Evening star., 1927-05-01
PLANNING RECITAL
FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
Community Center Program
Saturday Next to Include
Several Hundred Children.

Several hundred pupils from all
sections of the city will participate in
the children's afternoon recital, now
being arranged by directors of the
community center department, to take
place next Saturday afternoon in Cen
trail High auditorium. The program
is planned as a demonstration of the
rhythmic and dramatic work accom-
pliShed during the past Winter in the
centerS. The community orchestra or
Mount Pleasant directed by George E.
Hurt. and the harmonica class of
southeast under Mr.. Hurts direction.
will assist in the programm. During the
rendition of the recital, an exhibition
of handwork by children at Reservoir
and Southeast centers, including a
marionette theater, will be on view in
the corridor under the direction OF
Mrs. Mary Burr and Mrs. M. w.
Davis.
Features of Afternoon.
The afternoons program will in
clude dances from "Alice in Wonder
land" by the East Washington center,
directed by Judy Lyeth; ''The Storm
and Scarf Patterns" by Z. V. Brown
center, directed by Evelyn Walter;
Dutch Dance by E. V. Brown center,
directed by Marjorie Schuster; May
pole garlands by Columbia Heights,
and "Snow White by Curtis Hyde
centers, directed by Evelyn Davis.
under Mary Schultz direction will
present Spring in a Garden" "The
Fountain" and Lantern Dance" and
Petworth center children will be seen
in Statue Dance" dance of Spring
and ''FIower Dance" directed by
Mary Virginia Leckie.
"Valse Caprice" and Joyous
Spring" will be given by Midcity CEN
ter, directed by Dorothy NJ. Collins,
and a large group of children repre-
senting Columbia Heights, Curtis
HYDE. Southeast and Thomson cen
ters will present by request the
cherry blossom ballet, from the cherry
blossom festival, which was directed
by Evelyn Davis, the class at Curtis
HYDE giving also Patterns in the
Air" and Southeast giving pirates"
and Carnival in Pierrot Land.
Program at Eastern High.
Saturday night, May Z. at pm, in
the New Eastern High Auditorium,
Seventeenth and East Capitol streets,
the East Washington Community
Players will be presented by East
Washington center in "Alice in Won
derland." assisted by a number of
guest players. The cast is largely
Juvenile. but members of the National
Capital Players will play prominent
parts in the presentation. which is
under the direction of Bess DAVIS
Schreiner, f. Arthur Griffith and Judy
Iyeth, the latter having entire charge
of the dances for the play.
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Helwis, Arthur Griffith and Edward
Norris of the National Capital Play
ers, Nina Norman. Mildred Brown and
Fred Hunt, all guest players; Helen
Lyons, Ruth Critchfield, Irene Vossll-
man, Lorraine Hayes, who will alter
nate as Alice, according to size; Doro-
thy Gray, Margie Crown, Nancy Per
cival, Margaret Garden, Mildred
Leiper. Dorothy Jarrett, Elizabeth
whitney. Lillian Lambert, Margaret
Grim. Jessie Chase. Virginia Burnett.
Winifred White, Margaret Unklesbee,
all of whom will play characters in the
play itself.
List of Participants.
Those taking part in the dances in
cident to the play and in the 1nterlude
are Jessie Chase, Dorothy Jarrett, Nir-
gfnia Burnett, Margaret Brannock,
Margaret Grim, Ruth Critchfield, Flea
nor Murray, Margaret Unklesbee,
Irene Vossilman, Winifred White,
Charlotte Battenfield, Edna Moore,
Catherine Moore, Jean Congdon, Mary
Dove. Helen F'lournoy, Helen Foley
Phyllis Hickman. Marjorie Murray
Erma Norwood, Pauline Absher, Mil
dred Absher.
The public is invited to attend both
these Juvenile performances next sat
urday afternoon and evening. An
admission fee Of 10 cents will be asked
for the afternoon performance at Cen.
trail High; no admission fee Is asked
for, the Alice in Wonderland presen
-tation on Saturday night at New
Eastern High.