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Kay Kyser Coming To County CenterMiking Ills First SOifle Personal Appearance Since He Gained Fame with ills “Kollege of Musical Knowledge.” Kay Kyser and his Orchestra will be Featured Sunday, Jan. 7, at “Show of the Week In County Cen ter, White Plains.The personality and the orchestra which he skyrocketed to the position of first attraction on stage and radio In the past year is expected to pack the County Center for both the matinee performance at 3 o'clock and the evening show at 8:30 p. m. Allowing8Cthe audience to participate in this 15 musical game, Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge” will bring extta fun to all who will see him In person at the Center for the first time.Also to be presented In “Show of the * Week” on Sunday will be Jerry Arlen J and his orchestra, playing for the stage 1 show and having a featured act In the revue. The stage revue will include outstanding acts and will be monitor- 1 ed by a popular master of ceremonies. cKay Kyser Is distinguished not only for his original arrangements but for original ideas as well. Four years ago 11 the bespectacled North Carolinian adopted the system of announcing 13 numbers by singing the song titles.Kyser enrolled as a student of law at University of North Carolina in lt;1924, but fate made him a maestro in- 1 stead. In the Fall of 1928, when the I campus found Itself without a dance band Kay, a natural bom leader, organized one. The group grew from six to ten men and played with such success for college affairs that serious consideration was given to making the organization permanent.After playing for more than forty colleges, the aggregation branched Into hotel, night spot, theatre and ballroom engagements, then into radio and Its final fame. The enagement at the County Center this Sunday Is the first single presentation of Kyser and his orchestra In the entire country since he has won radio fame.Featured vocalists In the Kyser aggregation Include Glnny Simms, charming songstress who has one of the most unusual vocal ranges in the singing world today. Glnny can sing a low oontralto or a mezzo-soprano with equal ease. Also featured is Harry Babbitt, who sings the song titles; Sully Mason, effervescent songster; and comedian Merwyn Bogue, known as Ish Kabibble ”
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Brewster Standard
Brewster, New York, US
Thu, Jan 04, 1940
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