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Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
NAZIS HURLED BACK

A number of HamletS inside the
enemy's fortified belt outside Praga
fell to Rokossovsky's forces in their
initial attack Sunday. The Ger
mans counter attacked at least 20
times in an attempt to restore the
situation, but were hurled back with
loss of 800 men and 81 tanks.
Marshall Ivan S. KoneV's 1St
Ukrainian army simultaneously
Speeced its advance up the west
bank of the Vistula to the southern
approaches to Warsaw after COM
pleting the liquidation of the en-
circled remnants of three enemy
divisions = possibly 10000 men -
above Sandomierz, lis miles south
o. the Polish capital.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
ANTI TRAINEES
SQUIRT WATER AT TARGETS

CAMP BLANDING, Fla, Aug. q
CUP)-Trainees at Camp Blanding
are taught to shoot down enemy
aircraft by squirting at moving
toy tirplane targets with super
water pistols.
They use reguleU ani-aircraft
50-caliber machine guns, but when
the trigger is pulled, the gun shoots
a fine stream of water. The water
shows the trainee how close he is
to the target, just as tracer fire
will in few months hence when he
has his sights on an enemy plane.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
LEAPED TO DEATH

ONTARIO, Cal, Aug. 81. CUP)-
Guy Scott McGrew, 81, Prescott,
Arizona, retired Santa Fe engineer,
was killed late Sunday afternoon
when he jumped from the west
bound Chief near Cucumonga. He
was enroute with his wife to Los
Angeles to enter hospital for
medical care. He leaves his widow,
CeleStra, anC sister in Pasadena,
Mrs. H. p Blome.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
PROBE FATAL AIR CRASH

LU f FIELD, Ariz., Ang. II
UP)-A board of officers Monday
was investigating the death of End
1t. Orland L. Luhr, 22-year-old fly
ing instructor from Clayton, Wash
ington, who was killed in a plane
crash 80 miles north of the field.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
DIVORCES GRANTED

Two interlocutory divorce DEGREES
were granted by Judge Elmer Heald
in superior court Saturday.
H. r. Hampton was given uncon-
tested divorce decree from Eleanor
Hampton on extreme cruelty charges.
Inez CASTOR obtained a divorce
on a default from Virgil CASTOR.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
LA. War Writer
Dies in Jeep
Crash in France

Continued from Page II
old Los Angeles Express and worked
on the Herald-Express, the Oakland
Post Enquirer the Milwaukee News,
the Les Angeles Examiner and the
Los Angeles Times.
Survivors include c his widow
Eleanor; three children. Thomas,
John and Cordelia; his mother,
Elizabeth; sister. Mary, all of Los
Angeles, and brother, John, Napa
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
PLEADS GUILTY

E LOS ANGELES. Aug. q. CUP)-
William G. Satterlee. father of Peg
gy La Rue Satterlee, who accused
Enrol Flynn of rape in the actors
trial last year, pleaded guilty Mon
day in superior court to contributing
to the delinquency of two small
girls He will appear September II
for probation and sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
BOBBY PINS DEFACE POOL

SAN DIEGO, Aug. IT. TUPl =
There's no scarcity of bobby pins
herein one place, anyhow. San
Diego Club authorities say one of
the hardest parts of cleaning the
clubs swimming pool is the re-
moving OF rust spots caused by
bobby pins on the bottom
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
SONS SPANK MOTHERS

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Aug. 81. CUP)
Several hundred persons watched
nine boys of the Switzer parry neigh
borhood here beat their mothers,
IA to 4, in a game of Softball
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
S0viets Smash
Into R0mania

Continued from Page Il
sovskys lst White Russian army
went over to the attack Sunday east
and northeast of Praga, Warsaw's
easternmost borough on the east
ban kof the Vistula, after breaking
five-day German counter-offensive
that wedged briefly the Soviet siege
arc.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
COULD BE

COULD BE
FORT DEVENS, Mass. Aug. 81.
CUP)-what with the rubber short
age, soldier-golfers thought that a
misprint in a notice of hole-in-
one contest was pertinent. 1t read:
First prize will be golf bag and
second prize will be half dozen
gold balls"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21

Besides the Engineer and Fireman, a
long distance train usually carries
Railroad and Pullman Conductors,
Brakemen, Porters, Steward, Cooks.
Walters, Baggagemen, Mail Clerk.
Express Messenger. For example, our
streamlined Daylight (San Francisco
Los Angeles, requires 62 people.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-21
What makes q train run?

