Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1950 — Page 30

LG 4 Stage and Music—

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Purdue's Harlequin Show Will Revive ‘The Vagabond King’

week's stage offerings.

pianists; Charlotte Schuster,

bass; Farrell Scott, tenor; Renato Pacini, violin; Earl Schuster, oboe, and Jane Hampson, organist, in a program opening with Bach's “Sleepers Awake” cantata, Miss Sparks and Miss Ritter will be heard in Khatchaturian’s “Lullaby” and Debussy’s “Fetes,” besides accompanying Mr. Biltcliffe and the choir in the Polo vetzian Dances from Borodin's “Prince Igor." ¢ » - » THE JORDAN PLAYERS production of Norman Krasna’s comedy will be directed by James R. Phillippe, head of the Jordan drama department, and will feature J. Thomas Adkins and Mary Cox in the title roles. On the university circuit, the week's big event will be the PurP due Harlequin show, this year a revival of “The Vagabond King,” Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings in the Hall of Music on the Lafayette campus, And here's a final reminder of the all-state harp festival at 4 p. m. today in Indiana University auditorium, Bloomington. Under the general direction of Mrs. Margaret Buehler White of the IU musie faculty, the program, with 30 harpist participants, will feature Mary Spalding, harpist of the Indianapolis Symphony. . » ”

THE JORDAN BALLET, Chorale and Symphonette, whose program at the Athenaeum last Mar.

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By Henry THE SYMPHONIC CHOIR'S concert at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Athenaeum and the Jordan Players’ “John Loves Mary” at 8:15 p. m. Friday in the Odeon top this

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Directed by Edwin Biltcliffe, the Symphonic Choir will be assisted by Louise Sparks and Dorothy Ritter, duo-

: y 15 drew tremendous attendance, soprano; George Newton, wii give a somewhat different

program at 3:30 p. m. next Sun-

day in the Murat,

Mary Jane Marr and Eileen)

Poston are directing the ballet

students in “The Sleeping Beauty,” with - Tchaikovsky music, and a

pre-claksic dance suite, with Bach music, accompanied by the Jordan

Symphonette, Beldon

Leonard

conducting. Also on the program will be a series of modern dance presentations by members of Or-

chesis, national

dance honorary

with musical background by the

Jordan Chorale;

Richard ~Whit

tington directing. Tickets will be available after tomorrow at Jor-

dan College. J ANOTHER

COMING

Jordan

event is the spring concert by the

Jordan Symphony

Qrchestra

David Hughes conducting, at 8 p. m. Wednesday, May 10, in Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High School. The program of Beethov-

en, Wagner, Saint-Saens

and

Glazounov will have as student

soloists Margaret Howell, prano; Helen Shadle, and George Flexman, cellist.

80contralto,

Now's a good time to call your

attention to next month's spring Indiana Uni-

music festival at

versity, which will present world premieres of two new American operas: “The Jumping Frog,” by Lukas Foss, and “The Veil,” by

Bernard Rogers.

With Ernst Hoffman as con-

(ductor and Hans Busch as stage

director, the operas will be on a double bill May 18, 19 and 20 in the music school's East Hall on

the Bloomington campus.

Another feature of the festival

will be a performance of Mr. Foss’ “The Prairie,” a secular cantata based on Carl Sandburg's epic poem, Sunday afternoon,

May 21, with the composer him-

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Headed by singing stars Frankie Laine and Fran Warren, an array of radio and recording artists will come to the Murat Theater Saturday for a matinee and evening show. Bobby Sherwood and his srchasies will provide the background for the stars, with Comedian Alan Carney and other acts also | confessed. m e Show,

Off the Record

Frankie Laine to Headli

Autograph Matinee, Evening Performances Scheduled by ‘Golden Boy of Platters’

By DONNA MIKELS THAT VOICE you hear from the juke boxes, over the radio and issuing eerily from the house next door in search of his “Swamp Girl” will be in Indianapolis next Saturday. Yep, Frankie Laine, the golden boy of the record industry, will headline a variety show at the Murat Theater, a regular evening performance at 8:30 p m, and an “autograph matinee” at 2:30 p. m. At the conclusion of the mati- - nee. —the fans who crave their 8 Love With Everyone” and hero's signature can go backstage Whispering.” and get same on | For the Guy Lombardo fans, their favorite # Decca offers “Cannon Ball,” and record, their “The National Emblem March,” autograph book - and “Me and My Teddy Bear,” or almost any with “Play the Hurdy Gurdy.” other item — A two-sided puzz gem “Turkey blank checks ex- {Hop” is Lionel Hampton's newest. cepted, of course. Like Rose Murphy? Chi-chi Two other girl's latest is “A Precious Thing stars of the disc Called Love,” and “Me and My world will be on Shadow.” That latter tune, incithe same bill, dentally, was written by a couple Fran Warren of guys who later turned their and jazz peren- talents to other lines, Al Jolson nial Bobby Sher- and Dave Rose, with Dave Dwywood and his orchestra. er. , Another favorite of the turn- The Andrews Sisters threaten table addicts is scheduled for an to “Paper. My Walls With Your in-the-flesh performance here to- Love Letters,” backed by “Choo’n night. Dick Jurgens, who cut Gum.” such all-time favorites as “Elmer's Tune” and “Cecelia,” will play for four hours of dancing tonight at Indiana Roof, Ray McIntosh, who does the vocal on Dick's new Columbia release, “Daddy's Little Girl,” will be featured on the show tonight. " n »

New record releases include: DECCA—Two nice’ oldies

Mr. McIntosh

” ~ n RCA-VICTOR—AIl aboard the Dixieland bandwagon. With the third revival of the jazz music that was born in New Orleans at the turn of the century, Victor has grouped together a Dixieland dance parade. It includes Tommy Dorsey's album, “Dixieland for Dancing,” Gene Krupa and his Chicago jazz group on a series of discs and an upcoming-album. featuring Phil. “That's What I Like About the South” Harris. It's just another milestone in the parade of Dixieland music off RCA presses. Back in 1917 Victor's “Original Dixieland Jazz Band” made musical - history. Dixieland died in the early 20's, came back in the mid-20's with Red Nichols and the Memphis/ Five, died out again until Beb| Crosby's mid-30's reign and then! lay dormant again until it rose up recently as the death knell to bebop. The word Dixieland incidental-| ly evolved from a $10 bill issued] many years ago by a New Or-| leans bank which had the word | HDIX". printed in large

orchestra—*“Flamingo,” and “Perfidia.” : The Mills Brothers make music at the same old stand on “Open the Gates of Dreamland,” and “I've Shed a Hundred Tears.” Here's a new edition of Paul Whiteman's theme, “Rhapsody in Blue.” It's a two-sided 10-inch wax of the perennial Gershwin

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his orchestra on Love” and You,”

tet on “Mood In Question,”

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Times Amusement

Clock CIRCLE “Mother Didn't Fell Me,” with Dorothy McGuire and William { Lundigan, at 12:40, 3:50, 7:05 and | 10:10 | “The Hidden Room,” with Robert Newton, at 2:2 A and 8:35. LS

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|/in the cutting room! I was the

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Pamela Printy spurns William Bugh in "The Vagabond King," | Purdue University Harlequin Show for 1950 to be presented May | | 4, 5 and 6 in the Hall of Music. Mr. Bugh of Elkhart portrays

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