The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-21
WAVELETS

Musical SteelInakeSr" said fond
farewell to Gilbert Long, long a
member Of their brass section, on
Sundays broadcast on the Blue net
work. Gil has been promoted from
his post in Wheeling to a better po-
sition with the sponsors New York
omces.
Jackie Kelk, radios Homer" on
"The Aldrich Family" Is already
committed for a series Of personal
appearances In connection with the
forthcoming Fourth War Loan
Drive.
Raymond Paige's Young Ameri-
cans" are serving as a model organ.
ization for many musical young
sters. Members of the orchestra,
band and glee club Of Davis high
school in Mount Vernon, N. Y, were
Pages guests this week during both
the rehearsals and performances Of
his NBC Salute to Youth" broad
cast.
Harry w. Flannery, CHS news
analyst, will plane out, January /,
for a months stay in Mexico City,
gathering material and surveying
current aspects Of the political
scene for future lectures and broad
casts.
Diane Pendleton and Georgia
Carroll, vocalists on Kay Kyser,s
college Of Musical knowledge, y
have already been voted favorite
pin-up girls at ten different army
cmaps, with more to be heard from.
Because Of his picture commit
ments, Xavier Cugat and his orches-
ira. featuring Lima Romay as solo,
ist, will have to limit their New
York Paramount theater appear
ance to six weeks instead of the
original IL weeks that had been
planned. Cugat and his band are
heard over MBS Wednesdays at
$3.50 p. m. Cugat will begin his
theater engagement Feb. II, at its
conclusion moves to Hollywood for
another film chore.
Testimony to the popularity of
the Hour Of Charms annual pre-
Christmas feature 1.-THE Night Be.
fore Christmas" were more than a
score Of letters received by Phil
Spitalny this year. They were from
owners Of home recording machines,
who asked for the routine Of the
Dec. 10 broadcast, so that they could
be sure to record the full might
Before Christmas" in the Spitalny
version.
Don't be too surprised if 1.-THE
Parker Family goes symphonic one
Of these weeks. Before Fridays re-
hearsal started, Charles Paul and his
orchestra ran through poet and
Peasant Overture" doing it with
just the proper corny touches. PriS-
ella Kent, author of the show, liked
1t, and plans to write script around
the musicians treatment Of the pop
concert favorite.
Ben Grauer, who announces such
varied programs as Salute to
Youth" and mfr. and Mrs. North"
has been named the best announcer
on the air by students at New York
University.
Investment in a cheap mirror Is
saving the sound effects man on
mfr. District Attorney the pain Of
a stiff neck. Because Of apparatus
setup he has to have his back to
the control room from which he gets
his cues and his split-second turn
ing has been hard on his neck.
Hence, the mirror which is so placed
that he can see the control room
without having to swivel.
Bing Crosby will sing "Adeste
Fidelis' and silent Night" on the
Kraft Music Hall on Thursday,
December %. The Kraft Choral So
ciety will be cut into the program
that's heard over NBC at 900 p. m.
(EWT) from Chicago.
The Kraft Choral Society is made
up Of eighty employees Of the Kraft
Cheese Company. They will sing a
medley of Christmas Carols.
The Characters sing a Christmas
spiritual and Trudy Erwin, the
Music Maids and John Scott Trot-
ter's orchestra complete the talent
lineup for the big Christmas Spec
cial.
Gordon (Jack) Fraser, veteran OF
IL years Of announcing and news
has been transferred to
the News and Special Features d.
vision of the Blue Network and will
shortly be sent overseas to cover
Allied activities in the North Afri-
can theater.
Fraser's appointment was an
today by @. w. tombstone,
director of News and Special Feat
ures, who said that Fraser would
leave the country some time after
Christmas to join George Hicks,
now attached to General Mark
Clark's Fifth Army in Italy.
Fraser, who is IS, broke into
radio in 1881, shortly after gradu-
alton from Brown University where
he majored in English and History.