When the Overland Limited Golden State Limited
Limited all you're of the thrill of
thousand steel going places You catch brief friendly
from the engineer but he's about the only
this advertisement take behind the
these
Evening star., 1944-02-06

overture to Couperin's LA Sultane"
suite; and to close the concert DR..
Kinder has scheduled two Wagner
excerpts-Finale of "Rheingold,"
and "Vorspier' and "Liebestod,"
from Tristan and Isolde"
Soloist in the Mailer Fourth,
Juanita Carter, is native of Frank
fort, KY, who was heard here last
season as leading soprano with the
Philadelphia Opera Co. A stu
dent Of Oscar Seagle and Nadia
Boulanger, Miss Carter, in addition
to appearing with the National
Symphony, has been heard as soloist
with the Boston Symphony, and
with the c. B. S. Orchestra under
Howard Barlow.
On the next-to-last "15-30u con-
cert of the season on Saturday
evening Shura Cherkassky. young
Russian-born piano virtuoso, will
make his first appearance as soloist
with the National Symphony Orches-
ira in the Shostakovich piano con-
certo. Chosen by the 1880 Com
mittee, the surrounding program
will consist of Bach's "Passacaglia
and Fugue," waltzes from Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier," Mary Howe's
Stars" Morton Gould's American
Salute, and prelude and Love
Death from Wagner's Tristan and
Isolde"
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Music
Notes
Local Opera Group
Gives Rose Marie
With Fine Cast

"Rose Marie" the famous oper-
eta which, when made into a
movie, added laurels to Jeannette
Mcdonald and Nelson Eddy, will
be given by the Columbia Light
Opera Co. at the Roosevelt audi
torium Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day at $3.50 pm. starring Val
Dubois, recently Leading tenor with
several well-known light opera
companies.
Mr.. Dubois, born in Ludington,
Mich, and educated in Europe,
began his professional career as
early as IS years OF age, when he
was called upon to sing the leading
part in the Desert Song" on the
road when q mere student. Under
the direction OF Ethyl Manning,
conductor. he will appear opposite
Jeanette Bittner, who will be heard
in the title role. Others in the
cast are: Harold FRANKIE, Connie
Kruger, Florenz HIM, the we'll
known comedian of the company;
Ches Di Maggie, Bob Bloch, Kerper
Propert, Mary Vagnoni and Mary
Hastings. who will alternate with
Mimi Di Maggie, the latter singing
on Saturday night.
Produced In New York for the
first time 20 years ago, when Ru-
dolph Friml, its composer, was at
the peak of his fame, Rose Marie"
instantly won popular favor for its
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Violinist, Singer,
Pianist in Three
Symphony Events

Three concerts are on this weeks
schedule Of the National Symphony
Orchestra, which on Wednesday
"opens its sustaining fund campaign
for $40, 900, the estimated amount
necessary to carry it through an
other brilliant season.
This afternoon at 4 O'Clock In
Constitution Hall Albert Spaiding,
one Of the greatest violinists this
country has vet produced, makes
q solo appearance with the orches-
ira under Hans Kindler's direction
in the Elgar violin concerto, Spal-
ding has long had a large follow
ing in Washington. but more than
usual interest will attach to this
appearance, since it is the last that
the violinist will make mere for the
duration. Today's major orchestral
offering is the Tachaikovsky Fourth
Symphony in F Minor" the concert
opening with the world premiere
of Robert Wilkes "Tolentine Over
ture."
Wednesday evenings all-subscrip-
ton concert will be high lighted by
a re-hearing of Gustav Mahler's
great symphony No. A." with the
soprano role in the last movement
being taken by the gifted young
American, Juanita Carter. DR.,
Kinder and the orchestra will play
for the all-subscription audience
Morton Gould's American Salute
the work by the popular composer
conductor, based on When Johnny
Comes Marching Home" that was
introduced to a Sunday audience
two weeks ago. For the first time
in Washington, the orchestra will
play "Milhaud's arrangement of the
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Organ Recital

