Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-22
In Local Music Circles

The fifth costumed presentation of
the Christmas Story in Song and
Drama" arranged and directed by
Esther Linkins, will be given this
afternoon at pm. in Potomac
Heights Community Church, Cathe-
dral avenue north of Conduit road.
Those participating will be Sylvia
Radisch, Joseph Stoehr, Charles
Burton. Gordon Webner, Ralph Wix,
Clyde Berkebile, jr.; John Folk.
Lewis Fuller, Bobby Patton, Judy
Conklin, Marjorie Reed, Clyde Coo
ley, Nancy Linkins. Monique Shop
ard and Mary Alice Ferguson, vio-
linist, assisted by chorus of mixed
voices. The Rev. Albert E. Cling
rich, pastor of the church, will read
the prologue. Mrs. G. T. Black
burn will preside at the organ.
"The Dawn of Peace" Christ
mas pageant by Edward Trip, a
member of the Friendship House
staff, will be presented today in the
Little Theater of Friendship House,
GIG D street Sc. There will be two
performances, one for children at
$3.50, another for adults at 5 pm.
Music written for the pageant and
carols will be sung by members of
the Friendship House glee clubs and
women's trio. under the direction
of Jessie M. DIN. The solos in the
pageant will be sung by Harriette
Mitchell Alexander, Edward Trip
and Master John Draper. The public
is cordially invited.
''The Advent" a new song by Karl
Holer which has recently come off
the press, will be used extensively
during the Christmas season. Ac-
cording to reports, church soloists in
the following cities will sing the
number: Washington. Baltimore,
Brooklyn, Hartford, New Haven,
Boston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Cleveland and Chicago and in small
er towns.
The annual Christmas carol concert
at Georgetown Preparatory School
was given last Sunday in the Chapel
of Our Lady on the school campus
at Garrett Park, Md. Featured on
the program were the choir of the
College of the Sacred Heart, the
Jesuit seminary at Woodstock, Md,
and Brother Alfredo Oswald, S. j.
and Emory A. Ross, S. j., organists.
The concert was composed OF several
familiar Christmas carols, together
with a few lesser known carols which
merit more frequent rendition.
Mrs. Otto Torney Simon, we'll
known authority on Clara Schu-
mann, artist and woman, gave a
lecture at the Y w. c.. A., Ga E
street NV, on Wednesday. Jesse
Nussear, lyric tenor, accompanied by
Mrs. Claughton West, sang a group
of Schumann songs.
Sara Flakshaar, well-known con-
cert singer and voice teacher, sang
the Norwegian national hymn pre-
ceding DR.. Karl Evang's lecture on
Norway in Pierce Hall last Sunday
evening.
Fleurette Joffrie will give the third
number of the series at Theosophic
Hall, 1915 H street NV, at 8 pm.
tomorrow, taking the theme, your
Keynote: the Soul Triad, and It's
Overtones of Desire, Energy, Power"
Miss Joffrie's solo numbers will be
given with piano accompaniment by
Mildred Dean. <-~
The Choral Club of the Washing
ton Opera Guild, under Nine. Cor
rea's direction, will give special
Christmas program, as is their year.
ly custom, at the Aged Women's
Home, the Home for Incurables,
Home for the Blind, the John Dixon
Home and the Crittendon Home
spending the entire afternoon and
evening tomorrow on their Christ
mas tour.
The Piano Teachers Forum held
its regular monthly meeting last
Thursday. Henry Field, pianist, and
Arson Overdorff, lecturer, gave the
program.
The Rachmaninof Club cele-
| brated the season by giving its an
nual Christmas party on Wednes-
day. A program Of piano music was
played by some Of the members and
guests. Rachmaninon's latest re-
| cording, his Third Symphony,