Evening star., 1939-09-28

WIN h piano. ALSO, CAere Will De |
songs by Adele Van, music by George
Smith and the new Swing Sophis-
ticates. Mr.. Dickerman, Cap'n to
you, to get back to that pirate
hangout over on K street, promises
lot Of new and boisterous skits
from the swabs in his crew, with
the brig still available as a reposi-
tory for recalcitrant femmes.
Tomorrow night sees all the pen
gums Of the Wardman Parks Met
ronome Room placed in cold storage,
all the snowballs and icicles chopped
up into ice cubes, a practically new
Metronome Room emerging under
the ministrations Of Architect John
Koch. Anent the music, note from
the Wardman Park: "The Kings
testers! That's the name of the
band opening the fall season in
Wardman Parks Metronome Room
tomorrow night-despite a SNUG
assertion in this column couple of
weeks ago to the contrary" ANY,
body can make a mistake; do we
have to be heckled because we
overdo 1t?
Saturday night brings two more
openings-one, the familiar and
popular Shoreham Blue Room, the
other the brand-new Club Lafayette
Of the Lafayette Hotel. CThe type
writer just called it the "Shoreham
Blur Room" but we saw it In time)
Anyhow. Barnee will be returned
from that Florida jaunt to lend his
musicianship to the conduct of the
Maxim Lowe orchestra; the show
will be headlined by the Wonder
Dancers, Frances Woods and Billy
Bray. Frances, you must remem-
Der, is the very lovely deaf lass
who hears" the music through its
vibrations. The Lafayette's new
rendezvous looks like the place
which will become a magnet for
devotees of swing. those who like
their music torrid. First orchestra
will be that of Joe Marsala, who
comes here from the Hickory House,
or one Of those Manhattan jam
pots.
That's this week or a large part
of it.
Next week brings on Monday
night that gala party the Ambas-
sador Hotel has planned that you
may help it celebrate its tenth
birthday. The Hi-Hat and the ad-
joining dining room will be the
scene, on the scene will be q raft
Of entertainment, including Helen
Terry, singing pianist; Ferdinand
the Bull and other stars.
Tuesday night it's the Pail Mall
Room in the Raleigh Hotel with
some Arthur Murray instructors on
hand to lure you into tangos and
rumbas and whatnot, with music
by Bert Bernath's Orchestra. (Well,
Russ Cullen is in it, anyway
Then comes the Lounge Riviera,
with its fall opening" this one
being in quotes because it's open
already and doing very nicely,
thanks. But Wednesday there's to
be a party, celebrating the removal
OF summers beach umbrellas and
the return to a decor more in keep
ing with the fall season. Pete
Macias' crew still makes the music
and very fine music.
Dear Boss: Can we put a
new shirt. two stif1 collars and a
new black tie on the expense &C.
count? (You mean may we?"-Ed)
''' That party which last night
inaugurated the eighth season at
the Russian Troika was quite an
affair-bigger and better than ever
Is the cliche which fits it If you do
not mind us not thinking up q new
ciche to take the place Of an old
one at this late hour. The popular
haunt was practically swamped with
ringsiders and would-be ringsiders
and such a rush of the citizenry
was there once the doors were re-
opened that Mischa, the headwaiter,
almost worked off in one night ali
the healthful effects of that vaca-
ton from which he just returned.
Bigger and better than ever fits
the show, too. It was Olga Bacla-
nova, the stage and screen star,
who sings with an extra distinctive
style and who sells every song with
a bit of that Moscow Art Theater
training. 1t has Lola Lolik and
Vanya Orlik, those tip-top dancers,
who last night were greeted with
such huzzahs as haven't shaken a
local rafter since Mickey Rooney
walked out on the Capitol stage.
It has 1liana, to sing the very day.
lights out Of "Estrellita" and some
other songs. 1t is very fine, this
show. In fact it is very fine to
have the Troika back among us: or
to be back among the Troika.
- The Midnight Merry-Go-
Round The Madrillon has be-
come an even livelier place, with
Adelita Varela now back to sing her
Spanish and South American dit
ties, raising temperatures and blood
pressures by the score. The towns
Carmen Miranda" Is happy to be
back home" too Patricia Ryan,
the Maynower Lounges salubrious
chanteuse, and Dick Koons and the
orchestra lads are doing some neat
things this week with South Amer
lean Way" and Especially for You"
-. So, while on the subject Of
singers, We might as well report |
that Peggy Townsend was q Carlton
Shar-Zad visitor the other eve. took |
especial note Of Catherine Hoyt's
manner with IS. A. Way" And If
Peggy didn't like that Bill McCune
music, all is of between US i
Fanciest song title to come along in
a long time is that on the ditty Carr
Van Sickler and Don Shook are
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