Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
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Willard Hotel Representative John C
Linthicum Is to outline the history O
the bill to make 1.-THE Star Spanglet
Banner" the national anthem.
Leroy Lewis win present a group 1,
song recital at Barker Hall in tn,
Y. w. c. A. headquarters at $50 pm
Wednesday.
Features Of the program viii be thu
drst performance locally of a SOM
cycle called THE MountebankS," b.
Martin, to be sung by a quartet com.
posed of Mary Pearson, soprano; SUE
Kennedy. contralto; Harry Myers
tenor; Wilfred Nerlich, baritone: anC
the f1rst-time performance of Henry
Smidt- Gregor's new song, THE Cow
boys Requiem"
Soloists will include: Ruby Grims.
ley, Elizabeth Kerr, Louise Hoover
Marie Powell, Watson Ahlenfeld, Clara
Bernheimer, Minnie Volkmann and the
members of the quartet. The accom-
panists viii be Christine Chindblom and
Clara Bernheimer.
Bonnie D. Sosamon, soprano, was
guest SoloiSt at last Sunday evenings
concert at Wardnan Park Hotel. Miss
SoSamon has been heard over the radio
for the past two Sunday mornings at
1880 O'Clock In both secular and sacred
numbers. She will be heard again this
morning at the same hour. LOUIS
Thompson is her accompanist.
DR.. Jason Noble Pierce has written
both the words and music for a patri-
otto song, IT'S the Flag of My Coun-
try which will be sung at the First
Congregational Church this morning.
Both words and music will be printed
on the church calendar.
jeanette McCaf1rey, Washington So
prano, will sing THE Star Spangled
Cises, to be held In the riding hall at
Fort Myer, Va, Saturday at 2:30 pm,
under the auspices of the National
Order of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams. She will be accompanied by the
United States Marine Band
Gov. Fred w. Green of Michigan,
commander in chief of the Spanish
War Veterans, will act as master of
ceremonies; Senior OreStes Ferrara,
Cuban Ambassador; Department Corndr.
Lorin C. Nelson and members of Con-
greSs viii deliver addresses and the
Marine Band Will give a musical pro-
gram. The exercises will be broadcast
by the National Broadcasting Co.
Gertrude Lyons will present a small
chorus, made up of members from allied
patriotic organizations, at the banquet
to be given by the Department of the
Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic,
in honor of j. Edwin Foster of Boston,
commander in chief, at the Raleigh
Hotel Tuesday.
The chorus will sing 1.-THE Battle
Hymn OF the Republic. jeanette Nc
Caffrey will sustain the solo part of
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Mrs. Lyons will present Irma Briggs.
lyric soprano, who won second place
for the District of Columbia in the
Atwater Kent Foundation contest last
Fail in "Musetta's WalSe Song" from
La Boheme," by Puccini, and "Estrel-
lita," Ponce-La Forge. Margaret Bowie
Grant will be the accompaniSt.
Miss Briggs also sang for the mem
bers of the Women's City Club last
Wednesday after the business meeting,
when her selections were: Morning
Wind" by Gene BranScombe; "Rackety
Coo" from "Katinka," by Friml. and
I'm the Luxembourg Gardens" from the
sketches Of Paris, by Kathleen Lockhart
Manning, with Miss Grant at the piano.
The Rubinstein Club resumed re-
hearsals last Tuesday.
Work on the numbers for the second
concert, to be given at the Willard Ho-
tel May IL, has been started, and those
desiring to join the chorus are advised
to get in touch with Mrs. Albert Volk-
mer, chairman Of the addition commit
tee, asa Willow avenue, Takoma Park
or telephone Shepherd PISA as soon as
possible.
The guest artist at the May concert
will be Martha Whittemore, violinist
who has just returned to America after
a prolonged concert tour all over Eu-
rope.
The Chadwick Orchestra, q group of
young people sponsored by Mrs. De
Witt G. Chadwick, viii give its an
nual concert Tuesday at Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church.
Mary Rush and Anna Fugitt, vocal
lists, will assist the orchestra in an In
teresting program.
Lorraine Hollida and Lillian Lutz
mittee
The public Is cordially invited.
Rho Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon
National Musical Sorority, conducted
the initiation ceremony for new mem
Music Tuesday.
Mildred Maxwell Smith and Betty
Marie Gray, both sopranos, were mi
tiated into membership.
A musical program followed, which
included two movements from Bee
thoven'S &C Major Sonata" and Mem
delsSohn's &c Minor ScherZo," played
by Mary Gastrock, pianist, and the
nrst movement Of Mozart's I'D Major
Sonata for Two Pianos performed
brilliantly by Miss Gastrock and Anne
Smith.
Preceding rehearsal tomorrow night,
the TAVafkA HfanraI
rection OF Eva Whitford Lovette, will
broadcast q program Of choruses and
solos from one of the local radio sta
lions. Nellie Barber Brooks, soprano
and q soloist member, will sing a
group Of songs. Pauline Lishman is
the club accompanist.
Mrs. Lovette will be the guest solo,
1st at the luncheon Of the Danes Of
the Loyal Legion to be given at the Will
lard on Lincoln's birthday.
This morning Mrs. Lovette will be
heard In broadcast Of sacred songs
Immediately preceding the church
hour. This viii be the first of series
Of Sunday programs which Mrs. Love-
cite Will give on the air. Later pro-
French, German and English songs and
other arias. Elsie Cranmer viii as
sist at the piano at these appearances.
Mabel Flehr, contralto, who has re-
Gently returned from studying voice
with Nine. Marchesi in Paris, will as
sist Lewis Atwater, organist, in a pro-
gram Of MaSsenet music at All Souls
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets,
this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Miss F1ehr will sing LES Larmes'
(Werther) and Ave Maria" medita-
ton from "Thais."
Washington organists in large num-
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