local treasurer can send the dues to
| the national treasurer by April 1.
Make checks payable to the District
| of Columbia Federation of Music
| Clubs and send to Homer l. Kilt,
| treasurer, 1880 G street northwest.
Chorus choirs and clubs not mem
| bers Of the federation are cordially
| invited to join; also any individuals
\ willing to help in the work the fed
GRAFTON is doing.
The regular monthly board meeting
| will be held Saturday at 4:3o o'clock
| at 1880 G. street northwest. A full
attendance is urged, as matters Of
| Importance must be decided upon. If
| organization secretaries cannot at
/
stitutes.
| A program will be given Saturday
evening at o'clock at the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
| Church South by the pupils of r.
Deane Shure, director of music OF the
church Those who will take part
are as follows: Vocal, Miss Dorothy
Skean, Miss Minnie Gross, R. D. Kel-
| Ter, Mrs. F. n. Stricklin, Miss Mary
Louise Charlton, Miss Blanche Bree-
den, Miss Kate Beam, Irving T. Horn,
Mrs. J. Frank Rice and Mrs. Alice
! Oliver Kihlbom; instrumental, Misses
Kathryn Cammack, Margaret Cam
mack, Charlotte Salkeld, Dorothy
! Olive Smith, Elizabeth Crawley, Mar
tha Bocorseski Marjorie Harrison,
Francis Lambeth, Dorothy Hobart.
Minnie Baiarsky, Emera Johnson,
Mary Bertha Shure, Thelma Taven-
ner. Helen Salkeld. Zoe Salkeld,
| Francis Dunn, Helen Abbot and Stan
| ley Hall and Earl Masincup.
The Women's Community Club of
Brandywine, Md, will give a concert
F.! in the town hall Saturday for the
| benefit of community work in that
part of Maryland. The soloists will
| be: Werdna Bradley. soprano, in
| costume and songs of long ago; J. ].
! Seide, magician, and Woodruff Youngs,
/ girl impersonator, in songs. The con-
cert is under the mana cement of the
! Washington Music Bureau of this
| city.
( Edna Bishop Daniels lecture to her
| students Thursday evening in her vo-
| cal studio was entitled Vocal Tone
Is Always Complex" Following this
students sang and received genera
/ ,Io 1,-s4 ,a.;c ~, fkf
DR. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lovette en-
! tertained last Sunday afternoon with
a musical tea. An exhibition of
paintings and sketches by Dorsey
! Doniphan was given in the adjoining
| studio.
| The musical program was given by
| Beatrice Koch, pianist, who played
'Ecossaises" (Beethoven), 'tEtude de
| Concert" (Sternberg) and the 'Naila
| Waltz" OelibesDohnanyD Jack
! Charlton Ward. mezZo soprano, who
sang THE Island" and Morning"
| (Rachmaninoff) and where the Bee
Sucks Gold English): Gladys Hillyer,
| pianist, who was heard in ''Prelu-
lattD and prelude No. %" Chopin;
Fannie Gluckstein, dramatic soprano,
who sang the aria, "DepuiS lie Jour,
/ from Louise; "Sylvia" tOley Speaks),
The Little Brown Owl' (Buzzi
Peccia) and 1.-THE Birthday" by Hunt
| ington Woodman. Mrs. Lovette was
the accompanist.
! At the close of the program DR..
Lovette played several numbers by
request.
! Mrs. Miriam Hilton will give her
! postponed talk on French music be-
fore the Tuesday Evening Music
Club Tuesday night. She Will sing
some of Weckerlin's Bergerrettes.
| Ruby Potter, soprano, and Louis
| Potter, pianist, will give joint re-
cital at the Friday Morning Music
| Club next Friday morning. This is
| in the nature of a farewell to the
club prior to leaving Washington this
! Spring for Charleston, w. Va.
The Washington Choral Society will
give for it's second concert this sea-
son Rossinrs "Stabat Mater" Tuesday
night, March II, under the direction
of Charles Wengerd.
The soloists will be: Mrs. Wilbur
Sinden, soprano: Mrs. William It.
Reed, contraIto; William r, Raymond,
tenor, and John Marville, bass. Err
vine ]. Sterison will be at the piano.
Besides the "Stabat Mater" the
chorus will sing a group of miscel-
laneous numbers, and each of the
soloists will sing group Of songs.
Tho next rehearsal of the society
will be tomorrow night at the Thorn
son School, Twelfth and L streets
northwest.
The Progressive Musical Club met al