Evening star., 1949-09-08
After Dark
Niehtlife Blooms
As Flowers Fade

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Labor Day, summers curtain
call. is past.
The kids are heading back to
school, amateur college football is
again on it's professional way, the
leaves along the Skyline Drive are
merely awaiting Natures cue to
start their fall revue-and night
life in Washington is definitely on
the upswing.
For instance
The Mayflower management
has just about completed plans
for the annuel champagne and
Orchid Ball" in the Mayfower
Lounge. To some people, an
nouncement of the party is as
definite proclamation that fall
is here as the Governments rul-
ing that March Is is deadline for
income tax returns.
AS usual, Florian and his Or
chestra will play at the ball. But,
to get Lounge patrons used to the
idea that autumn is really creep
ing up on them, Florian will open
at the Lounge October 10-several
days before the annual Cham
pagne and Orchid" party. Date
for that hasn't been chosen yet.
1t was originally planned for the
10th. but various complications
have postponed it.
And just to underscore the
Mayfower's prediction that the
frost is about to fall on the pump
kin, Artini and Consuelo, the de-
lightful dance team which often
headlines the Lounges autumn
and winter entertainment bill, will
open the same night as Florian.
Another for Instance:
The Shoreham Terrace is about
to be abandoned to the wind and
rains and the SHOWS for another
year.
The Blue Room will again be
the scene of Shoreham festivity
beginning September 19-maybe
sooner.
When things move indoors, the
shows will return to their usual,
or wintertime, length, and the
acts will be more varied. During
the season on the Terrace, the
Shoreham can't book any singers
(because singers mean micro
phones and microphones often
mean complaints from the neigh
bors), nor can there be employed
any acts which might be disturbed
by the wind.
Meanwhile, dancers DeMar and
Denise and the Andrews Twins
will probably end the season on
the Terrace.
A quick check of some of the
other spots-around- town presents
this entertainment picture
Freddy Castro and his trio will
accommodate those who drop into
the new Royal Palm Room with
an urge to rhumba or samba. A
six-piece band playing popular, as
opposed to South American, music
will also be installed in the new
room. Identity of the leader of
this unit has not been announced,
but probably will be in few days.
The Royal Palm Room is in the
Hotel Cairo, and opens Septem-
ber 20.
The Pail Mall Room in the Ho-
tel Raleigh will follow its usual
September schedule - a
small band, with outside vocalists
and musicians occasionally round
ing out the show. Selection OF
the band will be made this week.
The band moves in September 80.
AL Young will stay at the Met
ronome Room of the Wardman
Park for the present. anyway; dit
to Basil Fomeen at the Hotel Carl
ton. Some DeJonge will continue
to provide quiet music for lunch
con and dinner at the Wardman;
the same goes for Sam Norman
at the Carlton, and Johnny Shaw
at the Mayflower Lounge. Sidney
stays in the dining room of the
Mayfower.
Other holdovers are Bob Simp-
son, who is becoming a fixture al
the Old New Orleans, and Jack
Cory, now starting his second
year as bandleader at the Lotus
Restaurant.
Club Kavakos will revive its
temporarily dormant name band
policy. But with this difference.
Instead of playing a name, or
seminame, band every week dur
ing the winter. owner Bill Kavakos
will bring in only top bands every
three or four weeks. In between
these engagements, he'll coast with
a local band or one not prom
inent enough to demand a huge
guarantee.
He's found that bands like
Louis Prima and Woody Herman
draw the necessary crowds. But
bands that are just reaching the
name" class don't attract enough
customers to meet expenses.
The same booking policy will
be followed in regard to floor show
acts.
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A new crowd attracting gim-
mick popped up at Nick Gaston's
Old New Orleans last night. It's
another beauty contest, and it's a
natural for the Old New Orleans
because the prize is a trip to the
Real New Orleans at Mardi Gras
time.
Elimination rounds will be held
at the restaurant every Wednes-
day night until the final contest
in January.