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Club to Give Wilder Play

"Our Town" to Close

YOICE from the Balcony by RICHARD LEWIS

Turners Season

Next Year, the ‘Bolero’

IT WAS REVEALED at the close of the Indianapolis symphony

orchestra's final popular

Fabien Sevitzkvy did not play Ravel's a mundane matter of money. It costs quite a little sum to play the “Bolero” which is copyrighted | wherever it is Played in public.

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and commands performance fees When the orchestra finished the carousal-like polka and fugue from Weinberger's opera, Schwanda.” Mr. Sevitzky explained about the “Bolero” a little speech If vou wish to hear the Bolero,” he began. “and I believe you wish to hear it . . . you like it, do you not?” ‘Yes ~ audience chanted

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= = George Newton Sang WE HEARD A GRAND concert vesterdav. The orchestra played the overture to the opera, “Prince Igor,” by Borodin for a starter. It is exhilirating music. the lift of a March wind. The major work was Beethoven's fifth symphony in C minor, one of the most popular of all symphonies. This is the work where Beethoven makes the orchestra

play scales—and makes the audi- | | potassium

ence like it. George Newton, was guest He sang “Evening Star” Wagner's opera “Tannhauser” Sehumann’s “The Two Grenadiers” which ends with the stir-

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Two things I liked about Mr Newton's performance: a bombastic bass-baritone and he does not sing though he is trying to impress a talent scout from the Metropolitan opera His voice is full and clear, powerful in the upper register, ence rather than for them. After intermission, there three Rachmaninoff preludes—G minor, G major and C sharp minor. Leon Zawisza, concertmaster with the orchestra, did a neat fiddle job in a solo passage Then James Hosmer, flutist with the orchestra, played “Ode for Flute and Strings” by Mabel Daniels, Mr. Hosmer’s flute is splendid, although the “Ode” is as dull and gray as an overcast sky. The final selection was the polka and fugue from “Schwanda” which is as lighthearted as a mer-ry-go-round.

= ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ NOW CHANCES ARE that in New York, Philadelphia or Cleveland, the substitution of this last selection for the “Bolero” would have been only a footnote on your program, But Mr, Sevitzky, with perspiration streaming down his neck, wanted to put that in his little speech, It made you feel that here is an orchestra conductor vou can reach and touch To help bring the facilities of the symphony to more listeners,

the popular concerts will be heard |

next vear on Thursday nights instead of Sunday afternoons he said. The subscription concerts will be heard Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. This arrangement leaves out the Friday afternoon concert, “Because you have been such a good audience,” Mr, Sevitzky said after his little speech, “What do you want to hear as an encore?” There were shouts for “Stars and Stripes Forever.” “Let that be the second encore.” said the director. “You want two encores do you not?” “Yay,” shouted the audience. Someone called for “Afternoon of a Faun” and everyone was asking for something else. So the orchestra played “Waltz of the Flowers” from Tschaikowsky's “Nuteracker Suite” and then they played “Stars and Stripes Forever.” : You should have heard it. Mr. Sousa would have been overjoyed. The audience went wild and began to applaud before the final crashing climax of the great march, 8 8 8 WELL, MAYBE AN ORCHESTRA like this one is a luxury in wartime, you might say. I prefer to think of it as one of the bright lights of our civilization. one of the lights that is going out all over Europe. I don’t see how we can let an organization like this down and I don't think we will, Next year, the “Bolero.”

———————————— 23 ARRESTED IN TAVERN Sergt. Otis Baker and two patrolmen last night arrested the proprietor and 22 patrons, including four women, in a tavern at 1701 Ketcham st. on charges of violating the state beverage act. The officers identified the proprietor as Nick Vaseloff alias Nick Chiles, 49.

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At 8, Easley Blackwood Jr. Is Nearly Ready for That

Musical Prodigy New in 4B At No. 66 and Well. Thank You.

