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Musical Battle Scheduled on Indiana RoofPost-Lenten gayeties on the Indiana Roof will commence with a Mardi-Gras dance and frolic tonight The contenders in the musical battle will be Joe Cappo and His Egyptian Serenaders. who are playing the last of a two weeks’ engagement. on the Roof, and the original House of David dance orches-I tra.The latter unit will come here from Benton Harbor. Mich., where their colony is established. Tomorrow night’s engagement will be one of the few the bearded bards have played away from Benton Harborsince the death of King Ben, former leader of their colony.They will be under the direction of Chic Bell, a come ter who has been sought after by the country’s leading dance orchestra directors. Bell, however, has consistently refused to part with his whiskers and boasts the fact that he has never had a shave or a hair-cut in his life.Cappo and his Serenaders are playing their usual sweet, smooth style of dance rhythm and are enjoying a continued popularity with the Roof’s patrons.The Roof will continue its winter policy of dancing each night except Monday and Thursday throughout the spring months.Drake Again With RaftFrances Drake, who was one of George Raft’s dancing partners in “Bolero,” appears as his leading lady in “The Trumpet Blows,” and the two again perform an intricate dance.
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 31, 1934
Page 7
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