The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-19
ROXY To FORM
CAPITAL GANG

The Choir Invisible has been do.
ing quite a number of interesting
things during the last year. Under
the leadership Of DIR. Hanneman.
the choir provides programs OF
chorals Of the great masters. This
evening there will be three especi.
ally interesting numbers on the pro.
gram - the Beethoven Hymn to
Night; Verdis Requiem and
Teresa Del Riego's "Homing." In
the Verdi number Carolyn Board
man Mcdonnell, soprano, will sing
the solo part.
| Right here would be about as good
place as any part OF the column to
relay to radiotics the announcement
of the impending organization OF
Washington branch OF the Roxy
Gang-or. more properly speaking.
a Capital Gang by Roxy, for use in
the new theater that is part of the
National Press Club Building.
Capt. Ted Saucier, Of the Fox film
forces, has been gumshoeing about
Washington on q still hunt for avail.
able gangsters for several weeks
past. On the strength Of a report
made by him to Roxy and of Roxy's
own rather intimate knowledge of
the resources OF the Nations Capital.
Roxy will come to Washington about
June for organization purposes and
will thereafter spend two or three
days a week in the city whipping
the organization into shape.
There are to be quite a number
Of things tunable this evening from
WRC, WMAL and the wide world
en ezfa Nngfth
o'clock exercises OF the Waldorf
Orchestra, which WEAF sends
hither daily. The Kilt hour this
evening will enlist the services of
Charles Trowbridge Tittman, basso,
and Lucy 'Breckenstein. pianist
The South Sea Islanders will tinkle
and tangle Hawaiian music with
the wave lengths at Z. and half an
hour later Arie Abileah, the Pales-
tine pianist, will play the compost
tions of Chopin for half an hour.
At 5 o'clock the ClicQuot twangers
will twang their usual merry way.
and at 3 o'clock WIZ will try the
sheet strains of its studio orchestra,
under the direction of Signor Mari.
ami. to appease the wrath of the
fight fans who failed to read this
notice and tuned in to hear a blow
by-blow description of the Sharkey-
Maloney go, which was to have
taken place at the Yankee stadium
tonight. At $3.50 there will be half
hour of dance music from WIZ and
the Twin Oaks Orchestra, and the
final dance tunes OF the evening will
come from the lie Paradis Band.
To TELL TALES
OF AIR HEROES
The Times Herald News Flashes
open and close the WMAL program,
at $50 and 10 o'clock respectively.
The Choir Invisible comes at S:15
and at 3 one of those excellent
concerts directed by Arseno Ralon
will be heard with Helen Harper,
soprano. as soloist. In the outer
wave lengths one may tune Wendell
Hall through WIZ at o'clock and
or of those musical tours of the
continent from the same station
at s.
A series of talks about heroes of
the air will start at 7:45 this even
ing from WRNY, with Col. Harold
r. Hartney as the tallier. Col.
Hartney commanded the First
Pursuit Squadron of the A. E. f.
and has long and noteworthy list
of thrilling stories to tell about his
comrades.
An hour OF great songs will be
the title OF a concert that will be
heard from VIDAL at s o'clock and
at sos there will be a recital by
the Hampton School Quartet at
WGBS. The quartet has recently
made a world tour.