The Washington times., 1927-04-13
PARADE
PLEASES

Only tuners whose trained fin.
gers could turn diaIs hairs
breadth reaped the big rewards
OF the WaVe.Iengtll lottery last
night, for though programs were
on tap they were shy and re-
manned exactly I'm their places.
The most careful tuning was nee.
essafy to bring them out. There
was considerable noise In the
early evening which cleared up
gradually, although not entirely.
For those people who are anxious
to know why the same performers
cannot be as orderly and productive
of entertainment in such q pro-
gram as 1.-THE Week Enders5 as
when they are engaged In Radio
CavaIcade," such as was paraded
with great success over the WEAF
wave length last night--the answer
lie easy. In the Cayalcade the en-.
tertainers had sense Of direction
and someone to keep them moving.
During the weekend performance
any and everybody in the studio
keeping the program going.
The result couldn't be anything
else but chaos during the weekend
performance, or anything else but
a smooth running performance dur
ing the passing Of the Cavalcade.
Godfrey O'Hara was the guiding
light in the procession OF luminaries
that Joined the cayalcade last eve.
ming, and he managed things quite
as well as he writes songs-which
is about as well as things can be
managed. The program offered
great variety and had several note
worthy features, not the least Of
which was the new song of the
Gaiety Trio, when Pussy Willow
Whispers to the Catnip."
MORNING PROGRAM
MAKES BIG HIT
The varnish industry entered the
living rooms of the nation as a
welcome guest yesterday from
WEAF and WRC with its first
coating Of Hawaiian music from
the Hilo Quartet and an interest
ing talk on the manner in which
the living room furniture may be
frightened up here and there. The
tinkling guitars will take them.
selves through the various parts of
the house as the series of pro.
grams continues from week to
week and suggestions will be made
for removing the dullness from the
painted work in every room.
Marie Duchon Deal, soprano, was
given great welcome when she
made her appearance as the first
musical feature of the WRC pro.
gram last evening-and deserved
every bit OF it, for her voice never
sounded better nor has she ever
presented a better program. The
MayfloWer Orchestra surprised its
best friends with the quality and
character Of its late dinner music,
its performance of THE Magic
Flute overture sounded more ike
fine string quartet music than a
hotel orchestra usually gives.
In the Great Moment from
History which WEAF sent. TO
loud speakers, some Of the high
points in the career of Thomas
jefferson were wildly presented
and left the audience wanting more
which is the very best proof of
the excellence of a radio or any
other form Of entertainment fea-
ture.
The Eveready hour did not quite
hit the point 1t aimed to reach as
an exposition of the origin of jazz
through the presentation of Hey
wards poem, "Jasbo Brown" with
musical setting. The reason for
it, as we see it. lies in the fact that
the performance did not carry out
the promise OF the announcer-and
this was not because Of any flaw in
the material, either. because the
music and the reading was as fine
as we've heard. But the affair was
only indirectly a tale of the origin
OF jazz. The performance was Just
q case of whetting the appetite for
one thing and trying to satisfy 1t
with something entirely different.
In the regular Movie Club per-
Torrance from WNAL, the Irving
Aaronson Commanders" from the
Palace Theater proved to be COM
plete entertainment unit all by it.
self = with singers, instrumental
soloists and orchestra above the
usual quality.
Outside the most pretentious pro-
gram was that of the Eastman
School of Music. the final celebra-
ton planned by the national
Beethoven memorial committee,
which WIZ sent to listeners. The
main feature of the performance
was the presentation of DIR. How
ard Hansen's very elaborate choral
and orchestral memorial poem, '"The
Heroic Elegy," dedicated to Beetho.
ven. The composition was per-
formed for the first time with DIR.
Hanson, the head OF the great East
man music foundation, directing.
It was q most heroic thing and
greatly impressed listeners with its
power. The Eastman School chorus
and the Rochester Little Symphony
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