The guardian., 1941-05-31

all the pupils participated in Part One
Part Two featured the Tahitian
Twisters in which the ladies of the
ensemble enacted South Seas idyll
depicting ceremonial dances of the |
islands led by Chirlaine Dupree and I
must remark here that one unknown
lady of the chorus displayed extreme
Ingenuity in her Interpretation of the
tribal rites while all the other va
hines told their exotic tales with Ian
gorous gestures of both arms, this
sister was forced to meet an emergency
with quick thinking and she succeeded
quite admirably .. apparently, the
| lifeline of her grass skirt parted COM
pany until the midriff began to assume
alarming proportions whereupon the
lady kept on dancing doing Hawaiian
double talk through the medium of one
arm sign language while her other
arm dutifully upheld the honor of the
Islands . much credit is due Raf
Coleman for stage direction and the
yeoman piano service of Preston
"Sandy" Sandiford, Gertrude Earle,
Geraldine Robert and Helena Sandi-
ford added nightly to the occasion
... special mention must be accorded
| Enith Forde, Madeline Freeman and
Dolores Oxley for the beautiful cos
tunes which greatly enhanced each
scene E. lighting by the Hall Labora-
tories and Dick Ayres scenic effects
by the F. James Bradley Studio and
| the Hall Laboratory the Mickey
Mouse phosphorent number by Anita
Branch, Francine Dupree and Jean
Persip caught the fancy of the crowd
who also went big for the cute routines
of Louis Ransom, Jr. and Yvonne
Shankle in their South American rhap-
sody 80. and so farewell to the Bronze
Rhapsody until 1912 the Ink Spots
and the Nicholas Brothers do all right
for themselves in "The Great American
Broadcast" with plenty of tricky &C.
centric dance routines and that home
cooked harmony d.. things to see in
New York over the holiday weekend
include "Native Son" at the st. James
Theatre starring Canada Lee as Big
ger Thomas and produced by Orson
Welles the Savoy Ballroom fea-
turing the new dance "Congaree"
the Uptown Cafe Society hot spot with
Hazel Scott, the Golden Gate Quartet,
Kenneth Spencer, Ammons and John
son, boogie-woogie kings =. Jimmy's
Chicken Shack on Sugar Hill and an
eatery called "Yama's" when the gang
all gather . the all colored musical
revues at the Apollo Theatre e. the
Hayden Planitarium e. races at Bel
mont Park E. Radio City and Music
Hall -. Rockefeller Center Cen
tral Park E. Carnegie Hall =. Dick
! Wheaton's E. Jimmy Daniels =. on
the avenoo thhe Club Mimo owned
and operated by Bill Robinson E. the
Elk's Rendezvous and the cele-
brated Small's Paradise . and es-
pecially visit at the famous Hotel
Theresa in the heart of Harlem at the
corner of Seventh Avenue and 125th
! Street where all-America comes to the
Big Apple . and downtown to the
grand opening of Madison Square Gar
den under the direction of Monte Pro-
ser founder of the popular Beach
comber chain who will operate the
Carnival of Bands for 100 nights dur
ing the summer in a lush tropical at
mosphere featuring three big name
bands nightly playing continuous
music for dancing :. see you all there
:. E. the St. Marks Brotherhood outing
at Green Acres booked for Sunday,
June Is. . st. Marks Congregational
Church of Roxbury and st. Bartholo-
news Church in Cambridge will spon-
sor a joint Moonlight Excursion and
Dance on Thursday night, July "a
sailing on the luxury ship S. S. Steel
Pier .. the tickets at one dollar per
person should be purchased in advance
from committee members in order to
insure the two churches obtaining a
benefit fund from the surplus of the
guarantee which financial arrange
ment should prove successful if every
body cooperates in the ticket sale d.
in the event of inclement weather,
your admission ticket will be good for
a future date to be announced :. the
st. Mark committee includes Chairman
Ralf Coleman, Mrs. Rosa Brown, Mrs.
Lois Beverley, Mrs. Margaret Young
blood, Mrs. Bernice Edwards, Mrs.
Leila Francis, Mrs. Olive Jseph and
Mr.. A. Clarke . the top picture of
the week is still Orson Welles produc-
tion of "Citizen Kane" at the Majestic
Theatre coming events include
Doris Jones Golden Revue of 1871"
at Jordan Hall, June 5 Stanley
Browns "Dance Patterns of 1941" at
Jordan Hall, June . Count Basic
and his Orchestra at the Egleston