DR.. T. Tertius Noble, one of the
country's most outstanding organ
lists and composers of organ music,
will play a recital on the great
organ Of Washington Cathedral,
this afternoon at 5 o'clock
DR.. Noble was born in Bath, Eng
land, and was graduated from the
Royal College of Music, London, in
1889. He has received honorary de-
grees from Columbia University and
Trinity College. In 1881 the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury conferred
upon him an honorary degree in
music. He has been organist at
Colchester, London; Trinity College,
Cambridge; Ely and York Minister
Cathedrals and from 1918 until
recently was organist and choir
master at st. Thomas in New York
City.
On the same program will be
Maj. Arthur Kent, baritone of the
Metropolitan Opera Association, for
mer soloist of st. Thomas.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

Emery, with q married woman and
his eventual escape into the arms
Of the girl to whom he Is engaged.
The best performance Of the play
Is by David Wayne, who acts the
part Of Emery's conscience. He Is
on hand at all times. His is a diff
cult part. He plays 1t at exactly
the right tempo and with quiet in
depreciation. I say he is on hand
at all times, which is no news to
most Of us, until the girl captures
her man. The final curtain shows
him kicked out, at least, for the
time being.
Tamara Geva Is excellent as the
married woman. Even better is
Joan Tetzel as the youngster who
gets her man. David Burton, In
Hollywood Of late years, has done
a fine job Of direction, pointing to
their best advantage the fluffy,
amusing lines and situations. The
settings, very good, are by Lemuel
Ayers.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Schedule

Today.
>, National Symphony Orchestra. DR..
HanS KINDER. conductor Albert
Spaidlng; violinist, soloist; Constitu-
. Albert Upton. hautist; Patrick
Noonan. pianist; Music Hour. YWCA,
Dr., 7, Tertius Noble. organ re-
assisting; Washington Cathedral, S
pm.
Concerts Recorded Music, Public
Lioraries. Georgia avenue and Upshur
street NV, 4 pm; Sixteenth and
Morris Krachmalnick. violin re-
cltali National Gallery Of Art, 7:3O
pm.
Tomorrow.
Dorothy Froelich. soprano. song
recital; phlllips Gallery, $50 pm.
brsry. Eighth and K Streets NV,
7:30 pm.
Tuesday.
Todd Duncan, baritone, song re-
cltal: Howard University, $40 pm.
Frances Mohan, contralto: Alma
ioint recital: % east room, YMeA fSss
G street NV, $40 pm.
, . Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
Wednesday.
National symphony Orchestra, DR..
hans Kinder. conductor; Juanita
carter, soprano. soloist: Constitution
Marine Band Symphony Orchestra,
Earl Schuster. oboe, soloist; Marine
Barracks, S:15 pm
Thursday.
Frimrs Rose Marie" Columbia
Light Opera Co, Ethyl Manning,
director; Roosevelt Auditorium, $50
pm.
o.MNavy Navy Band Band symphony orshestra:
Greenhouse. cello. soioists: Depart
/. Joseph Szigeti. violin; Claudio
LArreu. piano. SONATA recital. Library
OF l5s Solnsress; $40 Pm: r ,
A. Porter. jr., cellist; Louis A. Potter,
Margaret Sheridan. soprano; Barker
Hell. YWCA. 80 am.
Frimfs Pose Marie" Columbia
Light Opera Co: Ethyl Manning. d.
rector; Roosevelt Auditorium, $50
Marine Band. Marine Barracks.
Concerts recorded music. Public
Libraries. MARYLAND avenue and
Seventh street NE; Seventh and H
streets S.W., 1880 pm.
Saturday.
1880" Concert, National SYM
phony Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky,
piissnnist, soloist; Constitution Hall.
o.YS Frimis MS "Ros. Marie" columbi.
Light Opera Co, Ethyl Manning,
director; Roosevelt Auditorium. $50
pm.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Skourus
Continued From Page C-80

