Evening star., 1932-03-13
500 D. c. CHILDREN
REHEARSE FOR PLAY
Annual Spring Festival to Be
Presented at Central High
Next Saturday.

With rehearsals In almost daily prog
ress, more than 500 school children
from the Community Centers will take
part in the annual Spring festival at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the
auditorium of the Central High School
It will be an elaboration of the legend
RIP Van Wrinkle" under the direction
Of Bess Davis Schreiner.
There will be only three adults who
will have parts in the festival, aside,
of course, from the directors of the
various groups of children. Edward E.
Muth will play the role of Rip Van
Wrinkle; Beatrice Mullen will be Dame
Van Wrinkle, and the prologue will be
read by Maud Howell Smith, who is
widely known in connection with many
histrionic endeavors. A canine actor
IN the part of very friendly dog has
been engaged for the role of Schneider,
Rips inseparable companion.
Have Important Roles.
Three older children in important
roles will be Betty Ballou. daughter
of DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
of schools of the District as young
Rip, son of the famous dreamer"
Constance Kramer, daughter of As
sistant Superintendent of Schools
SCeDnen T.. kramer, VINO Will appear as
Judith, daughter of Rip Van Wrinkle,
and Helen Foley, as Weather Witch.
Most of the performance will be in
terpretations Of the story by dances.
There will be a patriotic surprise" at
the close in honor of the Bicentennial
season.
Will Appear in Group Dances.
All the lists of the different groups
nf IN HSff fOl
ing are children who will appear in i'm
portant groups Of dances in the early
part of the festival In early Indian
legend dances, children from the East
Washington Community Center, taking
part under the direction of Miss Judy
Lyeth, will be:
Irma Norwood, Nancy Lee Shantz,
Charlotte Miles, Carrie Gross, Mary
Katherine Phalen, Julia Phalen, Jean
Congdon, Frances Jean Hall, Charlotte
Hall, Ruth Hall, Muriel Anderson,
Anna Livesay, Mary Dyer, Carolyn
Queen, Ellen White Mary White, Muriel
Hertz, Regina Proctor, Genevieve
Daniel, Mary Payne, Jean Freeman,
Dorothy Bowman, Anna Louise Sine,
Josephine Sine, Marian Sine, Katherine
Fisher, Elizabeth Garretson, Eleanore
Hagerman, Virginia, Alice Mae Erisman.
diver.
Children of the Southeast Community
Center, from Hine June High School
and the Buchanan School group, under
the direction of Miss Evelyn Davis, Miss
Elizabeth jenkins and Miss Sarah
Bergling, who will participate in the
mountain episodes, will be: Little Men
of the Woods Ruth Burks, Mary
Bailey, Catherine Bailey, Minetta Barnes,
Margaret Colin, Mary Colin, Betty
Cochran, Margaret Devlin, Mary Duri-
soc. Mary Fisher, Mary Catherine Flei-
shell, Pauline Fuller, Janet Guess, Betty
Giles, Betty Hyde, Ruth Hullings, Bev-
erley Hullings, Charlotte Lane, Theresa
Lerer, Mary Lehrer, Doris McGrath
Mary McGrail, Myra McCloskey, Joseph
inc Palmaris, Elsie Smithson, Isabel
Swami, Margaret Schwenk, Leslie
Schafer, Lorraine Schafer, Pat Tenny-
son, Elaine Vaughn, Mary Wilkerson.
John Wilkerson, Bernice Willett.
Special Dramatic Parts
Special dramatic parts in this scene
will be taken by Sylvia Berlin, Lorraine
Coyle, Jacqueline Embrey, Alice Lowry,
Kathleen Lawrence, Betty Smithdeal,
Margaret Smithdeal, Winnifred Smith
deal, Beatrice Porter and Marian Zier.
Tap group, Henry Hudson sailors
Evelyn Burgess, Thelma Bamback,
Madge Cox, Charlotte Cox, Marianne
Peggy Cooper, Evelyn Cutler, Nora Chap
man, Mary barley, Ardith Harris,
Elaine Harris, Eleanor Lang, Lawson
Wilson, Mary Miller, Irene Morgan,
Dorothy Nolan, Meta Sprakman, Thel-
ma Segar and Margaret Williams
Buchanan group in mountain scene
-Norval Allen, Betty Amer. Norma
Acton, Joe Acton, Florence Acton,
Natalie Bosserman, Catherine Beck,
Katherine Butler, Lillian Bane, Erma
Beahn, Dorothy Croson, Betty Dempsey,
Audrey DeChard, Rose di Bartolo, Alta
Dyer, Harriet Eudy, Barbara Ellebrooke,
Carolyn Ferber, Eileen Frederick, Bar
bara Guptill, Virginia GrotZ Frances
Hironimus, Mary Howells, Virginia ia
cobs, Dorothy King, Marie Lipske, Mar
garet Kerr, Betty Jean Kerr, Regina
Maio, Faith Nichter, Eunice Nutwell.
Constance Robertson, Ola Mae Spencer,
Marion Williams and Doris Young
Nature Dance Groups.
The nature dance groups, under the
direction df Alice Louise Hunter. will
include sunbeams from the Raymond
School, Columbia Heights Center
Jeanne Ayres, Joan Bell Muriel Bla-
lock, Beryle Cancelose, Goldie Coleman,
Gloria Cone, Kathleen Clements, Mary
Cozzo, Betty Delano, Mary Dear, Frances
Denton, Jeanne Davey, Leslie Marie
Earle, Margaret Evans, Virginia Full
cher, Lenora Goldman, Beryl Gompers,
Rhoda Hollander, Charlotte Knapp.
Eva Elizabeth Kaiser, Edna Mae Marsh,
Sarah Ann Marsh, Roberta Millar,
Ruth Beed Morgan, Miriam Morgan,
Amelia Reid, Frances Rich, Helen
Rathwell, Pearl Silverman. Margaret
Smith, Beverly Schlesinger, Rose Marie
wolcott, Barbara Wolcott, Dorothy Ann
Washington and Mary Louise Yeager.
Groups from Powell Junior High,
Columbia Heights Center: Dawn-June
Baer, Ann Brand, Naomi Clifford,
Miriam Edmundson, Margerite Flanni
gan, Barbara Healy, Leonabel Kuhn,
Evelyn Petit Leticia Silva, Betty
Styer. Birds-Betty Armes Mary Baer,
Doreen Durham Doris Ferguson, Hope
Harrison, Ruth Maye Snodgrass, Molly
Sutton. Millicent Wolpoff. Morning
Breezes-Phyllis Crotzer, Katherine
Dorsey, Margaret Hodges, Ruth Miller,
Harriet Mobiles, Betty Phillips, Margaret
Sieker and Jean Sutton
From the Barnard School, Mcfarland
Community Center, the dewdrops are
to be Gertrude Chap, Nellie Donohoe,
Frances Stelle, Emily Duchesne, Doris
Fortney, Betty Hutter, Betty Ann Feiss-
ner, Jenny Balderson, Betty Edmon-
stcsl. Ceubline Waite. Jack Jerman,
Marion Lyle, Mary Jane McCallum,
Betty Jean Mcdonald, Mary Alice
Naughten, Elsie Owens, Helen Marie
ReZac and Edna webb
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