Evening star., 1927-10-30
STARS TO Be HEARD
IN FAMILY PARTY
Mary Garden and John
Charles Thomas on Gen.
eraI Motors Program.

National and international notab!es
Including Mary Garden and Johr
Charles Thomas, will be heard ii
three distinct varieties OF broadcas
entertainment in the Family Party
radio hour to be inaugurated by Gen
eral Motors Monday, November Z
over network of 2S stations--the
biggest hook-up yet employed for any
regular radio series.
The hour will be divided into three
periods Of 90 minutes each, in order
to present three separate types OF
proGram-symphonic music Of the
semiclassical kind. popular music and
humor. BY this arrangement the
sponsors of the hour hope to appeal
to the taste of all groups of the
radio audience. The best artists and
organizations in the three respective
fields will be utilized.
The first period in each Monday
nights program will be devoted to
popular classics, played by specially
selected and trained symphony or.
chestra under the leadership OF
Wilhelm Mengelberg, conductor or
the New York Philharmonic Or.
chestra: Cesare Sodero and Nathaniel
Shilkret. An instrumental or vocal
soloist will be presented at times with
the orchestra. Mary Garden will be
among the first. as we'll as John
Charles Thomas, the internationally
known grand opera and concert star.
Humor and Vaudeville.
The second period will be devoted
to humor or vaudeville--a sort or
brisk "Honk- -Honk Revue" with such
masters of ceremony as Raymond
Hitchcock, Willie Collier, Judge"
- Fields
Leo Garlic, Chick Sale, Francis VIII
son, Nora Bayes and Marie Cahill:
Joe Green's 16-p.ece marimba band
will provide the music, with mixed
chorus Of Is voices. Others thus far
announced to appear in this period
are Lewis James, tenor; Jessica
Dragonette, radio prima donna; the
Piano Twins. the Creole Six. the Hal
lelujah Quartet Of colored singers, and
the Harmony Boys, Billy Day and
Thoe Albin.
The third period. devoted to popu.
lar music. will be presented by the
famous Goldman Band, with guest
conductors including Edwin Franko
Goldman himself, Patrick Conway
and other band leaders. Instrumental
or vocal solo;sts Will be presented
with the band each evening. In this
period it also is announced that by
special contractural arrangement
number of the most beautiful operas
of Victor Herbert will be given in
tabloid form. including the Red
Mill" the "Serenade," Eileen" and
''Mlle. Modiste."
Deems Taylor Supervising.
Sparing no effort In its desire to
present the best radio entertainment
obtainable. General Motors has
brought in as consultant for arrange
ment of programs for the period Of
popular classics Deems Taylor. edi-
tor Of Musical America and COM
poser OF the opera "The Kings
Henchman." Mr.. Taylor Is now su-
pervising the arrangement OF the first
program and the rehearsals Of the
specially created Symphony Orches-
ira.
Broadcasting of the new radio hour
will be from the music chamber of
Carnegie Hall, New York, as the
WEAFs studios are too small to accom-.
modate the 100 or more artists who
will participate in each hours pro-
gram. Another innovation is that all
artists and directors will appear in
evening dress or costume in order to
lend an atmosphere Of formality to the
broadcasting, which, 1t is hoped, will
help produce the same stimulus and
inspiration which the artists would
feel before an audience.
The stations which will broadca st
this feature follow: WEAF, WEEI,
VITO, WILT, WRC, WGR, WCAE,
WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, KSD, wCCO,
WTMJ, woo, WHO, WOW. wDAF,
KVOO. WBAP, WHAS, wSM, VINO,
WSB. WBT, WAX, WAR. WTAG
and WCSH