Evening star., 1939-04-03

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ser's take" for being so beloved Of
the people will be larger than
President makes in a year. It
makes you say What life"
People, in fact, are always saying
that to Kyser. He says it, too. but
it means just the opposite; little
matter of the point of view.
For all the appearance of it being
a mere matter of waving baton,
band leading is one of the toughest
jobs in the world. Mr.. Kyser can
tell you that with lot of fervor,
or he could if he could find time,
which he can't because he is too
busy. He would like to find the
time to sprawl out and be as lazy
as that Southern drawl of his, but
finding a breathing space is some-
thing that happened in the long
ago and far away.
Today, for instance, in addition to
making five appearances on the
stage, the prexy of the College of
Musical knowledge will find himself
trying to squeeze out five or six
hours for writing radio show. The
show to be written is the one that
comes up two weeks from next We'd
nesday, but it has to be written
16 days in advance. Newspapermen
can drive their superiors insane by
waiting for deadline to start work.
Ncyelists can do the same to pub
fishers. Band leaders give their
sponsors a different kind of service.
They would be the ones to 60 crazy
If they waited until the last minute.
The five or six hours, which will
be things of shreds and snatches,
seconds from this minute, minutes
from that hour, will not represent
the whole of the energy devoted to
the show. Ever since the last radio
program was prepared, this one has
been lin work." KySer has been
looking for ideas every minute. AS
he has discovered them, they have
been jotted down by the maestro
himself or by one of the three secre-
taries he carries around with him for
memo jotting purposes. Some Of
them are good and some of them
are good and lousy. They have
to be catalogued, classified and
| whipped into show that will have
| the characteristic Kyser zing.
BY the time that is done, plus
those five sessions with the audi
! ences, who so thoroughly approve
of him, any other person would be
irritable enough to bite the nose of
I the first chap who says how easy
life must be for band leaders. Mr..
Kyser is denied even that outlet
for his emotions. 1t is case of the
customer being always wrong, but
the band leader cannot say so. He
not only has to bear it but to toss
a grin into the bargain.
The cadaverous looking Kay does
not mind. 1t is price one has to
pay to get prices like his. Neither
he nor any other band leader in the
same group is asking for protective
labor legislation. He is an individu-
alist, as one has to be to get where
he is. You just have to be rugged
to stay there, rugged as we'll as
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Speaking of bands and bands
men, the Capitol is getting ready
for one who always has been a ia
vorite in Washington, Fred War
ing. The handsome, energetic leader
of the Pennsylvanians is another Or
chestra boss with show that at
tempts to get away from the stereo-
type.
Mr.. Warnings supplemental nov
city will be a glee club festival. A
number of local vocal (silly sound
those words make) groups will COM
pete for the Waring Trophy and the
individual medals which go to the
winning organization. John Best
and Paul Owen, who travel ahead of
the band, have so far lined up the
glee clubs of the University of Mary
land, C. g. P. Telephone Co., Po-
tomac Electric Co. choral group,
Washington and Lee University and
the Freund Singers. There will be
others.
The competition is so arranged
that each group will sing two num-
bers. One will be of its own choos-