Evening star., 1932-12-25
Community Centers

Many Of the Community CenterS IN
the city will remain open during the
Christmas holidays. running q schedule
Of events throughout the week, but
| closed on New Year eve. Immediately
after the End Of January. all centers
will resume their regular weekly pro-
grams, and the drama groups will begin
intensive rehearsals for the approach
| ing 1888 One-Act Play Tournament,
which is conducted annually by the
Community Center Department. Chill
| dren's dance groups will also begin reg
! ular rehearsals In January for the 1888
! in May each year This event will be
! known as the Children's Fairy Tale
Festival
, Columbia Heights Center and Central
| Center will remain on their regular
| schedule this week. especially for ath-
letic events in the evenings. At Co.
lumbia Heights Center basket ball games
are scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday: Wednesday at 8
o'clock, the Columbia Heights Chris
| tian Church will hold a Christmas
party and dance; and Thursday at the
usual hour. the Columbia Players and
Ye Olde Tyne Dance Club will hold
/ letic nights at Central Center, located
in Central High School Building, will
be as usual on Tuesday, Wednesday and
East Washington Center will follow
its usual schedule. except that the
week end program and dance will net
take place December 81.
Roosevelt Center viii be closed until
January g.
At Georgetown Center. the Junior
dancing class will meet Wednesday at
3:l5 o'clock. and the beginners dane
ing class will meet Thursday afternoon
at the same hour under the direction
OF Miss Marjorie Schuster, in prepara-
tion Tor The Queen of Hearts," one O;
the episodes in the annual Children
festival OF the Community Center De-
2artment. All children desiring to take
part in this feature of the city-wide fes-
tlval OF dance for juniors, are invited
TO enter the Georgetown group at once
AT Mcfarland Center children will
shortly begin rehearsals for THE Sen
tlmental Scarecrow"; and at Barnard
and w. B. Powell Center other chill
dren will begin work on THE Haunted
Tree which will likewise be part of
the ChilSren's Fairy Tale Festival in
May at Central Community Center.
Southeast Center announces the clos
ing OF the Hine Branch until after the
New Year. owing to the installation of
electric lights for the new gymnasium
The Buchanan Branch will be open
however. December 27 to December 80
inclusive. On Wednesday, there will
be rehearsal Of dramatic and dance
groups CT the center at 2 pm. in
Buchanan Auditorium, and at 8 pm.
a birthday party by Henderson's Music
Club. On Thursday evening a re-
haarsal of THE Pie Make" by the
Southeast Players. at 8 O'Clock; and
from $3.50 to II o'clock there will be
modern dancing with orchestra music
IN the auditorium. ard d-fashioned
dancing. including all the old step,
with accordion music, on the second
floor of Buchanan School Building
Friday, at 2 o'clock, a chiliren's enter
tainment, including exhibitions by
drama and dance groups of the center
Garnet-Patterson Center will be the
scene CT an entertainment and Christ
mas party December 27 at 2 p.m.. to
be given by the children of members
OF the Emergency Relief Sewing Glass
OF Banneker Recreation Center, assisted
by children Of Garnet-Patterson Center
A Christmas tree and program will
be features of this entertainment.