Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
HOOVER GREETING
TOFEATURE RADIO
Lighting of National Commu-
nifty Tree Is Outstanding on
Christmas Eve Program.

Radio will herald tonight the COM
| ing of Christmas with dazzling array
CT musical presentations and special
features. The outstanding event, how
ever, will be the national community
Christmas tree celebration in Sherman
| Square, at which President Hoover ill
! participate, surrounded by members of
| his Cabinet, members of Congress and
| high Government officials.
Mr.. Hoover will press the button
| lighting the community tree, and i'm
mediat,ly after will broadcast his
| Christmas greetings to the Nation
through extensive networks Of both the
National and Columbia broadcasting
systems WMAL and WRC will be tied
| in their respective chains for this cere-
! mony, which is scheduled to start at 6
| o'clock.
Many Special Programs.
Aside from the community tree exer-
cises, both WRC and WMAL will carry
la number CT other special Christmas
eve programs arranged by their respec-
tive networks. These stations also VIII
broadcast their usual array OF spon-
sored attractions, all of which will make
holiday atmosphere.
WRCs major presentation will be a
two-hour Christmas eve party, start
| ing at IL o'clock. The program will
| consist of music and dramatic sketches,
| in which many of the leading dance
orchestras. vocalistS and instrumental
lists will participate.
| THE Night Before Christmas" is the
! title of q musical sketch WRC will
broadcast at $3.50 o'clock. Nathaniel
Shilkret's Orchestra will present the
sketch, assisted by Marcella Shields,
character comedienne, and male
| chorus of eight voices.
English Singers on Air.
The English Singers, of London, an
internationally famous choral group,
will be featured in the program at 1920
! o'clock. Appropriate to Christmas eve,
/ Grantland Rice will in erview Santa
Claus
! A program of Christmas music also
will be presented at $3.50 o'clock by
Paul Oliver, Olive Palmer the Revelers'
Quartet and Haenschen's Orchestra.
The Varieties program, with Bugs Baer,
also will have Christmas flavor.
Three Of Columbia's outstanding
Christmas Eve specialties are on
wMAL's program. These are concert
by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
assisted by choir of $50 voices; a
dramatic version of Charles Dickens
/ Christmas Carol" and an impressive
| Christmas carol service at midnight,
presented by the Columbia Symphony
Orchestra, a chorus of 40 voices and a
number of popular radio vocalists.
| OratOriO to Be Sung.
| The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and
choir will feature a portion of Handefs
famous oratcrio, 1.-The Messiah" The
orchestra also will play Tschaikowsky' S
"Nutcracker Suite"
Other Christmas features will come
during the Fast Freight program and
the Smoke Dreams program.
| VOL has arranged gala Christmas
Eve program, which will keep the sta
! ton on the air continuously until 8
o'clock tomorrow morning. The out
standing attractions will be a special
| ok" organ recital by Don and Ron
and a broadcast of the solemn high
mass from the Church of the Immacu-
| late Conception. Rev. Francis j. Hur-
ney will be the celebrant. Carols will
be sung by the Boys Sanctuary Choir,
with Frederick Nolan as soloist.
wJSV's Christmas Eve feature will be
program of carols, presented by the
choir of st. Paul's NJ. E. Church South.
The remainder of the stations program
is made up of its regular attractions.