Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
Groups Being Formed
For the Presentation
Of"Cross Triumphant
Musical Setting of Practical
ly All Scenes Already Ar
ranged-Paseant to Fea-
ture Episcopal Convention.

Mrs. Carey II. Brown, vice chairman
Of the executive committee for The
Cross Triumphant. Mrs William 4.
Leahy. chairman of personnel. and
Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest, general
director, are spending the Summer
months organizing the IL large groups
that will make up the principal cpl
sodes in the brilliant church pageant
that is to be feature of the coming
convention of the Episcopal Church
here in october.
The musical setting of practically all
the scenes has already been arranged
by a committee composed of Mrs.
John A. Lejeune, Mrs. Lawrence
Taylor Branson, leader of the United
States Marine Band. working with
Mrs. Forrest. There will be choral
music, organ and orchestra, and the
incidental music accompanying the va
rious episodes will be deeply impressive
in its religious character.
Among the scenes selected from Mrs
Andrews pageant, to be presented Oc-
tober 10 and 20 at the Washington
Auditorium, will be the stories of Jo-
seph of Arimathea, st. Alban, St.
Augustine, st Hilda, the Crusaders,
| Cranmer, the First Communion in
1 AIHCIICd, CJIIllSLdLIOIl VI bIiG 61USuc-
nots, Church in Colonial Days, Camp
fire Missionaries. the Cathedral and the
Child of All Ages. In the original
pageant. presented in 1922 at the
| Cathedral, II scenes were given out Of
doors Twelve of these episodes have
now been elaborated by Mrs. Andrews
| for the second Washington presenta
| ton in honor of the delegates to the
| convention.
/ Prominent Washington men and
| women will sponsor these episodes and
| leading churches in the city will pre-
| sent them with selected casts of church
men and women throughout the Do
cese of Washington.
| When the pageant was given here
six years ago, Mrs Charles j. Bell and
| her SON MIR. Robert Bell, not only
sponsored, but Mrs Bell financed and
| Mr.. Bell directed the very important
scene Of The Landing of st. Augustine
| in England" and those who remember
| the brilliant spectacle of the monks
| landing on the shores of Kent, the royal
| party with their attendants sweeping
down to meet them, may look forward
| to this revival, with the startlingly
beautiful costumes designed by no less
an artist than Mr.. James Reynolds Of
New York City, reproduced from the
original designs. No announcement
has been made as yet to whether or not
Mrs. Bell again will sponsor this stun
ming scene. but 1t is expected she Will
I and that Mr.. Robert Bell will come
from New York to assist in its pres
lentation.
| Many important details in connection
with this presentation are in the hands
of Mrs Brown. wife of Maj. Carey H.
Brown, U. S. A, who is assisting Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer as vice chairman
Of the committee. Mrs. Brown has
been prominently identified with relig-
ious pageantry during her several years
residence in washington. having pro-
tiuced here number Of Mrs. Andrews
pageants. notably THAT Sweet Story of
Old" given last Easter at st. Adams
Church. While Maj Brown was sta
toned at Fort Humphreys. Mrs Brown
likewise made successful productions of
Mrs Andrews Christmas and Easter
pageants.