Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
THOMAS AND AIDA
HEAD AIR PROGRAM
Vocal Stars to Broadcast
Tonight Over Stations
WRC and WMAL.

John Charles Thomas and Frances
Aida, two internationally famous opera
and concert stars, head the array OF
radio artists to take prominent part
in the network attractions coming into
Washington tonight over WRC and
WMAL. The programs will be bread
cast an hour earlier than heretofore be-
cause OF daylight saving time in New
York.
Thomas will be the star of the At
water Kent hour, a regular WRC fea-
ture, while Nine. Aida will be heard
during the DeForest program which
occupies a conspicuous place on
WMAL's schedule. Thomas will sing a
group of folk songs and operate arias,
while Nine Aida will draw upon her
unlimited repertoire of classical and
modern songs for her recital.
Halliday to BE Heard.
Robert Halliday, star of the current
musical success THE New Moon" is
another outstanding artist who will be
heard tonight He will broadcast dur
ing the Majestic Theater over WMAL.
The assisting artists will be Harriet Lee.
the Chicago Nightingale" and Charles
Lawman, the Dixie" baritone. Eight
picked men from the large chorus Of
1.-The New Moon" will assist Halliday in
singing Stout Hearted Men, Wendell
Hall, the "red-headed music maker"
will act as master of ceremonies for the
program.
WMAL'S program also contains its
other regular Sunday attractions which
include the Cathedral La Palma and
ballad hours, the Sonatron program
and the Russian musicale during the
IwAA eA - h.
will contribute color to the ballad hour
while the Cathedral hour will feature
the religious works of Sir Arthur Sulli-
van. Rio de Janeiro will be the scene
Of the La Palma program. The spe-
ciaity of the Samovar offering will be
soprano solo, Tears" by the famous
Russian composer Gretchaninoff.
Recitals Scheduled.
A half hour recital by Constance
Russell popular Washington pianist,
and violin recital by Godfrey Lud-
low, as well as concert by the Mexi-
can Tipica Orchestra have been added
to the usual WRC Sunday features.
The regular attractions retained despite
the shake-up in the schedule due to
daylight saving include the Roxy SYM
phony Concert, the Old Company Song
alogue, the Russian Cathedral Choir,
the Studebaker Champions and the
Capitol Theater program.
Westell Gordon, tenor, ce3list and
composer, will be the featured artist Of
the Capitol Theater broadcast. He will
sing his latest composition, I'm Little
Italian Garden" Godfrey, in his re-
cital, will play his own arrangement of
two songs by Millocker, Azure Blue"
and "Andantino" Mendelssohn's "On
Wings of Song and Kreisler's Mid
night Bells" also are included In the
program.
Childhood Songs Form Theme.
Songs of childhood provide the theme
Of the songalogue, while Jean Gold
baker hour will feature special orches-
tration Of Deep Night" The orches-
tra's other selections include Shuttle
Your Feet" 'Kashmiri Love Song"
and You Belong to Me"
VOLS stellar offering tonight win be
special program OF the immortal
compositions of Franz Schubert to be
presented by artists of the celebrated
Blossom Time" Operetta Co. Those to
take part are j. Gordon Selwood. tenor;
Elsa Lang, soprano; Joseph wilkins,
tenor, and Gladys Pugh, soprano. In
terspersing the solos and duets viii be
units Of q recorded version by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Of
6chubert's Unfinished Symphony"
WJSV has scheduled its usual variety
Of Sunday night features in which its
regular staff artists will take q promi-
nent part.