Evening star., 1934-02-04
PLAY TOURNEY
TSHIGHLIGHTOF
CENTER'S WEEK
Preliminary Series
Starts Tuesday,:
II on Program.

Highllghts OF the varied events at
| community centers this week will be
| the presentation Of the first weeks
series of preliminaries in the annual
District Of Columbia One Act Play
Tournament conducted by the Com
munity Center Department which
opens Tuesday night, at East WASH
ington Center, Geventeenth and East
Capitol streets, at o'clock, and con-
tinues on Thursday night and Satur-
! day night of this week at the same
hour. Twelve plays will be tered on
these three programs and next week,
at Roosevelt Auditorium, Thirteenth
street at Allison northwest, on Tues
i day February 13, and Thursday,
February is, the nine remaining plays
in the 1884 tourney will be given.
| The finals will take place next week,
also at Roosevelt Auditorium, on Sat-
urday night. February II. The public
may obtain tickets to any or all Of the
tournament plays. Admission t0 any
one evening of plays is 25 cents.
/ Activities at Central Center and
Columbia Heights Center this week
remain as usual. with many evening
periods devoted to rehearsal of tour
nament plays, to musical activities,
and a heavy schedule of athletics,
especially at Central Center.
At Chevy Chase Center, new classes
are being formed in tap and rhythmic
dancing in E. " Brown School, Tues
day and Thursday afternoons at 8
O'Clock: at Ben Murch School. Mon
day at pm, and Saturda morning
at $50. and at Lafayette School, Fri
day at pm Glasses in drama and
| expression Will n7eet at E V. Brown
| Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and at
Ben Murch Saturday morning at
$50. Glasses in carpentry and IN
art ior children will also be held
Saturday morning at Ben Murch.
On Friday evening at Ben Murch.
class will meet for the study of con-
tract bridge and another for short
story writing, both at 8 o'clock.
| PLAY Tournament On.
East Washington Center is the
scene this week of the One Act Play
Tournament which occupies every
evening for either rehearsal or. per-
formance of preliminary contest plays.
This necessitates the cancellation for
this week of the usual week end
program Of music and MOVIES IN
Eastern High School Auditorium to
make way for the tournament plays
there on that evening. The usual
community dance for young people in
the armory of East Washington Gen.
ter will be held Saturday night as
usual at $50.
lexington Center, comprising
Langley. Langdon, Mckinley Bur-
roughs and Taft School buildings, Will
conduct its usual weekly program OF
events, but at Langley School gynl-
nasium there will be a series OF bas-
l;et ball league games each evening
with six teams competing in three
matches. Prominent athletic clubs OF
the northeast section Of the city will
play in these hotlv contested basket
ball games. On FRIDAY night at $50,
there will be a community dance at
Langley, with excellent orchestra
music Dancing instruction for both
children and groWn-ups is offered at
this center, the various types OF dane
ing being under the direction OF Miss
Sara Bergling. Margaret Reed Kin
cannon and Marjorie Mitchell.
Monday evening at Roosevelt Gen.
ter there will be new group formed
to study the fundamentals Of short
story writing. at 7:30; and beginning
Wednesday. February "a, a new group
will be formed for advanced students
of the same subject-both groups to
be directed by Felix Conrad Schwarz.
NJ. A., president of the Society OF
Free Lance Writers.
Plan New Activities.
Southeast Center will inaugurate
new activities this week that will be
informal and free to the pubic.
Music for grown-ups" will be fea-
tured on Monday evening, and music
for children" will be featured on Fri
day evening. with Mrs. Frances
Weathers as leader of both groups.
Those attending the groups are IN
vited to bring their instruments With
them. and singers are also invited.
An harmcnica chorus is bring formed
to meet Friday evening. AID there
will be a drama group for children
under Charles McRayno'd's direction,
al Cllildren's groups meeting at $50.
Beginning at $50 on Friday, there is
social dancing for young people, and
other regular activities of the center.
In Buchanan Auditorium of South
east Center there will be social dane
ing on Thursday night at $50, each
person present being allowed to vote
for Miss Buchanan" On Saturday
evening, the Recreation Club No. l
will meet as usual. featuring various
interesting activities.
In divisions 1913. Birney and Gar
field Centers will observe Negro His.
tory week. February II and February
IA. respectively, with prominent
speakers invited to appear on the
programs of the two occasions. Musi-
cal numbers will also be given by out
standing singers and instrumentalists
of the city. The public is invited to
attend these meetings, admission to
both of which is free. Also at these
two centers, first aid groups will be
started undsr the direction of George
Morris. with registration Monday
| night at Birney and Wednesday night
at Garfield. The classes will begin
each evening at Z o'clock, and in
struction is free.
Many Groups to Meet.
Burrville Center this week features
among its activities the Burrville
Women's Club, Young Peoples Social
Group, Whist Club. Junior Chorus,
Four-Leaf Clover Club. and Dramatic
Club. as well as athletic activities.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Com
munity night is Monday at Burrville
Center.
Afternoon games" every day
throughout the week is a feature at
Dunbar Center with children's dra-
matte, music and dancing groups
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o'clock Thursday and Friday eve
nings there is a varied program Of in
tereSt to adults and young people, In
cluding athletics, games OF all kinds,
a Little Theater group. male chorus.
and other activities.
! At Francis Junior High Center,
athletics, music, Girls Club and
Boys Friendly Club are offered for the
recreation of young people on We'd
nesday night at 7:30 All persons
| who like to sing are invited to ioin