By RICHARD LEWIS IP YOU HAVE HEARD Quiz Kids, that may give some idea of 8-yvear-old Easley Blackwood Jr. whose senior is the well-known contract bridge expert in town. Easley Jr, however, doesn’t know all the answers vet, but that is a deficiency which time will undoubtedly correct. Here and there I had heard of this musical prodigv—how he began to play the piano at two and compose music at five. It was the tip that Easley is nearly ready to perform with the Indianapolis symphony orcnestra that sent me out to the Blackwood residence | on Central ave, the other day in | a hurry. Little Easley had just returned | home from his studies in grade 4B at School 66 and was puttering around in his chemical laboratory waiting for Big Basley, to come home He is just the right bov of eight, with tousled hair, serious and corduroy knickers. ately, he ushered me laboratory which also serves as his bedroom when he has concluded his researches for the day Easley passed into chemistry after a studv of engineering which involved complicated mechanisms out of an erector set

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Tune the Piano, Mother

SO FAR. HIS chemical shelf is limited to carbon disulphide, copper sulphate, nitric acid and dichromate. One of the bottles was labeled “Poison.” Little Easley hides it from Big Easley so that Big Easley doesn’t get worried and hide it from Little Easley “I can make up an explosive if I please, right here.” little Easley announced. “Do you want me to try?” I said late “Oh. laughed You don't want { do you?” Big Easley came home all went into the living room. Little Easley began to play the Scherzo in E-minor by Mendelssohn on the piano. It is easy to see that his limitation small hands When they larger, his piano will grow measurably

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Thomas IL. Thomas, concert and radio baritone, and the Indianapolis symphonic cheir will be heard the closing pair of Indianapolis orchestra concerts at 2:30 p. m. Friday and at 8:30 p. Saturday at Murat temple Director Fabien Sevitzky will also take the occasion to present a world premiere of five Edward McDowell “Sea Pieces” orchestrated and

arranged by Lionel Barrymore, the stage and screen star, whose avocation is music,

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Third Appearance Here

Ar. Thomas’ appearance here will be his third with the orchestra. The {symphonic choir has been heard [with orchestra once before season The baritone will join with choir | and orchestra in the presentation of the “Coronation Scene” from | Moussorgky's opera, | dounov.” As soloist with the orchestra, he will sing two operatic arias. “Come to the Window” from: “Don Giovanni® by Mozart and the Benvenuto Cellini” by Diaz.

Sevitzky Asked Arrangement

Mr. Thomas appeared here last year with both choir and orchestra in “Faust” and the previous year in “Qavelleria Rusticanna.” Mr. Barrymore's arrangement of the MeDowell sea sketches was made at the request of Mr. Sevitzky.

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Edward W. Hindel, who has been {a deputy sheriff for 16 years, was {made chief jailer today by Feeney, He succeeds Anthony Maio. who was granted a leave of absence to run for the Democratic nomination for sheriff, Deputy Hindel has been assigned to the sheriff's court house office for the last three years.

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WHEN 1 ASKED Little Easley what subject he liked best in school, he put the question to Big Easley. “I always liked mathematics best.” Big Baslev said “So do I.” said Little “But I call it arithmetic.” Little Baslev's “arithmetic” has already progressed to the point where he can, with Big Easley's help, graph algebraic equations. At Big Easley's suggestion, Lit= tle Easley went to the piano and

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with a up the keyboard to high C. For jazz and swing, he has no patience, although he admitted that he can tolerate some sweet music, like “Begin the Beguine.” “Jazz is bad enough,” he said, “but when they popularize classical music, that is worse and they ought to be put in jail” He rolled on the sofa and stared at the ceiling. “What two phabet are never demanded. We all guessed and gave up “The letters X and W,” he announced. “Did you ever see two X's and two W's together?” We talked about when Easley might play with the symphony. It may come to pass after he's 9, the family has decided I asked when his birthday “It's April 21." he said, “and 1 hate it.” I asked why. “Don’t vou know?" ed “T give up.” I said “Why, that's Hitler's birthday Imagine my birthday on the same day his is.” I sympathized and rose to leave and as I said “goodby” to Little Easley, he suddenly jumped to the piano and began to play “The Star Spangled Banner” with the pedal down. Mrs. Blackwood, Big Easley and 1 stood at attention until Little Easley finished with a crashing crescendo and a flourish “Goodby.” he said. smiling.

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