Greece for brothers George and
Spyros.
The three began a program OF
thrift and saving; by 1914 they had
$500, with which they bought q
tiny theater on Market street.-the
olympic. Ten years later they had
three flrst-run movie palaces and
40 neighborhood houses.
Brotherly Solidarity.
They took great pride IN what
they called "Skouras Brothers serv-
ice." One chronicler OF Skouras
careers noted that for the price OF
admission. you not only saw the
usual film bill and stage show but
could park your infant in a special
nursery, use the facilities of fully
equipped miniature hospital, send
the usher out for a sandwich OF
curl up for nap on one of the
Louis XIV love seats in the foyer
Late in the 20s the brothers
sold out, quite profitably, to Warm
er Bros, but continued opera
ton Of the circuit, as we'll as other
Warner theaters. 1t was a film
theater empire stretching from New
York to California.
Charlie later took over manage
ment Of Fox Theaters and made it
the biggest chain in America-636
film palaces. Brother George still
is with him, although Spyros has
resigned from active participation
in the chain. He is, at 81, president
of goth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Charlie gave his Alger saga a final
flllip. 1t was during the depression
One day Charlie had $4,000, 900
the next day he was broke. But
Charlie just went right ont and
became a millionaire again-just
like that
Evening star., 1944-02-06
The Large Mr.. Palette
Helps Stay That Way
On His Own Cooking
~ the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Boosting an ability to serve plain
or fancy cuisine in practically any
language Eugene Palette is one
man who gets fatter and fatter on
his own cooking.
To look at his 275 pounds, you'd
never suspect he once was a feather
weight jockey, a trim, well-condi-
toned prize fighter, a robust cow
boy, or an agile circus aerialist.
Those days are gone forever.
Now he just grunts and waddles
and blames q soft life In the movies,
plus an Unsuitable craving for his
own richly cooked food.
yeah, my big difilculty is that
I just like my own cooking, and
heaps of it," says the 54-year-old
actor who used to hire himself out
to famous hotel chefs to learn how
to cook dishes Of various nation
alities. Braised beef with wine sauce
is his favorite.
And, do you think Pallette's ex-
panding waistline- is causing him
concern?
bah, I should say not" he ex-
claims. II could take off SO pounds
or so and no one would ever know
the difference. But why should +?
The movies pay me for being fat,
and I like it!"
Evening star., 1944-02-06

York stage and In the movies since
about 1926. He Is always 4 funny
man and, as Bobby Clark's foil in
Mexican Hayride," is giving his
best performance.
Wilbur Evans Is one Of our most
popular leading men in operetta
production. His baritone voice is
just what II Love You" needs to
make 1t one Of our song hits. Mr..
Evans is not a pretty man as are so
many Of our male singers and espe-
cially the chorusmen these days.
He contributes much to the success
Of Mexican Hayride."
To mention q few others, we have
Paul Haakon, the dancer, who also
created the chorus numbers for the
beautiful girls; Eleanor Tennis and
Paul and Eva Reys, who also helped
to dance the show to success, and
Mary Grant, who has done one of
the outstanding jobs Of the season
in creating the costumes for the
cast. George jenkins settings fit
well into the complete excellence OF
Mexican Hayride."
Indecisive Decision"
Not much can be said for "Deci-
sion," Edward Chodorov's play
which opened at the Belasco Thea
ter Wednesday night. 1t is a ram
bling plea for racial tolerance and
an attack on Fascism.,
Granted, of course, Mr.. Chodorov
means well, he gets nowhere. The
writing is bad, the construction
poor and the direction, also by Mr..
Chodorov, is worse.
It is sufficient to say that the story
concerns a school principal in an
city who leads a fight
against racial intolerance and
against forces encouraging fascism.
A race riot in one of the war plants
has been melted. A committee is
formed to battle those responsible.
The schoolmaster is framed on
charge Of raping student. Arrest
ed, Jailed, he later is found dead,
by the evil forces. The
chief villains in this piece are a
and crooked newspaper
editor. In the end, the principals
son. a returned soldier, VOWS to
carry on the fight against them.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
In Local
Music Circles

