The Washington times., 1936-05-06
BY FRANCOIS

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This might easily be lined up
with the story about the postman
who goes for q walk on his day
off. Ray Noble had barely com
pleted his local theater engage
ment when he Lit out for the Lotus
to listen to Bill Strickland's jazzy
company go through their PAGES
To deny he was impressed with
the brand Of music Bills boys
dished out would make 1t triply
hard to explain why he, his
Missus and his party languished
under the spell until you and
were in bed.
Bill, the modest fellow that he
is, denies having anything to do
with Rays staying til long past
when, so 1t may have been Al
Norton'S rapid-fire Skullduggery or
Judy Ellington's singing. Or 1t
may have been the agile La Fonsr
whose difficult adagio the maestro
was unable to resist. Or 1t may
have been Grace Orlando and her
rhythmic acrobaticS. Or 1t may
have been just the general all
around good time he was having.
Or it may Just have been.
At any rate, Lady Mel has gath
cred about her charming self this
week another first line chorus
which she calls the "Mei-etteS," as
nice q piece Of Synchronization as
you'd like to see, thank va. Then
too, there's Lenora Thall toe-danc-
ing all over the place, with. every
body making Lotus Manager Dick
Lam and all the customers oh so
tickled with themselves.
Last week we went into .
veritabIe cloud Of conjecture
over the meaning Of the Dude
RanCh's promise Of "big news
next week" After spinning like
. pinwheeI for four days trying
to figure out for ourselves or
wheedle it out Of someone who
knew, we were slapped in the
face with the deep dark secret
today. As per promise, we're
passing it on.
Beginning tonight, you're
going to be dancing to the tunes
Of the Carolina Club Orchestra
ut this spot. Fresh from Ma
tiOnal BrOadcasting Company
stunt, this 11-piece band comes
to the Maryland rendezvous
with o reputation that's going
to be hard to upset. They've
even promised not to try.
Lee and Carol Paige will do
their sophisticated dancing. to
the time provided by these
melOdeers and as usual Dixie
Dyer speIIbindS 'em while mis-
treSsing the ceremonies.
And now we're going to get in
innate.
Down at the La Paree ont
of Washington's own 22-year-olc
oldsters, Marie Fowler, has beer
proving q knock-em-dow wn-and- drag
-em-out attraction with her lin be
tween" contralto voice. The hazel
eyed girl who sings to Emor!
Daugherty's music was born II
Oxon Hill, Md, attended th'
schools Of Congress Heights anC
wound up in Silver Spring, wher'
she lives right now. She got hel
start singing in school plays ant
petty pageants of one kind and an
other and finally landed a radio
addition. From that her rise wa
rapid. She has appeared with
Jack Denny and has shared sing
ing honorS with Kate Smith. Hel
love, she says, is the radio, and
one day, she promises, will find
her pouring that liquid voice o1
hers into that small black instru
ment night after night and rejoic
ing in the knowledge that she's
where she wants to be, doing what
she wants to do.
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Introducing AL!
We'd introduce him all the way
If we knew how, but according to
AL, it's just AL and we'll have to
take his word for it. Until this
week, no one needed to introduce
AL. He was just the drummer in
Jimmy Harris band. Apretty fair
sort Of drummer, it's true, but he's
something more than that now.
Behind the clatter of his flying
drumstickS, AL has been hiding
one Of the funniest dance routines
we've seen in q long while.
If you've been at the Maryland
Club Gardens this week, you've
seen q spry little fellow trot out
and go through a combination