New Britain herald., 1925-12-30

Excellent evening. Volume, good
Clarity, up to snuff. Static, none to
speak Of. DIX, we didn't try. Wealth
er, clear and cold. Position, seated.
Reactions, none. Voltage, six. Every
thing else, not catalogued. Food
very good.
1t was Poetry Club night at VITO
and, although we did not hear the
entire program, we feel safe in say
ing that if the rest was as good as
was the sample we heard, fans
should have had nothing whatever to
kick about. One reading, Cray
Bill" by Gertrude herman, was
especially noteworthy, and the
enunciation of the performer added
materially to the success of the
number. The Aloha Hawaiian orch
estra covered itself with leis by play
ing selections which cannot be
heard every evening at any station.
| Most Of the Hawaiian delegations
! have a set routine of numbers, copies
( of which are seemingly sent to every
Hawaiian guitarist throughout the
country. But in the case of the
Hartford orchestra it was different.
! Every number We heard was of an
unusual type, and We enjoyed the
program in part for that reason. Of
| special note was Hawaiian Sere-
made"
Worthy Hills and his band, broad
casting from the Hartford club at
the close of the organ recital from
, VITO, treated US to the younger
mans idea of what dance music
should be. Who" the number
which is taking the country by
storm, was one of the selections, and
another was THE Prisoners Song"
Worthy has a snappy band, and the
fact that every member is young
fellow, not over % years Of age
10 put plenty of pep into the music,
with an understanding of modern
dance rhythm and dance music,
which cannot be done by bands
numbering among their members
men who are older in years. Some
how or other, 1t takes the young fell
lows to play present day dance
music as 1t should be played Wor-
lhy's music is jazz. 1t isn't the SYM
phonic type Of dance music, so much
in vogue at present.
The Hotel Mayflower orchestra
from WRC, Washington, entertained
us with a program which included
everything from the border Of blues
10 the border Of the classics. u Was
Blue" from Merry, Merry" was
featured. Then came "Cecelia," Jack
Smiths favorite; Song Of The Vag-
| abond," one of the semi classics,
which was gracefully changed to
dance time, and waltz, Carolina
Sweetheart"
The Venetian orchestra from
WAX at Jacksonville, Florida, pre-
sented a wild mixture Of dance mu-
sic and classics, being deep in the
offering Of two oyertures, the names
., Of Which We missed, later switching
over 10 Brown Eyes, Why Are You
Blue" and then taking in another
classic, one of the many Romance
, selections. We missed out on thu
composers name, SO it doesn't do
much good to know that the selec-
ton was entitled Romance" when
it is considered that there are about
n % numbers of that name, more OF
less. The station came in loud
enough.
= WSAI at Cincinnati was another
eye opener This station came
q through so loud that it almost
drowned out WBz. The Austin
Brothers, performing on Hawaiian
guitars, offered an interesting pro
gram of popular numbers, including
Il the inevitable Brown Eyes" Thu
sound of the instruments cams
y through loud and sharp, and it wa
a real treat to hear the music. TIL
II program was brought 10 a close b,
the playing Of Aloha" which is tn
s Hawaiian for Go on back to Osh
kosh," a 3erisive expression.
N
l. We ran through WIZ and fount
the hockey game in progress at Bos
ton. We didn't stay.
WSB at Atlanta came throug
l. very loud at o'clock, and a pro
st gram by Johnny Kemfs kentuck
Serenaders proved 10 be excellent. Il
fact the Transmission was the hes
e. We have yet had from WSB.
natural tone was identified with tn
mara irf q