The National Gallery of Art will
present Morris Krachmalnick, vio-
linist, accompanied at the piano by
Frances Newman, in the east gar
den court this evening. Due to the
scheduled blackout for this military
area, the management Of the Ma
tional Art Gallery set the recital
for 7:30 pm. instead of 8 pm.
The young violinist, at present
member of the Gordon String Quar-
tet and concert master of the East
man Symphony Orchestra. will play
Tartini-Kreisler' "Fugue," Brahms
Sonata in G Major. Op 49,; Conus'
Concerto in E Minor" Shostako-
vitch-Magnini's -Four Preludes,"
Sowerby's Two American Pieces"
and Sarasate's "Habanera."
Albert Upton, musician second
class, fautist. and Patrick Noonan,
musician third class, pianist, both of
the United States Navy School of
Music, will present a joint recital
at the music hour in Barker Hall,
YWCA, this afternoon at 4::30 pm.
Dorothy Froelich, soprano. of
Chicago, will be heard in a song
recital tomorrow night at $3.50
o'clock at the Phillips Gallery. ac-
companied by Dorothy Radde
Emery. Mrs. Froelich will sing
songs by Bach, Handel, Szulc, Fou-
drain, Faure, Bachelet, Stravinsky,
Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Alabiev,
Deems Taylor, Head and LaForge
The Whittall Foundation in the
Library of Congress will sponsor the
third and last sonata recital by Jo-
seph Szigeti, violinist. and Claudio
Arrau, pianist, at the Coolidge
Auditorium Friday evening at 8:15
pm. The artists will present Bee
thoven's Sonata in F Major. Op.
24"; Sonata in D Major, Op. II, No.
l." and Sonata in A Major, Op.
A." the latter surnamed "Kreutzer."
On Friday at 11:3O am, Barker
Hall, YWCA, the Friday Morning
Music Club will present Louis A.
Potter, jr., and Louis A. Potter, ST.,
in two sonatas for cello and piano,
the Beethoven Sonata, Opus S, No.
L." and the one sonata written for
cello and piano by Debussy. This
guest artist is a member Of the fac
ulty of the music school of the Uni
versity Of Illinois and teacher of
cello and theory. He makes this
appearance during a visit to his
parents. Members of the club also
participating in this program are
Vera Ross, contralto, and Margaret
Sheridan, soprano.
Jean Gibbons, a student of
Gretchen Hood, will be heard on the
Metropolitan Opera air additions
via Station WMAL this afternoon
at 4:30 pm.
The choral vespers program of
modern liturgical music at the Gov
enant-First Presbyterian Church,
originally announced for this after
noon, has been postponed one week,
until February 18th, at $50 pm.
The YMCA is sponsoring a series
Of weekly concerts beginning Tues
day at $3.50 pm, and continuing
each Tuesday night through the
month of February, to be held in the
East Room at the Central YMCA,
1876 G street NV. Frances Mohan,
contralto. and Alma Grayce Miller,
pianist-composer, will open the
series. Lloyd Weidner, chairman of
the committee, arranging the con-
certs, will be master OF ceremonies.
Armand Tokatyan, Metropolitan
Opera tenor and famous exponent
of Puccini, will head the cast of
the Washington Grand Operas pres
entatton Of la Boheme." February
a.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

lit is the song alone that matters.
1t is a drama, a message straight
from the singer to the audience.
It is more personal and more con-
centrated than play can be-"
Ddring the IL years he has been
in charge Of the school music de-
partment Of Howard University he
has taken out five for theater and
concert engagements. He is now
starting on transcontinental con-
cert tour beginning with the recital
Tuesday at the university.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Casadesus to PLAY
Chopin Etudes

The program that Robert Casa
desus, the distinguished French
piano virtuoso, will play at Con-
stitution Hall next Sunday after
noon, February 13, at 4 o'clock, pre-
sented by Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey,
is the same program that Mr. Casa
desus will play at his annual New
York recital at Carnegie Hall three
evenings later.
This program, which will open
with the &C Minor Sonta" of Bee
thoven (Op. III, will offer group
|of IL Chopin etudes from Opuses
IS and Ill as well as the Chopin
"A Flat Major Etude," a group Of
three Albeniz selections. eel Puerto" I"
Triana" and "E Albaicin," and the
faurS Theme and Variations"
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Guild Announces
Judges in Contest
For New Works
By Alice Eversman.

