Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
LATIN AMERICAN
MUSIC FEATURES
N. A. A. to Broadcast Pro.
gram to Be Given in Ameri-
cas- Building Tonight.

Eashington's outstanding musical
event tonight. the forty-eighth OF the
series Of concerts OF Latin American
music, arranged by the Pan-American
Union, will be broadcast by the Naval
station NAA. A portion Of the program
also will be carried by WRC and net
work Of National Broadcasting Co.
stations, and the short wave station Of
WGY at Schenectady.
The entire concert, to be given IN the
Hall of the Americas Of the Pan-Ameri-
ear Union, will be broadcast by NAA.
It Is scheduled to beeSN at O'Clock and
will continue for two hours. WRC and
the network will take the last half hour.
Marguerite D'Alvarez, the Peruvian
coratralto, whose fame is international,
will be the guest artist. She has just
returned to the United States from a
triumphant concert tour Of the music
centers OF Europe. The United Service
Orchestra, under the direction OF Capt.
william j. Stannard Of the Army Band
and Lieut.. Charles Benter OF the Navy
Band, will review many Of the seasons
greatest successes among the works OF
Latin American composers.
Russian Program on Air.
The principal musical program COM
ing into washington will be broadcast
"fanily party" It will be provided by
Ada Kouznet1off, celebrated Russian
baSSo, and the Balalaika Players, a
group which specializeS in the folk
songs Of the Russian gypsies. With the
exception Of 1.-THE Song Of the Volga
Boatmen," all of Kouznetzoff's solos
also will be Russian gypsy airs.
Another noteworthy feature Of WRC
will be the return Of the Whittall
heard over this station for more
than q year. A new type Of musical
travelogue has been arranged by Louis
Kaufman, who has continued as director
Of the orchestra.
WassATI Bowl Recalled.
The Voice Of FIrestone. TO be broad
cast by WRC, will be reminiscent Of
the old English days when the "wasSail"'
bowl typihed the peace and hospitality
Of the Yuletide season. FTanklyn
Baur, tenor, will sing Gounod's Ring
Out the Old, Ring In the New" and the
Drinking Song" from THE Student
Prince" Vaughn de Leath, contralto,
will contribute three numbers, ''I May
Be Wrong" "Wassan'" and Romberg's
The A. & P. Gypsies, who will be
heard over WRC at $50 O'Clock, have
two guest soloists 10 assist them-LouiSe
Bave, soprano, and Browning Num-
merry, tenor. The GypSieS have ar
ranged q varied program featuring the
works Of Drigo, ToSti, Grieg and Mas
senet. Lighter numbers WIN be in
tersperSed, however.
Two Of the largest orchestraS on the
air-Freddie Rich's Dance Orchestra
and Howard Barlow'S Concert Orches-
tra-will take part in the Voice Of Co
lumbia program tonight over WMAL
and associated Columbia Broadcasting
System stations. The vocal features
win be furnished by the Cathedral
choir, Adele VaSa, soprano; Helen Gel.
helm, contralto; John Barclay, baritone,
and the Alumni Boys, male trio. The
program Is q combination Of classic and
eemi-claSSic numbers.
Guy Lombardo and his orchestra
again viii provide the Burns Pantela
Country Club program scheduled by
WAGAL at 10 o'clock. Popular numbers,
many Of them drawn from talking pic
ture song hits, make up the program.
To Dramatize GOOD Copy"
The Evening In Paris entertainment
to be broadcast at $3.50 o'clock will con-
Sist Of review of the most popular
musical numbers given during the 1929
series Of these programs. The True
Story hour presentation at 8 o'clock
viii be dramatization Of Good Copy"
Q short story.
Elsie Varie Lang, soprano, and the
''Flash and Dazzle PianoteerS" will pre-
sent VOLS principal musical features.
The WJSV program contains q variety
Of musical presentations.