Evening star., 1926-11-14
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Bethany Baptist Church last Sunday
evening. The personnel Of the quar-.
tet is: Isabel Garvin Shelley, soprano
and director; Mary McAninch, so.
prano; Adelaide Boyd and Ruth Clark
altos.
Henry Smidt Gregor, pianist and
composer. professor of music at Ma
tlonal Park Seminary. will give a re
cltal MT the Arts Club next Sunday
His program should prove of speciaI
interest because 1t is built upon the
Idea: THE dance form as inspiration
OF classical and modern composers"
The numbers will be printed in next
weeks issue of this paper.
Mary sherier Bowie. soprano: WI.
liam r. Braithwaite. tenor; Roger ].
Whiteford, baritone; John c. smith
basso. and the Westbrook Trio. viii
present the musical features on n pro.
gram to be given Tuesday evening
from till 10 O'Clock, at the home OF
Mrs. Edward BeCklev Adams. 1O3 I.e.
land street. Chevy Chase.
Ihe program. which is under the
direction of Harriet Harding Guthrie.
Will also include readings by Maud
Howell Smith and Albert Falconer.
Nine. Marie Zalipsky. Russian 60.
prano, presented n group of Russian
songs at the studio of Elena de Sayn.
lIO5 n street northwest, last night
Her selections and their presentation
were received with enthusiasm. The
songs listed in her program included
Rimsky-korsakoff's "Elegie." Tschai.
kowskis Memories" Sachnowsky's
The Clock" Rachmaninoff's "By NV
window and Oriental" by Arak-
chief.
MISS Dorothea Bohmanson, pianist.
who recently returned from abroad
aIter SIX months of study with Isidore
Philippe. director of the Conserya
tory at Paris, entertained at a musical
evening at her home Tuesday in honor
or FeLan Garzia. eminent pianist
OF New York and Washington.
among the guests present were
Miss Esther Linkins, president of
Washington Musical Federation: Miss
f. Linkins, Mrs. Carl K. Chindblom.
Mr.. Gustav Weidel. counselor of the
swedish legation; Mr.. Theodore Gan
non. Mrs. Emily EIkins, president of
Mu Phi Epsilon Honorary Musical
sorority; musicians from the Cathedral
School and National Park Seminary.
Miss Frances Cole and number of
other music lovers. Mr. Garzia, as
sisted by some of his pupils, gave u
charming Chopin group during the
evening.
Special music by the choir of Yer.
| mont Avenue Christian Church today
will be: Morning-Chorus. Fear Not.
o Israel" Spicker; contralto solo.
Some Sweet Day." Speaks, Mrs. +.
Nj. Shore. Evening-Chorus. Great
and Marvellous" Turner; ladies' quar-
tet. Give Thanks" Wilson.
The choir is now rehearsing
Thanksgiving cantata, "Seedtime and
Harvest" by Myles Il. Foster which
will be given the Sunday evening fol
lowing Thanksgiving. 1t would
be glad to have few more singers
for this special cantata and extends a
cordial invitation to any singer who
would care to Join the choir for the
singing of the Thanksgiving music.
Under the auspices of the League
of the Covenant, Mrs. Gay Stewart
McCabe of Pittsburgh gave a delight
full entertainment before an audience
that filled the ballroom at 2400 Six
teenth street Tuesday evening. Her
songs and representations of child
hood. in which she introduced to her
hearers the irrepreSsible and inimita
BILE Henry Melville" boy character
OF her own creation, were a tre-
mendous hit. Mrs. McCabe's personal
charm and vivacious manner in
creased the effectiveness of her pres
entation. Harvey Murray, organ
ist of the Church OF the Covenant,
accompanied her on the plano in sew
eral numbers. Arrangements for the
occasion were under the direction os
committee headed by Mrs. James &.
Pryor. chairman.
Walter S. Jackson, tenor, and Ben
iamin p. Wheatley, baritone, will sing
Bassford's my Faith Looks Up t.
Thee" for the offertory at the eve
ming service of the Park View Chris
tian Church today.
Lucy Dickinson Marx, soprano, will
sing a group of her own songs at the
National Press Club Thursday night
In addition to it's regular meeting az
II am, the RubinStein Club will hold
a rehearsal at 8 o'clock every Tuesday
evening at the New Willard Hotel.
This rehearsal is for the benefit OF
those members who find it difficult or
impossible to attend in the morning.
This decision was announced by the
board Tuesday.