The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-30
SOPRANO STARS
IN AIR LANES

One more fair night az tuning
Is added TO the radiOtic log books
rs July begins to 20 out like 3
la1nb--in the air &c least. The
Middle West and North through.
out the evening and the South
IN the Early part Of the night
came through the seasonal noise
with fair volume. There were
crashes and bangs occasionally
that Weie deafening. but mostly
good response to diaIlil1G Was OBJ.
served.
Erva Giles, versatile soprano with
the perfect 36 voice, was easily
the star Of the air last night 40 the
sum Of her endeavors with the
Royal Salon Orchestra which VIZ
sent to whom It may concern
WaC being among those receiving.
Miss Giles has broken into this
plinth Of pure reading matter sew
eral times before with her top notes
and her middle tones. Last night
she seemed to excel herself.
She. is one Of the persons who
prove that Il Ii possible for q
songster to sing al sorts Of songs.
depicting AL sorts Of emotional ef-
fects and personalities III rapid
succession, provided one has sense
of character as well as tone values.
She sings the idea straight into
the intelligence 81 her audiences
with almost perfect production Of
the notes as u mere incident that
doesn't IN the least obtrude itself.
MARINE BAND
rs VERSATILE
The United states Marine Band,
under the direction OF Second
Leader Taylor Branson again dem
onstrated it's versatility last evening
from the sylvan theater and WRC
with about as varied musical
nelange as has come To the loud
speakers for weeks. IT Is too bad
that the audiences of VIZ and
WGY cut out of the horde listening
to the program before the finale
number. Usually that Is the best
on the program. 1t was last night.
Branson's selection for this place
on the prcgram was the finale Of
Tschaikowslkyta Fourth symphony
and his interpretation or ii was an
evidence Of the leaders sound mus
icaI judgment. There are parts Of
this piece that offer the brass choir
of an orchestra one Of the greatest
opportunities in music for fine dis
play. And there are parts that are
essentially string. Branson played
te brass parts and left out the
string which IS exactly what he.
should have done.
In the other numbers on the
program the band give q fine ac-
count OF Itself, running almost the
complete gamnt Of musical ideas
from dainty ballet to solorotls
Wagnerian tonal thunder. The
Hymn to the sun. hy Rimsky-
KarsaI0w was proven to be q
straight orchestral piece Though
and impressive things with 1t.
REAL THRILLS
IN PICTURE PLAY
The picture play dialogue that
came from WIZ ct the beginning
Of the evenings program was
chocl full Of thrills, choking mo-
ments and all that sort Of thing.
And the Firegide Boys. who closed
the WIZ program transmitted to
WRC, likewise provided thrills
but Of q reminiscent, arm chair
sort, with their OId.time tunes.
Once or twice It seemed as though
they were losing themselves through
the inyolutions Of their memories
attempting, as they did, to sing four
or five songs at once. But they
were fairly clever at It and managed
to come out Of the doIdrums they
let themselves into.
The Cavanaugh Twins--Eddi ana
Fannie-were among those present
at KYW during the course of the
evening, answering their radio cor
respondence In rhyme to piano ac-
compartment. Eddie provided q
new number you'd probably enjoy
ii HIS radio song, during the course
of which he tunes in on most Of
the best-known stations and has
something typical and topical to say
OF each.