Dame Myra Hess remembered by old friends and fans
A reminiscence recalls Dame Myra Hess in New York and London, her close ties to Miss Watson and the Coolidge estate, her noonday London concerts in war years, Trafalgar Square fundraising, and a famed 1907 London debut. Hess is praised as gentle yet passionate, with a lifelong love from peers and patrons.
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Myra Hess
New York
Fillsfield
Gertrude Watson
Coolidge
Miss Watson
Coolidge Hill
Vity
Theodor Leschetizky
Paderewski
Miss Hess
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Fort Devens
Albert Spalding
Elsa Maxwell
Hess
Trafalgar Square
Myra
London
Watson House
England
Ossip Gabrilowitch
Anton Rubinstein
St. Petersburg
Leschetizky
Vienna
Sarah
Mark Twain
Clemens
South Mountain
Will
Lionel Tertis
Mac Morgan Recital on WAMC FM Features BU Faculty
Former Pittsfield resident Mac Morgan now teaches at Boston University. He will perform a faculty recital Thursday at 9 p.m. on WAMC FM with BU colleagues Chloe Owen Wilma Thompson and James Stiart. The program includes Mozart Requiem Recordare Dvorak Moravian Folk Songs and Beethoven Fidelio aria.
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Pittsfield
Mac Morgan
Boston University
Wamc-Fm
Mr. Morgan
Chloe Owen
Wilma Thompson
James Stiart
Dvorak
Don't Make Excuses Make Slam in Open Team Win
Bridge players note Eddy Kantar's dominance as he clinches another national title, illustrating analytical play. The hand shows six-spade potential as trumps behave and clubs are staged for the win, underscoring Kantar's methodical approach to contract and defense.
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Eddy Kantar
Kantar
South
Kamar
The
Bridge
Local Talent Will Appear on Telethon
Singer John Gorman of Dalton and the Possum Trot Sextet, a teenage jug band using washtubs and jugs, will appear on Berkshire telethon for cerebral palsy on W TEN TV this weekend. Selected from about 25 acts, Gorman makes his fourth telethon appearance. The group includes Richard Bell, John Howard, Michael Meyer of Lanesboro, and Greg Eason, Terry Goodrich, Dick Morris, Lyn Shea of Pittsfield. Telethon runs 11 p.m. Saturday to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. funds go to United Cerebral Palsy Association’s county chapter.
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John Gorman
Dalton
W-Ten TV
Berkshire County
Lawrence A
Bucky) Callahan
Hall Place
Henry A. Windover
Allengate Ave
Mr. Gorman
Richard Bell
John Howard
Michael Meyer
Lanesboro
Greg Eason
Terry Goodrich
Dick Morris
Lyn Shea
Pittsfield
Berkshire
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Roses Reaches Investment Cost After 15 Months
After 15 months of struggle The Subject Was Roses paid off its $51,000 production cost. The drama opened with $162 in advance tickets and never became a box office smash. Budget trimming kept it running 11 months with a weekly gross around $4,500, rising to about $20,000 after awards.
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New York
Critics Circle
Eagle Christmas Party at Eastover Lenox Tonight
The Eagle Christmas party begins at 7 tonight at Eastover in Lenox with Walter W. Meade as general chairman and Marcel K. Peltier handling tickets. Bobby Costi's orchestra will provide dancing music for about 130 attendees. The Golden Age Christmas party follows Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the YMCA with Mrs. Sylvester Mihovan singing a special program and a crab bag. Refreshments will be served.
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Eagle
Eastover
Lenox
Walter W. Meade
Marcel K. Peltier
Bobby Costi
YMCA
Sylvester Mihovan
Social News in Brief Christmas Holiday Greetings
Frederick M. Myers Jr. hosts Thursday Evening Club at Country Club of Pittsfield. Philip C. Ahern speaks on The Great Society. Trinity College student Nancy Geoffrion returns for holidays. Virginia Boivin stays with parents while nursing in Jamaica Plain. Larry Levy spends holidays with University of Michigan family. John Luzis Jr. returns from Citadel for Christmas. J David Preston visits from Rensselaer for weekend. Carole Pekala and Robert Pekala home for holidays. Helen Kittler home from Cazenovia Junior College for holidays.
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Frederick M. Myers Jr
Stockbridge
Country Club
Pittsfield
Philip C. Ahern
Great Society
Virginia Ann Boivin
Joseph R. Boivin
Flintstone Drive
Miss Boivin
Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing
Jamaica Plain
John P. Luzis Jr
Mrs. Luzis
East St
The
Citadel
Charleston
S.C
Carole Pekala
Becker Junior College
Worcester
Robert J. Pekala
Cornwall Academy
Great Barrington
Stanley J. Pekala
Palomino Drive
Most Popular Playwrights On College Stages Revealed
New York AP notes the top playwrights on college stages last year were William Shakespeare Edward Albee and Eugene Ionesco. A UC Davis survey by Alan Stam busky tallies 292 exhibits across 29 plays with 137 for Shakespeare five by Albee and 108 for Ionesco.
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New York
William Shakespeare
Edward Albee
Eugene Ionesco
Alan A. Stambusky
University of California
Bard
Albee
Ionesco
Movie Timetable Capitol and Palace Theaters
Capitol shows Agent 8% at 2:35 and 9:00 with S25, Jolly Bad Fellow at 1:00, 4:15, 7:25. Palace presents Gypsy at 1:00, 4:35, 9:15 and 20 Eyes at 3:20, 7:00. Union Square brings The Beatles in Help at 2:30, 3:50, and A Hard Day's Wight at 1:10, 4:15, 7:2.
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Capitol
Palace Theater
Union Square
Wight
Disney Cat Closeups and Movie Magic Behind That Darn Cat
Hollywood's Bird-in-box trick yields lifelike cat expressions for That Darn Cat starring Hayley Mills and Lyn the Siamese. Disney pursued authentic feline behavior while Gordons note power of film tie-ins and the authors’ practice of naming stars like Burt Lancaster for Power Play in promotions.
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Nana
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Lyn
Hayley Mills
Disney
Gordons
Gordon
Mildred
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Mollywood
Burt Lancaster
Omnibus Prints Donated to TV Academy and Libraries
Robert F. Lewine announces a major acquisition by the National Library of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation. Prints of Omnibus and Excursion are donated by Robert Saudek Associates for stewardship at NYU, American University in Washington DC, and UCLA.
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Robert F. Lewine
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation
National Library of Television
Television
Robert Saudek
Ford Foundation
Robert Corrigan
School of the Arts
New York University
Saudek
The
American University
Washington, D.C
University of California At
Los Angeles
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Wamc FM
Alfred Sheinwold
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East
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Bry
Eens
Chris Noel de Ts
Hag
Dogarbe
Sylva Resch
Morley
USO
Mickeral
So Tiind
Julie Andrews
Emma Kate Walton
Look Magazine
CoHit
Neat “Eno
Simor Oakland
Nancy Geoffrion
George X. Geoffrion
Birch Grove Drive
Trinity College
Burlington
Larry Levy
Arthur M. Levy
Marlboro Drive
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
J. David Preston
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y
Mrs
Arthur Preston
West Housatonic St
Helen M. Kittler
Kenneth E. Kittler
Partridge Road
Cazenovia
Rolling Stones
Heywood
Wakefieldyee
Discount Furniture
Summer St
Cat
Birdie
Robert Stevenson
Stevenson
Stera
TV Academy
Svacatal Shen
Marzhieg Bucuty
James Jewelers
Tom and
Jim Ditello
South St
Allendale Shopping Center
Grand Union
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