The Washington times., 1926-06-25
A DOER
ON AIR, TOO!

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The clatter OF the early evening
cleared up well enough so that
the late tuning was with fair re-
suits last night. Electric storms
lin the East caused sharp and vi0-
lent noises before 10 o'clock.
Omaha and Fort Worth were both
Obtainable, the former with loud
speaker volume. The North and
South were i'm stOrIn.tOssed atIn0-
spheric zones and did not clear
up very well.
Just when the WRC program was
going down for the third rethne
George Ross spread his 10 agile
fingers over the piano and lifted
the faltering, choking entertainment
of last evening from the Gathering
static storm into meIodic safety!
Twice during the course Of tie
evening the New York wire extern
sions Of the temperamental ether
waves sagged in the middle-once.
with the burden of the Royal Salon
Orchestra and once with the cockney
dialogue that brings motion picture
plOLs 70 tns AAstSASAo'
VIZ.
But Ross was on deck with his
trusty piano-and the schedule was
put through, showing that even
Dame Nature. when she gets
static coughing spell and cant use
her voice over great distances, lets
George do 1t!
FESTIVAL CHORUS
FROM PHILADELPHIA
The singing OF the festival chorus
OF 5000 voices during the course
of the presentation OF the big
pageant, America" in the munich.
pal stadium at the Philadelphia
Sesauicentennial was the star fea-
| ture of the air last evening, as It
came suffering from WIP through
the highly charged atmosphere. =
The chorus sang Cigars Land
OF Hope and Glory" with spirit
that gave listeners q real thrill.
This great hymn II more or less
familiar to the radio audience az .
part Of the popular ''Pomp and Cir
cumstance" march. The cnorust
also scored with ''The Stars angled
Banner'' at the close OF what must
have been most colorful spectacle.
CORNETIST STAR
OF BAND CONCERT
Principal Musician John A.
White and his cornet were the
stars Of the Marine Band concert at
the Sylvan Theater as WRC brought
It to the loud speakers In the early
evening. The first number proved
the solofst to have a most agile
tongue and active pair OF lips and
his two encores. Garry Me Back
to Ole Virginny' and Mother
Machree," developed the fact that
he also had musical understanding
and could interpret the spirit and
poetry Of song.
It would be very wonderful
help to radio listeners If soloists
could only forget trick stunts with
voice or instrument, and sing and
play only the real music they
usually hold back for encore num-
bers The band, an an ensemble,
starred particularly In Hector Ber-
tioz' Roman Carnival and LISTS
Second Hungarian Rhapsody"
The latter was given a find reading
by Second Leader Taylor Bran
son.
The business Of finding a giraffe
for the Washington zoo in the
African ve1dt or jungles isn't an
easy job. according to the letter
OF DR.. William Mann, read from
WRC last night to radio listeners
by DIR. Austin Fl. Clark, of the
Smithsonian Institution. Doctor
Mann's experiences were given In
detail in the letter which was pre-
pared by him to supplement the
series Of talks he gave last win
ter on the zoo and it's inhabitants.
SOPRANO AND
PIANIST PLEASE
Artie Faye Guilford. soprano. and
Edwin Moore, pianist. were easily
the chief features of the WRC even.
ing entertainment. Mrs Guilford' s
light, airy tones were never used
to better purpose than in her sing
ing of 1.-THE Waters of Mime
tonka." Her~yofce is true and she
sings with a sincerity that COM
mands respect. Mr.. Moore's piano
numbers were played with under
standing and color and his accom-
paniments of Mrs. Guilford's sing
ing were gems Of piano playing.
At webb, Chicago, Sweet
hearts" was produced in abbreviated
form late in the evening with good
effect. Cincinnati served up u good
dance program through WLW and
Atlantic City also contributed a bit
of snappy dance tunes. While on
the subject-from nowhere, came
better dance music than WRC
broadcast from the Swanee ball
room where Al Kamon's contingent
made merry with music in its own