New Britain herald., 1927-02-26

| things. Now, for instance, WBZ went
along all right until 1880 o'clock. AT
| that time something or other was
scheduled SO WBZ presented the an
niversary program of the Hotel
Brunswick studio, without letting
anyone know about it. This program
was sandwiched in during the eve
ming and it continued until quite
late. Stage stars were scheduled and
good time was had. But did we
know about it?' No. Did you know
about it? No, or probably not. Well,
last night VITO. decided to try the
same stunt. The Yale Glee and Ban
10 clubs, which were Offering a d.
versfied program before a large and
distinguished audience at the Hart
ford club, were presented by VITO,
the program lasting from about 8
o'clock until long after 10 o'clock.
That was not set down on the pro-
gram, and although it was scheduled
at the last minute, probably, We see
no reason why they couldn't have
told a fellow about it.
The Wennerberg Chorus offered as
fine program as We have ever
heard along those lines over the air.
While we didn't pay SO much atten-
ton to the numbers themselves, we
were deeply interested IN the quail
ity of tone. The organization was well
Irf he
range sections came through just as
clearly as did the bass. An excellent
arrangement of microphones were
responsible. VITO has proved itself
we'll able to take care of chorus pre-
sentation and both the station and
the local organization did themselves
proud last evening. There was no
blasting Of microphones or any other
disa greeable features. The chorus
stood out especially in God Bless
Thee, America" and viking Song"
Every note and word were clear and
ditinct, and the organization showed
the result of careful training. Mrs.
II. E. Christensen. who provided the
piano accompaniment for the choral
numbers, did an excellent bit of
work and, although her part in the
program was naturally In the back
ground, she contributed much to the
event. Late in the program she
stepped out of her place at the piano
and offered a delightful interpreta-
ton of Garry Me Back to Old Nir-
ginny." Mrs. Christensen possesses an
excellent voice and she provided
colorful solo. against the background
of male voices. Miss Laura Gaudet
accompanied her during the number.
The ensemble joined in on each
chorus, after humming softly during
the verses.
What we heard of the glee club
program was worth while, and don't
forget 1t. But We had heard large
portion of glee club work, and all we
were interested in were the college
songs which were presented right off
the bat. The glee club offere a col
lection of college songs, including
LAS Freshmen Come To Yale, "A
Little Knot of Blue" and Mother of
Men" The banjo club opened its pro-
gram with a Yale medley. this being
made up of the lighter numbers,
such as the marching songs. The
banjos came through crisp and clear
while the glec club was equally eff
fective.
Heavy static intruded at WBZ and
WIZ, and nearly every other station
in the country. We might so so far
as to make that all inclusive, but
we mustn't forget that VITO never
is bothered by static. We were par
ticularly interested in hearing Mar
ion Talley sing last evening during
the Famous Artist hour. She offered
three light concert numbers as solos,
later unfolding the soprano part OF
"Barcarolle" from Tales of Holt
man. In that number Lawrence lib
bett, baritone, appeared with MISS
Talley. Others on that program
Richard Crooks, tenor, and the per
sonnet of the Salon orchestra. None
of the numbers offered were or the
heavy type,for which we were thank
full, The average radio fan wants
something that's not two or three
miles up, up, up in the blue SKY
overhead. Usually, we await Win
fear and trembling, the Famous
Artist concerts, because we kno"
they're going to pull something SO
very high that we won't get it, along
with about IS per cent of the listen
ers. But last evenings program was