The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-05-11
Campaign for
Concert Series
Starts May Is
Music lovers to be
offered series of high
class concerts

This area is now assured of
participating in its first Commun-
ity Concert Series, according to
announcement of Edwin Neuman,
president of the Concert associa-
ton. The matter of actually
booking such musical talent for
the coming season for the Kenne-
wick-Pasco communities has been
under consideration for several
weeks, and decision has been
made by the association members
to complete the project at once.
The plan is to become a unit
of the Community Concert Serv-
ice, which is the division Of Col
umbia Concerts, Inc, the largest
managerial and booking agency
of the worlds greatest musical
artists. As previously announced,
this service offers such artists
as Lily Pons and her conductor
husband, Andre Kostelanetz,
James Melton, well known tenor
of the Telephone Hour" Richard
Crooks, Metropolitan tenor; and
the Nine O'Clock Opera Company;
the Don Cossacks Russian Chorus,
and scores of other artists of like
calibre.
The Bureau only offers the serv-
ices of these artists, and the
actual choice of musicians who
appear in the local series will
be made by the local board Of
the association after the organiza-
ton is complete in every way.
According to Mr.. Neuman, the
organization campaign will start
off with a dinner for the board
and various working units next
Wednesday evening at 6:45 in the
Lutheran church in Pasco, at
which time detailed plans will
be made for the actual campaign
for memberships. Memberships
will be sold at $500 plus federal
and state tax, andwill entitle pur-
chasers to a minimum of three
concerts, with more made avail
able il plans can be worked out
satisfactorily.
In addition to MIR. Neuman,
other officers of the association
are Frank Maupin, vice president:
ID. M. Deeter, treasurer; Mrs. c.
L. Booth Of Pasco, secretary, and
the following directors: Mrs.
Frank Green, Urban Keolker, Mrs.
E. S. Black, Mrs. Ed Neuman, Mrs.
p. J. Luvaas of Kennewick, and
Mrs. Chas. Hatton, MIR. and Mrs.
Hill Williams, Mrs. Byron Arnold,
and Rev. Adams.
The membership selling cam
paign will begin Thursday, May
Is, and will be completed during
the week following. Heading the
workers for this activity will be
Mrs. Jennie McHenry Of Kenne-
wick and Mrs. Paul Blanton of
Pasco. Two worker crews are now
completely organized, one under
the leadership of Mrs. Julia Hem
enway, with Mrs. Norman Rob-
bins, w. j. Barnes, Mrs. Howard
Whitbeck, Mrs. Lawrence Scott
and Harry Benson as assistants:
and the other under the leadership
Of Harry Linn, with Mrs. c. L.
Powell, Mrs. Wayne Houston, Mrs.
Paul Spreen and Mrs. Wilmot Gra-
venslund as assistants. Two other
crews will be organized prior to
the kickoff dinner with Mrs.
Vane Wilder and Frank Maupin
as leaders.
For persons wishing member
ships who are not contacted di-
rectly by any of the above work.
ers, arrangements have been made
to have them available at Neu-
mans grocery store and market,
and at the printing office.
The Association will sell only
the number of memberships that
can be seated in the Kennewick
junior-senior high school audi
torium, so that every member
will be assured a seat for every
concert. Due to the limited num-
Der of seats available it is sug-
gested that those persons de-
string memberships obtain them
early during the campaign period.
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