The Chamber Music Guild an
nounced not long ago the sponsor
ship, in conjunction with RCA
Victor, OF a Western Hemisphere
string quartet competition, the win
ming composition to be played next
season on the guilds series. The
judges have just been announced
and they will include DR.. Charles
Seegar, chief of the Music Di-
vision Of the Pan-American Union;
Sir Ernest Macmillan, conductor of
the Toronto Symphony; Jascha
Heifetz, Michel Piastro, Claudio
Arrau, William Primrose, Wanda
Landowska, Edgar Varese and Ger
maine Tailleferre, composers; and,
representing the guild, Ana del
Pulgar de Burke and Marcel Ancher,
founder of the guild.
The RCA Victor Division, Cam
den, N. j., has offered two 1000
prizes-one for a string quartet by
q Latin American composer and a
similar prize for a work by a COM
poser Of the United States or
Canada. Several entries have
already been received from men in
the armed forces who were invited
to participate. The competition
closes at midnight, May 81.
The National Federation Of Music
Clubs announces the appointment of
Mary Howe, Washington composer,
as chairman Of the Committee on
Orchestras. The program Of this
committee will be greatly augmented
to work In close co-operaton with
the leading symphonic groups Of the
country. The object is to have them
include on their programs greater
number of meritorious American
works that have been reviewed and
approved by the newly organized
Compositions Committee.
Doris Doe. charming soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera, who has
not sung here in some years, will
be the guest artist at the Lincoln day
banquet to be given jointly by the
Republican members Of Congress
and the League Of Republican
Women at the Mayflower Hotel on
Thursday. Sharing the musical pro-
gram with Miss Doe will be the How
ard University Chorus under the di-
rectiOn Of Dean Lawson which will
be heard In group of spirituals. A
feature number Of the program vii!
be Fred Warnings This, Ny Coun-
try" sung by the chorus with the
solo part taken BY Miss Doe. Mrs
Edward E. Gam, president OF the
league, is chairman of the dinner
arrangements.
Todd Duncan of "Porgy and Bess'
fame" who will be heard in recital
Tuesday night in the fourth con-
cert of the Howard University series
has grasped truth not always ap-
preciated. He said recently in an
interview that singing is in itself
a sort of acting" Acclaimed for his
acting as well as his singing, Dun
can explains: Whatever acting dc
pours out of the songs. and it is a
fact that when I am in poor voice
my performance and the whole
scene falls to pieces. In 'Porgy' ii
was especially difficult, because
was on my knees all the time and
thrown about the stage in all sorts
Of postures. But I studied the prob
lem scientifically. Whatever posi-
ton was in, always kept the torso
completely straight so that I could
breathe perfectly"
In spite Of his success, Mr.. Dun
can believes the concert stage is
far above that of the theater
"On the concert platform" he says,
Evening star., 1944-02-06
"Peepshow" a Hit Show.

Ernest Pascal's "Peepshow," OPEN
ing at the Fulton Theater Thursday
night, provides a welcome contrast
to Decision" 1t Is light, it is
amusing, 1t is thoroughly delightful,
1t Is original in its treatment of an
old. old subject, or should just
say Love
It has to do with the entangle-
ments of bachelor played in a
bad Barrymoreish style by John
Evening star., 1944-02-06

Many arias such as
Indian Love Call" Rose Marie" !"
Totem Tom Tom" are Just few
which retained their permanent
hold on the audience to the present
day. Attractive costuming, new
scenery, chorus Of so and a pro-
fessional orchestra will be the usual
feature Of the performance. A
corps Of young usherettes, whose
first names happen to be Rose
has been invited by the
company to act as hostesses during
the performance.