Evening star., 1933-12-17
Community Centers

week in many community centers, IN
addition to the regular schedule OF
neighborhood activities.
At lexington CenterS three children's
programs will be given. The first to-
morrow at 3;30 in Burroughs Building,
when parents of children in the rhythm
and tap dancing classes are invited to
the demonstration by the class Tues
day at $3.50 there will be rhythm and
tap dance demonstration at Langdon
Building. followed by a play, The
Dickens David Copperfeld" and pre-
sented by the Taft Junior Players.
Wednesday at $3.50 at Langley Building
the children's rhythm and tap groups
will give a demonstration, to which
parents and friends of the group are
invited.
At this same center, IN Langley au-
ditorium. an entertainment will be
given by the lexington Players, assisted
by the Mckinley High School Orches-
ira. Two one-act plays will be MRS.
Waters Burglar" and Mad Sym
phony."
A meeting of citizens and Govern
| ment workers will be held at Central
| Center Monday right. During Christ
| mas week Central Center will remain
open except Christmas day and eve
ming.
At Columbia Heights Center, in Pow
ell Junior HIgh, the children's Christ
mas carol chorus will meet for rehearsal
Tuesday at $50 and Friday at $50 in
preparation for the city-wide singing Of
Christmas carols by the children of
Washington on Christmas eve.
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, children in the Saturday morning art
class in Ben MuIch Building are de-
signing and painting the scenery for a
Chinese play to be given by the Sock
and Buskin Club Of Roosevelt Center in
January The play will be given first
| in Ben Murch auditorium and later in
Roosevelt auditorium.
The social dancing classes being con-
ucted at Ben Murch Building will hold
a party January II.
All activities at Chevy Chase Center
comprising z. v. Brown, Ben Murch
and Lafayette Buildings, will close for
the holidays on Thursday and will re-
/ sumo January 2.
Events at East Washington Center
this week feature the week end music
and movie program in Eastern High
School Saturday night, followed by a
community dance in the armory. The
trouperS are engaged in plans for a
play in January, which will be entered
| in the 1884 one-act play tournament.
At Roosevelt Center the physical edu-
cation department. Of George Washing
ton University will present q play,
Holy Night" Tuesday evening. Mac
| farland gymnasium will be open Thurs
day nights, beginning this week, to bas-
ket ball teams which have not been
able to locate other gymnasiums for
their games. Beginning January 8 the
Baptist League will make Use of this
| gymna sium for !ts games.
Southeast Center will have a presen-
/ tation of THE Pie Maker" by the
Drama Study League, Group No. 2,
Tuesday evening in Hine Junior High
School The players include Herman
Garrett. Florenca Garrett. Betty Hunter.
Jesse Veitch, William Rigney, Eleanor
| Thomas and A. B Cortes.
The preliminary law practice and
study class will meet Wednesday eve
ming In the Hine Building and will take
up the subject of THE Amendment
and the Amendment to an Amend
ment."
Southeast Center Recreation Club No.
l will meet Saturday evening in Bu-
chanan auditorium with study groups
In tap, soft and acrobatic dancing,
tumbling and athletics, saxophone prac-
t1ce, choral singing and other activi-
! ties.
At Congress Heights branch a boys
tumbling team is being formed to meet
regularly after the holidays.
Birney Center will have Christmas
parties this week beginning Monday AZ
o'clock. when the entire community
is invited to lake part in the singing Of
Christmas carols, followed by the pres
entation of 3 Christmas pageant Of
Bible scenes, entitled "The Annunci-
alton" The Boys and Girls Glee
Clubs of Birney Center will take part
In the program. On MONDAY evening
the industrial art group will have q
pound party for the poor ar, 7:30. On
Wednesday at 3:15 o'clock the Girl Re-
serve Club will present a Yuletide pro-
gram of games and gifts.
A community sing for Christmas
will be held at Garfield Center We'd
nesday at 8 o'clock, TO which the en-
Of the program include music, an ad-
dress by DR.. Amanda Hilyer and spe-
cial selections by the Garfield Choral
Club.
Garnet Patterson Center will feature
the Recreation Institute Tuesday at z
| o'clock, and Thursday at 3:45 o'clock q
session of the Thespian Stuoy Club, at
which Mrs. Mabel Jones Freeman,
formerly Of the Weston -serova School.
viii demonstrate "color Ia costume In
relation to light"