Evening star., 1926-04-25
FESTIVAL PLANNED
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
Children of Six Community
Centers to Give Program
at Central.

Children Throughout: he city will
ioin in the childrens festival of the
community Center Department Fri
day night at $50 o'clock in the au.
iitorium Of Central High Center Thir.
teenth and Clifton streets. when the
directors of the department presen;
The various dramatic. rhythmic. sing
Ing and gym groups of six centers in
an elaborate entertainment. Music
will be rendered by the community
orchestra. conducted by Mrs. T.. J.
Ward. and the stage lichting II the
dances and plays will be by Ila l'old
Snyder of the Community Center De
partment. The public is invited.
Columbia Heights Center will pre-
sent a play entitled The. -lrials of a
Manager" story based IN life in
columbia Heights. written by the chill
dren themselves. and including in its
cast Ernest Stout. Ray ..ond Miles,
Nancy Hall. Sarah Jane -lrnell. Flor
enCe Younger. Priscilla R.ogue, How.
ard Smith, Jean Egleston and Gather
inc kammerer, directed by Laura j.
Bogue. Tumbling. gym drills and folk
dances. directed by Marjorie l.. SchuS-
'er. will be given by Ruth Kizer. Betty
lane Oswald. Sylvia LeSun, Louise
Surine. Marian Parker. Marjorie War
burton. Helen Flemming, Mildred
Crampton, Helen Bloedern. Virginia
Hall, Eleanor McInturff. Helen Shep-
nard. Marie Bailey. Ann Pace. Ruth
Okin, May MattinGly. F'redericka
Waldman and Edith Gram.
f. V. Brown Center.
children Al +. v Brown Center will
present three numbers Of the pro
gram. including the Dance Of the
Racchanales." with Anne Beach. Amy
Pehrend. Sandy AleXa nder. Dorothy
Allen. Mary Cohen, Katherine Row
land. Margaret Frazer. Betty Manch-
Les. Grace Guillon and the Dance of
the Elves and Butterflies" with Re
gina Zies. Ruth Behrend. Mabel
Wright. France Wheeler, Mary Lusby,.
Mildred Klein Virginia England,
Anne Smealie. Helen Murphy. both
directed by Evelyn Walter. Also.
spontaneous dramati2ation. directed
by Dorothy Primm. will be given by
Sally Atkinson. Emily Wiers. Juanita
Thurber: Helen Clapp, Mary Holland,
Adrien Brown, Errol Essex. Elaine
Essex and others.
Park View children, directed by Dull
Gle Horner. will be seen in four dance
numbers. including the Kate Greena-
way Polka: "Playtime,' balloon
dance: Chinese Love Story" and
Rig -a,Jig-J jig: the participants being
Sidney Hamilton. Blanche Fletcher,
Fenella Lambert. Virginia Evans,
Marie Conterino. Louis Jarboe. Marian
Cohen. Sophie SaltZ, Ethel Curtin.
Marian Talhert. Lucilla Faris. Selma
Penn, Margaret Natheney and Olga
Rosner.
Petworth children will give a scene
=. l. L..
Nights Dream" " directed by Anne +.
Coleman and including in the cast
Mary Shanahan. Betty kennedy
Hilda James. Aleathea F,ichaltz. Jose
phino Aeitmuller Frances Baden,
MarN Jane klare. Lee Bailey. Mary
kunna and Frances kunna.
Children Write Plays.
Two plays written by the children
themselves. will be given by Southeast
Community Center directed by Evelyn
Davis. the boys Of the center present
Ing Robin Hood and the girls. Sara
Crewe. The cast OF the fofrmer in
cludec Lewis Mckenzie. Charles Got
tenkieny. James Kerr. Richard Stan
isci. Fremont Davis. RAYMOND Beck.
Joe Kelley. Carol keer, Martin Loffier
Florence Estes. Edith keeler. Emma
Mckenzie The latter cast includes
SdliN -NIlil [aliictil' N'fIl i'Vl AAiie,'
Grace Moran, Genevieve Bergling,
Ella Bersling. James Kerr, Margaret
Scott. Elizabeth Middleton. Anna Ca.
pannella. Elizabeth Capannella and
Dorothy Brady.
A play, cinderella" will be given
by children of Thomson Center. di
rected by Evelyn Davis. and includ
ing Jane Robertson, Sara Thornley,,
Mary Champeno, Nernol Berry, Carol
Ohei lin and Margaret Owen. Five
other numbers likewise Will be given
by children of this center. directed by
Beatrice CosgroVe. the numbers be
ing highland fins. class songs. the
hac dance. dance Of the cherry bios
SONS and a dramatized song. entitled
Il et Me Can You Sweetheart" Chill
dren taking part in these numbers
are Mildred Boswell. Ruth Craig,
Lora ine Neusslein, EVELYN Sackrider,
Virginia Clark. Dorothy Fisher. Ana
bel Nhaler, Mary Frances Gaghan,
Virginia Jones, Betty Jones Reda
Owings Adela Owings, Vida Taylor,
Doris Moore. Lorraine Hughley, Dor
othy Smith. Dorothy Urbin, Julia
May. Irene keely. Mary Virginia
Keely Helen Manheimer. Ruth Hof
man. Ruth Wells, Marjory Harrison.
Evelyn Stone. Martha klinger, Grace
Brew. Winnela Douglas, Alfred
Douglas. Theodore Lanbros. LeVonne
TAYLOR. Arthur Clarke, Harry Gaghan,
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