Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-16
RUSSIAN BARITONE
ON WRC TONIGHT
CehanovSky to Be Guest
SoIoist on General Motors
Program.

George Cehanovsky, noted Russian
baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Co,
will be the guest soloist in the weekly
General Motors family party" to be
broadcast tonight by WRC and asso-
ciated National Broadcasting Co. sta
tions. Don Voorhees,, versatile orches-
ira leader, also will make his radio
debut in this program as guest con-
ductor of the family party" orchestra.
-Four numbers. including "Dio Pos
Sente," a beautiful aria from Gounods
Faust" will be Cehanovsky's contribu-
tons The other selections will be the
Largo al Factotum.' from Rossinis
Barber of Seville" Leoncavallo's Mat
tinata' and the "Serenade" of Vito
Carnevali The orchestral program will
open with the Morris Dance" from Sir
Edward Germans ~Henry VIII" Two
works of cotempofSry musicians are
also woven into sNe program-Fritz
Kreisler's "Tambour1A Chinois" and ex-
cerpts from Franz Lehar's THE Merry
Widow"
Assistance for GypSies.
The A. & P. Gypsies will be assisted
in their weekly Semi-claSSical concert
by two Soloists, Louise Bave, soprano,
and Oliver Smith, tenor. only a
Rose" from "Vagabond King" will be
Miss Bave's solo. Smith will sing
Moon of My Delight" by Lehman.
The orchestral speciality will be "Sere-
made" from The Student Prime" and
o medley of Southern melodies.
THE Eternal Question" a humorous
and romantic sketch, is Sandwiched be-
tween the family party" and the pro-
gram of the Salon Singers, chorus of
Is voices, under direction of George
Dilworth, who announces a program
made up of the works of American and
European composers.
THE Voice of Firestone," featuring
Vaughn de Leath, contralto, and Hugo
Warrants Concert Orchestra, and the
weekly talk of William Hard on Back
of the News in Washington" are among
WRC's other features.
High finance at a race track supplies
the theme for one of the so-called
"dramatettes" to be broadcast by Henry
and George over WMAL and other CO.
lumbia BroadcaSting System stations.
The musical portion of the program in
cludes The Whip" Hang On to Me"
Lucky Little Devil and Dixie JAM
boree."
To Have Dual Role.
In the program of the Coco Couriers
Merle Johnston will take a dual role.
In addition to his regular duties as
musical director he will play "Valse
Elegante," one Of his own compositions,
IS q SaXophone solo. Henry Burbig,
humorist, also will offer another orig
inal recitation.
Concert music, supplemented with
some jazz favorites in concert arrange
ment, will feature the Brunswick Brew
ties broadcast. An operate touch also
will be added with the "Ario'' and
''Mazurka" from Eugene Onegin."
The Harmony Boys, the HonolulanS
and the Virginians will be the princi-
pal contributors to the program of
WJSV. Among the other participants
are Buck Towney, baritone; Elizabeth
Drew, contralto, and Leslie Coyle tenor.
A one-act Christmas sketch, Down
at the Capitol" will be presented by the
Community Center Players as an out
standing feature of the VOL program.
The station also announces a talk by
William H. Haycock, assistant postmas-
ter OF Washington, and a recital by
Elsie Varle Lanf, soprano.