Evening star., 1948-09-07

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take over for an older one that has
gone ont Of fashion. The other day
one OF the papers carried a picture
Of the festivity in progress at some
local affair, with a caption stating
that the dancers could be seen dis
porting themselves to the music of
the Meyer Davis orchestra" Now,
this undoubtedly was set down by
an old-line Washington society re-
porter, who simplified her life long
ago by taking it for granted that
any music she hears at any func-
ton ! she attends is Meyer Davis
music.
Things have changed, though.
That society reporter still can sim
plify her life, all right, but she can
make her batting average look q
lot better If she just assumes the
music she hears at any party is
music by Sidney. That's what it
was in the case at hand. This may
make some other people who book
bands for private parties unhappy
with us, but it can't be helped.
What We know is that Sidney music
is imperative enough for any debut
tante function that he has already
been signed up for two coming out
parties scheduled for December,
194s. That's 1949, not 1948. If you
want Sidney music in December,
1948. it may even now be too late
IL
This warm air the winds have
washed up here from the Gulf Of
Mexico may not have held much
promise of it, but autumn is upon
us. With 1t, autumn is bringing
a considerable furry Of increased
activity on the After Dark scene.
Item: Guy Lombardo and orches-
ira arrive at the Embassy Room OF
the Statler Hotel on September is.
1t seems to have been only the
boat that he fractured in the Gold
Cup mishap and not his arm. That
was only sprained badly, which is
enough, but not enough to keep
him from bringing the sweetest
music this side of heaven" to the
Embassy Room as scheduled.
Item: The Club Cairo reopens on
September az, operating under COM
pletely new management which has
some interesting ideas about run
ming q night club. we don't want
those 500 spenders," q spokesman
was saying the other day. "Oh,
we'll serve them, of course. Their
moneys as good as any body's
money. But we won't be catering to
them. What we want to do is have
a place where a man can bring a
date, have couple Of drinks, eat q
nice dinner, see a show and get out
under 10 bucks. We'd rather have
the place filled with people like that
than have few big spenders' and
a lot OF empty tables. The people
who find out it's nice place, with
decent food and doesn't cost too
much are the ones who'll keep COM
ing back and build a steady busi-
ness The management doesn't
have any delusions OF grandeur
about the floor shows, either, but
hopes to keep them entertaining.
First headliners will be comedian
whose name was on the tip Of the
three fingers We use for typing
when we started this sentence and
Sonny Skylar, the popular singer.
Therell be continuous music at the
Cairo when shows are not in pre-
gress, Sparty Donato's orchestra al
tternating with rumba band
rencently at New York's Stork Club.
1t just came back. The comics
name is Artie Damn.
Item: The Shoreham Blue Room,
with Barnes music, of course, re-
opens in accordance with the
weather, as has already been re-
ported. This should be around
September 40, with the Palladian
Room following about September
23. Those two places make it
awfully difficult Tor q man who lives
north of the Shoreham to get south
of it.
Item: The Club Bali has quite
season lined up, with Louis Arm
strong, Cab Galloway and others
scheduled for appearance. The
season starts of, as you probably
know already, with the engagement
of Billie Holiday, the top-notch