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nce0-idP-b-retireedofliell-gcndierofLfem,enofP-behex-h-latje,Heasy-offe.13-Zerita Stepteau iri ProfessionalDebut at Dawn DanceII . 'I a . TIPa stor’sj Daughter to Feature Own Compositions at NewDirector of Sherry Club Ban*“j— ’ h i 1 '•of Douglass Hlgn) and ex-Howard University atudecjt, and before ac-1arents to San An-qulte; prominent' Another:. clergyman’s daughter will be initiated into the ranks of professional entertainers when Miss5dha Deaver and George D. Tyler present Miss. Zerita ‘ Stepteau, aughter of theRev;. Harold tepteau,: at.- aa la dawn dance, Sunday * mld-ght at _the Crystal Palace allroom of the Odd P e 1 lo w a all, through , the courtesy ofZerita Stepteau , L. B. Gamby. Several hundred Invitations haveI jbeen sent to former class-matesarid friends of Miss Stepteau.g at midnight, AmbroseSmith and his Sherry’s Nite ClubOrchestra ] will entertain, the guests.A few nlnutes after 12:30 am., theorchestra J will ! swing into one of Miss stepteau’s own compositions, “What’s the Use of Worrying,** .and Miss Stepteau. in her debut os maes-trom of .Smith's, Orchestra, will be presented with a baton,“and for' tfcd first time Baltimore -will see its own “daughter or syncopation’* In action. Miss Stepteau is a 030 graduateoappearances In e Bast is beingcompanying her tdnio/ Texas, w id local soc'jty.!a long tylner Washington and arranged, for .Misk Stepteua.Not [First . ;Miss Stepteauthe minister's. oprofessionalhave tried 1 obstacles and At the head.Robeson, now a field’s “Show Fredl and.Unot the first of springs to seek ;a for nfcny oth-ln face of many out on top. the list is Paul arlng with Zelg-t; Etta Moten. Washington, whohail from .the Nation’s Capital; the charming miaghters of the Revfcr-and Moses.r i one [ of whom (Ethel) for years hfeld the. Tecord as tfew York’s moat bcahtifulj girl;' Emma Frederick, • of West and Frederick, composers of T’s Right Here for You, If Yfyi Doi’t Get It”; HughTurner, thf Jalewell known comt thorne, ’ Sue, of Susie,** and the Sisters.All of this avorable and major and mln Sue and the wonderful h to when thingsPhil Giles, SydneyEaston and f'Hamtree7 Harrington.Jdlans; Susie Haw-“Butterbeans • and famous Whitman• * t • • • • i. . { *’ . ; -•up have enjoyed table runs on the eflrrults.- ■ jItman Sisters havein Chicago td turnb«d,\ -r-; i ■• ■ v • - H •*• -
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Baltimore Afro American

Baltimore, Maryland, US

Sat, Jun 25, 1932

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