Evening star., 1941-12-21
In Local
Musical Circles

This afternoon at 4;3o the Ma
tional Capital Choir. under the di-
rection of Jessie Masters, with H.
Jerome Graham at the organ. will
sing The Christ Child" by Charles
Hawley, at the Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church. Sixteenth
and streets NV. The soloists will
be Alice Haig, Hannabelle Fleming,
sopranos; Carol Reents. contralto:
Howard Ludwig. tenor; Gerald Cot
ton. bass, and William Wetmore, jr,
baritone.
The Christmas Pageant, written
for Friendship House by Edward
Tripp, will be given again this year.
/ The Honor Music Group, members
of the staff and their friends will
present the pageant which will be
given in the Friendship House Little
Theater, 6l9 D street S SE, this after
noon. There will be performance
for children at $50, and for adults
at o'clock. The public is cordially
invited.
The Washington Missionary Col
lege Oratorio Chorus of $50 voices.
under the direction of George w.
Greer, will present Handels Mes
siah" in the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets NV.
tonight at 8 o'clock
The soloists appearing will be
Myrtle Mead, soprano, Ruth
Mitchell. alto. Justin Lawrie, tenor.
and Robert Adams, bass. Nancy
Poore will preside at the organ. The
w. NJ. c. String Symphonietta, un-
der George Wargo. will play the
accompaniment and will be heard
in selections for orchestra.
A Victrola concert Of Christmas
music will be given at the South
western Branch of the Public Lii
brary. Seventh and H streets S.W.
tomorrow at 1880 pm.
Due to Christmas eve and New
Year eve falling on Wednesday,
! there are no concerts by the United
States Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra scheduled for these dates.
The next concert is scheduled for
presentation on Wednesday evening,
January 7, at BIS o'clock, under the
direction Of Capt. William F. Santel-
mann.
On Friday afternoon at l o'clock
the United States Marine Band will
/ present the patriotic shut-ins dream
hour concert in the auditorium at
the Marine Barracks.
! On last Monday morning for Geor-
gette Ross Howards current events
/ lecture at the Sulgrave Club a
Christmas program was given by
Gene Archer, baritone soloist at the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. Mr. Archer was accom-
panied by Claude Robson.
The studios of Dorothy Radde
Emery and Berenice Follis presented
Jeanne Rose, pianist, and John
Schaffer, baritone, on Monday at
20l0 P street NV. Miss Rose played
compositions by Beethoven, Liszt
and Chopin. Mr.. Schaffer pre-
sented group of songs with Shake
spearean settings and songs by
Brahms and American composers.
Florence Vincent Yeager Of 21o
Jefferson street presented the fol-
lowing pupils in her annual Christ
mas recital Saturday afternoon:
Dolly Ashby, Gwen Brupaker, Kath-
crime Brown, Henry Bryant, Lillian
Chandler, Betty Gales, George
Gales, Barbara Dorfman, Thelma
Dorfman, Carolyn Fansher, Betty
Hebb, Evelyn Harbaugh, Janice
Harsh, Jean Leibiger, Gilbert Monck,
Bobby Paris. Nancy Repass, Marion
Repass. Doris Shanley, Shirley
Ss2er and Betty Vermeale.
Charles Lagourgue of New York
will teach in Washington weekly at
1912 Mintwood place NV. He will
conduct classes in singing, sight
reading, coaching Of songs and elo-
cution.
WARREN =, JOHNSON; ORGANISE
2ed and p Sts; NV.
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