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ment, and a gala crowd was on
hand to accord him an enthusiasts
tic reception.
From his first slection right on
Through to the finale Waller cap
tured patrons favor. On boogie-
woogie numbers he displays an
amazing versatility. and when he
combines singing with tickling the
keyboard, he stops the show.
A topfight recording artist and
composer. Walters engagement
here Is the FIRST stop-off on a tour
which viii take him to Hollywood,
where he Is scheduled to make .
movie based on his career as q
musician.
Swing singer Myra johnson Is
featured with Walters orchestra,
which also plays for dancing.
During his stay here Waller VIII
play liam" sessions every Sunday
from 3 to 6 p. m.
sAKs - Combining wild ia
menco dances with Spanish classi-
cal steps, Moro and Chita high
light the new revue, which retains
popular tenor frankie Connors for
a fourth week.
Moro, who was born In the land
where they dance the fandango,
has given concerts at the Music
Hall in New York and danced In
the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany's production Of Carmen
two seasons ago.
Fast and spectacular acrobatic
novelties form the offering Of Bill
Kaye. and the clever wit OF paro-
dist Harvey Stone keeps patrons
in stitches.
The Muriel Kretlow Dancers
appear in sparkling production
numbers, accompanied by music
from Pete viera's band.
TROCAbERO - Singing come
dian Sam Morris, formerly Of the
comedy team of Rogers and Nor
ris, continues as top performer
and master OF ceremonies of a
new show.
Entertainers appearing here
this week include Daniels and
Daye, clever knockabout come
dams; Billy Jack Elliott. an ac-
who dances; Rita Mar
tin. torch singer and former radio
star, and Dorothy Mayo. char
acter dancer.
Two former members of name"
bands are playing with Irving
Lewis orchestra. Lewis, himself,
at one time was Henry Buses
trumpet star. while Jack Code
formerly played trumpet for Gene
Krupa's band.
CASANOVA - Timbu, a why
little man dressed like an organ
grinders monkey. captures top
honors by capering merrily along
a slack wire and doing apparently
impossible stunts. The act Is as
amusing as IL is amazing.
Shirley Weber. tap dancer and
singer who appeared in Detroit In
the Shubert production of Too
Many Girls" also carries away a.
huge portion of patrons applause.
Others presented by singing
mistress of ceremonies Jessica
Garwood are Malta Salazar. Span
ish dancer, and Lee and Judy
Storm. youthful musical comedy
tappers.
Paul Nelson and his orchestra,
which has replaced Lee Walters
on the bandstand, play more than
81 instruments during their nov
city turn In the show. Nelson
himself plays seven, and the 9TH
ers double on different instru-
ments.
= FRONTIER RANCH Walter
Powelrs musical maniacs continue
to make the music. The eight boys
play rhythms for dancing, but
seem TO be at their happiest when
playing pranks on their leader. OPP
Grating their complete marionette
show, and generally clowning on
the bandstand.
For many years. Powell was
gag-man for Benny Meroff and
Milt Britton, and has incorporated
his knowledge of laugh-making
antics into his band to present a
e o m p lete show in addition to
dance music.
HAYMARKET - Chiquita, Pc
tite puppeteer. heads the new
show at Carl Oglesbee's Club. Her
"Clippo" steals the show with his
riotous delineation of the stages of
intoxication, staying on the tiny
stage for II minutes. and running
the gamut of an evening out"
from the first one tonigh T."
through the happy. sad and un-
comfortable stages, and finally
passing out happily on a park
bench.
Joe Wright's Boxing Cats are
an unusual novelty, boxing their
-four rounds to a finish" with
shirt and fair play.