MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1942 — THE BATTALION
TowntiallPresentsManyFeatures
Graff Ballet, Kaltenbom
Dragonette Are Scheduled
Alec Templeton, Nancy Swinford and the
Houston Symphony Orchestra Will Appear
Texas A. & M. Town Hall is an-f
organization headed by a student
manager, elected by the student
body. This year, the purpose of
Town Hall, is to bring the best en
tertainment to Texas A. & M., has
centainly been achieved. The con
tinuation of this success depends
entirely on student support. The
cost of a student ticket for all
presentations is only $2.00. Need
less to say, any one of the programs
is well worth this fee.
John Lawrence, Manager of Town
Hall, will be in the Administra
tion Building during registration
to handle ticket reservations.
Nancy Swinford, prominent
Houston soprano, is one of the
most outstanding singers in this
section. She has appeared on Town
Hajl Programs before and by Corps
demand returns in a program all
her own. Her rich voice, inimitable
style, and accommodating person
ality are responsible for her popu
larity among the corps.
The Don Cossack Choir will
stir Guion Hall with their rousing
choruses.
Six continents have thrilled to
the performance of these picture
sque Russians who, exiled from
their homeland 16 years ago, chose
their name in honor of the Rus
sian national hero and added the
word Don to recall the river which
runs through the district these
Cossacks once called home.
They will offer songs of their
beloved Russia, music of the Rus
sian Orthodox Church, haunting
Russian folk-song melodies, lusty
Cossack war songs, and finally
—the exciting Russian dances.
The opening and closing pro
grams will consist of nationally
acclaimed swing bands.
The Singing Cadets will also
appear.
This all Aggie group, under the
very able direction of Richard
Jenkins, is recognized as one of
the finest male glee clubs in the
country. It is made up of 100 voices
which have survived strict elimina
tions. This attraction has proved
very popular in the past and will
undoubtedly be a high point in the
1942-43 season. ,
For the fifth time the Houston
Symphony Orchestra has its place
on the Town Hall Program—a re
sult of unanimous corps demand,
which proves the general enjoy
ment of good music among the Ag
gies.
Mr. Ernst Hoffmann has con
sistently led these fine artists in
rendering a generous and praise
worthy program.
Very proud is the manager of
Town Hall over his good fortune
in bringing to Aggieland the ar
tistry of Alec Templeton for one
of the spotlight appearances of
the season.
Templeton composed his first
piece at the age of four and won
the British Broadcasting Com
pany’s prize for composition at 13.
Now a citizen of the United States,
he is best known in radio for his
“Alec Templeton Time” program,
and best loved everywhere because
of his incomparable sense of hu
mor and sparkling interpretive
style.
Alec’s ability to make the people
laugh and sometimes even cry
through the medium of his music
has made him one of the best loved
figures of the American Concert
world.
A. & M. is indeed fortunate in
securing H. V. Kaltenborn, dean
of news commentators, for this im
portant phase of the Town Hall
program. /
In an informal survey made
among the cadets to discover their
first choice among commentators,
Kaltenborn was the unanimous
selection.
He was head of the Columbia
Broadcasting System news office
during and after Munich, and is
now serving in a similar capacity
with the National Broadcasting
Company.
His personal acquaintance with
many world leaders, his wide know
ledge of world geography, and his
actual experience at front lines
equip him to present the past,
present, and future aspects of the
world conflict ably, and his dyna
mic personality and powerful de
livery enable him to do it enter
tainingly.
A steller attraction is the Graff
Ballet.
Grace and Kurt Graff collected
the talent for their ballet from
the best offered in Europe and
America and on both continents
are recognized as the top in their
profession.
Beauty in costume and mean
ingful presentation of good ballet
story characterize their produc
tions.
Jessica Dragonette, America’s
beloved soprano, will bring to the
stage of Town Hall one of the
finest of coloratura soprano voices.
Voted radio’s Star of Stars, this
diminutive artist has continued to
add to her millions of admirers.
Television and theater appearances
have also revealed her extraordin
ary versatility, popularity, and
skill. She has appeared before re
cord breaking audiences with such
renowned groups as the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Phil
adelphia Symphony, Cleveland
Symphony, Chicago Symphony,
Pittsburgh Symphony, and many
others. By “growing up with radio”
and thus establishing the longest
commercial record of broadcasting
for any singer in the world, Miss
Dragonette has acquired one of
the widest of repertoires and is
noted for her tireless generosity.
When Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt recently received a doctor of
laws degree from Washington col
lege, Chestertown, Md., it was the
first time the college ever had
awarded an honorary degree to a
woman.
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TOWN HALL FEATURES—Above are some of the main performers for the new fall
Town Hall series. Upper left is H. V. Kaltenborn, the noted news analyst, and lower left is
Jessica Dragonette, one of America’s foremost sopranos. To the right is Alec Templeton,
who occupies one of the spotlight appearances of the season. Below is the Don Cossack Chorus,
which will bring Russian folk-song melodies and war songs to Town Hall listeners.
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