New Britain herald., 1926-02-11

enough to make radio fans care lI.. tie about what other stations were offering,
 or course you all know abou, Heimherger's Trio and Mrs Gertrude
 McAuiifIe. the solosl, They are ire, quent entertainers at tho station. But the Yale University band Is ro,. This organization was enjoying ita first experience al hroadcasting and the music came direct from Woolsey | hall New Haven, where a special program was being presented. TAe ensemble numbers were wei! don. although at times the sound or the heavy drum heats and the snare drum rolls caused some distortion, at least, we lay Il 10 'he drumming. since the numbers in which the drums did not take part came through smoothly. The Yale band is s prominent feature Of all the
 football games and old grads. un- dergrads and just plain football fans were thrilled to hear the familiar strains Of the Yale fighting songs, A cornet solo by Harry SatIkret, The Prisoners Song" assumed It new dignity al the hands of the col .egians and it proved 10 be a boau- .itul rendition, the crystal clear tones O. the cornet being ably sup ported by background of melody furnished by the band itself.
 Now folks, O. course VIC cant call attention to everything that went on. so we'll just take the high spots or that program. Right here We want to say that We enjoyed every bi. ot it. Just because We fail 10 mention some performer don't think we didn't like him or her. We did. Everybody cooperated to the utmost 10 make that show one Of the big ges', if not the biggest, that WTIc has put on, and their efforts were rewarded.
 The fellow We wanted to hear more than anyone 4lse was Arthur Miidleton world famous baritone. Mir. Mid1ieton 1iIn', disappoint Us, either. He sang rousing mems songs and We enjoyed his program all the more because he included none Of .he wishy-washy semi-cla which send one off into line if Of soIne- thing or other. Song O. The N0lga Boatman' vas ably handled, and, al- though this number has been much abused by radio performers we were thankful Cor Mir. MiIileton's work, since he brought out all the beauty Of that rough primitive melody: he brought ont beauty which has been covered up by many second and third rate barito ones and alleged hasses. Then came, later, Danny Deever." Kipling's famous poem set 10 music, a song which is familiar to every American and to every number gives us will never pass, no matter how many times We hear it. MT. Middleton sang other songs, but we cant mention them, nor have we space to say much about the other vocalist, Miss Laval, contralt0, who pleased us with several songs Of the better type, But before We leave, let ps say that if was possible to un- derstand every word sung by Mir Middleton, and that's a whole lOt Too many soloists sing with their mouths full Of mashed potatoes, eo 10 speak, and the words are sub merged in Q flood Of Noca! effort. We'd like to hear more from that soloist and We hope he will appear again before WTIC's microphone.
 Eddie Wittstein and his orchestra offered an hour Of dance music, rem dering some beautiful arrangements of the current hits. The first few numbers were ratheY slow. while the musicians accustomed themselves to playing in sound resisting room, n 4AEA ti , Io4SF IlOpo tc l4It 4ApNI as if dead, the minute it lea1s the instrument. But the band popped IT later and proved highly entertaining. Anybody Seen My Girl?' Failing Down." that subtle steal on "Copen- hagen,' Here In My Arms Were three Of the numbers, presented with wonderful harmony effects and eyrel- lent exhibition Of solo work by members Of the band.
 We heard the Harmony Girls sing ing Remember" and several others, and We remarked on the way in which they lived up to their name. The imitation. on violin, Of an old broken down country church organ, should rank with Jack Littlc's imi- tation of the Broken Down Piano.
 In the course of the evening We tuned in on CHYC, Montreal, where the Royal Highlanders band Was making things lively for the Cana dians. Clarity was the trademark Of the station, although there was only moderate volume.