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The Lovette Choral Club, Eva
Whitford Lovette, director, will pre-
sent THE Shrine of the Star" the
story of the Nativity in song and
narrative, this afternoon at o'clock
in the Phillips Gallery. Charles
Coppes Lowe will be the narrator,
and the soloiSts will be Carolyn
Schultz and Francise Bass Wilson.
Elsie Cranmer is the accompanist.
| A symbolic candlelight pageant
and festival of Christmas hymns
will be given tonight at O'Clock
in Capital Memorial Church pre-
pared by Lucia Maxwell McQueary,
director of music. The senior, youth
and junior choirs will participate.
Mrs. Ray North, violinist, will play,
and Donald Rapp and James Britt,
trumpeters, will assist the choirs. E.
Geneva Franklin will be at the or
gan and Margaret Stephan at the
piano.
At the annual Christmas eve
candlelight service in the Univer-
salist National Memorial Church to-
night at II O'Clock a choir of 40
voices will feature early folk songs
and traditional Christmas carols.
The soloists are Lillian H. Bricker,
soprano; Mildred F. Gleeson, con-
tralto; Paul Gottwals, tenor, and
F. G. Foudray, bass and director.
H. Jerome Graham will be at the
organ.
The Chevy Chase Chanters, un-
der the direction of j. Horace
Smithey and accompanied by E. Earl
Ferguson, will present two programs
of Christmas music on Thursday
evening, the first program at the
Methodist Home, Connecticut ave-
nue. at Ellicott street NV, at 7::3O
O'Clock and the second at Lisner
Home, 5425 Western avenue NV,
at $50 o'clock.
The Air Force Recreational
League Choristers and guests will
sing carols at the Hearthstone War
Workers Club, 1703 Eleventh street
NV, tonight at 6 o'clock. Soloists
will be Cleota Pittard, Margaret
Spriggs and Vincent Frazier. Theo-
dora B. Harris and Bessie Washing
ton are the accompanies.
The first performance with or
chestral accompaniment of Hawley's
The Christ Child" will be given
this afternoon at 4::30 o'clock by the
Mount Olivet Church choir and the
Gault String Ensemble at the Mount
Olivet Methodist Church. The or
chestra parts were scored by Ed
ward A. Carey, conductor of the
choir and ensemble.
The Washington Alumnae Chap
ter OF Sigma Alpha Iota, Women S
National Professional Musical Fra
ternity, will hold it's first program
meeting on Thursday at 8 pm. in
the home of the president, Carolina
Randell, 2800 Russell road, Alex
andria. Those appearing on the
program are Wilburta Gleson, So
prano; Gertrude huffman, who will
read a paper on Tschaikowsky, and
string quartet composed of Lor-
raine Woolston, Carolina Randell,
violins; Julia Mueller, viola, and
Harriet Grant, cello. Anna Payne
is the program chairman.
The Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra will present two soloists at
its concert on Wednesday at 8:15
pm. in the band auditorium, Marine
Barracks. Milton Wohl, violinists
and Nathan Stutch, cellist, will pre-
sent jointly the solo part of Brahms
Double Concerto for Violin and
Cello, Op. 102," accompanied by the
orchestra. The remainder of the
program will include Beethoven's
symphony No. 6" (Pastorale)
Tschaikowsky's "The Nutcracker
Suite" THE Marines Hymn" and
the national anthem.
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uled by the National Symphony
Orchestra, DR.. Hans Kinder, con-
ductor, for the school children of
Washington, the first to be given at
the Eastern High School on Mon
day, January IS. Spaced through
the remainder of the season, the
other concerts will take place Feb
ruary 16, Central, High School;
March 16, Armstrong High School
and March "a, Constitution Hall
Concert Schedule
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| Lovette Choral Cub, The Shrine of |
| the Star" Phillips Gallery. pm
Clokey's when the Christ child
Came" All Souls Unitarian
| Church, 5 pm.
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