Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
After Dark
News and Comment Of the Night Clubs.
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practice. Miss Madison saw the
bombing of one of our conveys by
the Germans, saw the fall Of Elba.
followed the Army into Rome two
days after it fell to the Americans
and then went north of Rome with
the 5th Army and played to the
boys at the battle front near
Grosetta and Florence. When they
shifted back, Miss Madison played
the hospitals in Bari, where many
American boys were brought In for
treatment.
"As long as I live" Miss Madison
said, Ell never forget seeing those
wounded boys on crutches leading
blind soldiers in to hear our music
And Ill certainly never forget the
depression on their faces
4 X II II
In addition to her dancing and
singing talents Maxine Barrett
could add things like unpacking
three wardrobe trunks in one tiny
Washington hotel room or standing
up last summer under IL hours daily
rehearsal, ina New York dance
studio where the thermometer reg
iStered "a.
Then after whole summer OF
lrehearsing," Miss Barrett said, what
7 got was q disappointment"
The rehearsing was for the boys
overseas, but Miss Barrett, worked
SO hard and lost so much weight
that the doctors warned her she
wouldn't be able to stand the series
of injections.
Fine thing" Maxine said.
After three months hard work
that's not very much to say. Could
be that Maxine learned about bad
breaks once upon a time when an
adaglo dancing partner failed to
catch her after she dove from a g.
foot tower. Maxine was IL years
Old then and the doctors told her
she would never walk again.
For a girl who was never supposed
to walk. we would say Maxine does
entirely too strenuous a routine at
the Cafe Parisienne, She wears lis
out-just watching.
II you wondered why there was SO
much lifting Dominican rhythm in
the music Of the Lazala Trio at the
Madrillon the other night, blame it
on Senior Don Anselmo Copello, AM
bassador of the Dominican Republic
and his lady, who were among the
guests. 1t turned out that Sonora
Copello was childhood neighbor
OF Maestro Raymond Echevarria
down in Santo Domingo, and SO
Nine. Ambassadors C h a. leng d
Ecnevarria to play some of the old
home town favcrites by heart. Ray
mono met the challenge and at the
same time transposed the tunes into
dance tempo SO that the rest of the
customers wouldn't just have to sit
by. mats what We call musician.
Although the Willard Roof Co
mas broken up for the winter. one
could hardly call them idle. Every
body knows Teld Tiller's in New YORK
starting rehearsals on Sing Out,
Sweet Land" Mary Jane Jersey is
debating two musical offers, and
from past seasons popular villain
DICK Mldgiey Is busy making q
movie for the Navy. It's to be q
training film, directed by Richard
carlson. Here's wishing every
thing one should wish to a happy
bride. Rita Rae Smith. Cross Roads
vocalist, will be Mrs. RAYMOND
Sterling after tomorrow.
Ray Rafols decided he wanted to
see the world when he was 8 wears
old. Ray had heard that people ali
over the world didn't speak the
same language, but he felt sure they
All read the same music notes that
ne learned from his father. II YOU
have any doubts about this interna-
uonal tongue drop In at the Treas
ure Island and ask Ray how many
steamship labels he has on that bat
tered looking trunk of his. There
are too many to count.