The Washington times., 1927-05-07
RADIO To HELP
| FLOOD RELIEF

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Any person who yearns to hear
4 foyorite song by fayorite WASH.
ington singer-who has even the
smallest sort Of q radio set-need
only tune WMAL tonight for the
cleanup Red Cross Flood Relief
concert that u to be- staged under
Times.Heraid auspices. The list
Of singers and instrumentalIsts
who have volunteered their services
for this concert Is really embar.
RAISING In Its length. Director
VIII PIerson has been kind enough
to make yours truly the goat Of
this affair and just how wen get
all Of the music into q program
that has only twelve or fourteen
hours to run--We can't Just figure
ct the present moment. But
The big point Of this show Il that
YOU will have your faYorite song
by your favorite singer-prcvided
you follow closely tho instructions
that will be announced. The pro.
gram begins at $50, and II radiotics
want to be represented at the start
Of 1t they might look over the list OF
performances herewith and phone
WMAL their requests early this aft.
ernoon. The singers include Dor.
othy Sherman Pierson, Gretchen
Hood, Rosa Polio Jarman, Emile
Henning, Hazel Arth, Erma Calvert,
Robert OLone. James A. Barr, Fred
East, William Cross, John III. Mar.
/ vile, Leonard Davis, Phil HAYDEN.
Les Colvin. Harvey Townsend. Earl
Carbaugh. Kin Carroll and others.
The instrumentalists will include
Gertrude Smallwood, Gertrude Krei.
selEpan, Elizabeth Gardner Coomhs.
George Wilson. Mrs. Paul Bleyden,
Donald Brown, Will Plerson, Nor
gan Kiley, the Hawaiian Melody
Boys, Morgan Kiley and others,
With this group viii be associated
several acts from the various the.
aters which will come In between
their appearances at the theater.
The success OF this program is
really dependent upon the listeners,
because all Of he performers are
coming to the studio with no idea
OF what they will be called upon to
sing-bringing with them most Of
the music they own, so that they
viii be able to comply with all re.
quests made. Everybody Is working
for the interest of the Red Cross
Flood Relief Fund--to get the largest
sum OF money possible for the vic
TINS OF the great flood, This the
last OF the series of flood relief
benefits for the week, and It is
hoped to make 1t q real cleanup
performance.
The usual three-hour orchestral
program from the Waldorf. Rolfe
and Jansen Orchestras launches
the WRC program today at 1880.
There will be q series OF musical
affairs from New York through the
afternoon with the regular Saturday
Bible talk at o'clock. The Bur.
lington Orchestra win provide the
first OF the evening musical pro.
grams at 1915. There win be
musical comedy hits and bits from
WEAF at 8 and the weekly talk by
David Lawrence on the Government
at Q. The Eddie Elkins Orchestra
provides the final hour OF dance
music beginning at $40 o'clock.
An important feature OF the even.
ing program from elsewhere will be-
the presentation of what IL called
the "All-American radio team" by
WIZ at 1880. This AGGREGATION of
singers and instrumentalists has
been selected by popular vote In
response to an appeal from the New
York Evening Telegram. The per.
formers are those receiving the
highest number Of votes and their
program continues about four hours.
No singer or orchestra or instru.
mental soloist regularly heard by
radio listeners IL barred from the
contest, the result being that the
program will be made up OF some
OF the best.known stars Of the
broadcast studios.
Tomorrow being Mothers Day
there will be some reference to the
occasion in practically every pro-
gram presented. The WIZ studio
orchestra, playing at noon. and the
Roxy Sunday afternoon concert,
beginning at o'clock viii each
have some special reference to tina
day. In the Capitol Theater pro.
gram, which begins at 8:20 o'clock,
Major Edward Bowes proposes to
have Willie Robyn sing two mother
songs.
The Atwater Kent subsidy inauRu.
rates its summer concert season with
program by the very fine Amer.
lean Singers Quartet. consisting
Of Charles Harrison, Redfern Hol-
lingshead, Vernon Archibald and
Frank Croxton, The concerts OF the
summer series will be Of half hour
duration only ana the first three
viii be provided by the American
Singers Following the Atwater
Kent program there will be q talk
by William ], Potter on "Spain
Through the. Eyes Of An Artist, and
one-act play, '"The Monkeys Paw"
both from WEAF to WRC.