Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Oct 1937, p. 38

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38~ Artist Kecital sertes in the auditorium o<Ne Trier High school on Saturday evening, October 9, r la'st season made the, greatest popular as well as, art istic soccessa of any,,newcomer ai the Metro- pobtan Opera bouse. Some idea of how tbe new star stirred the interest of the New York operatie world may be gathered from newspaper repoirts about her. ..Eager throngs besieging the doors of the iMetropolitan, an auditorium sold out to the last inch of standing rootu and applause tbat volleyed and thundered," reported the New York World Telegram. et bher '"Norma" appearance. This paper had prei'iously said of ber debut in ..Aida," -She stirred a packed bouse to frenzied aplpIuse." Said the New York Times of her "Il Trovatoî'e," "The house was sold out, a fact attesting te the interest aroii<p<bv (isia Cina." The New **Gods git MNarcia Davc Stage Magaz Say, ';ina Ci ,Goldberg, 1059 Chatfield rond, Winnetl bining their efforts i the interest oi shore comulittee of the Medical Bur, Spanish Democracy. The programn wil piano selections by Kari McGuire, r pianist; viola selections by Shepaârd1 the Chicago Symphony orchestra, and Ana Kurgans, fornierly associated wil ton] Ballet, Los Angeles, accompani Kogon. A moving picture, "The Heart depicting tbe situation there, togethé work of the Médical Blureau, ill be saine evening. kà.. ae* s rm- 45A.s .oe f the north grai, presented by Mary Lou Laing, is .a drama- eau to Aid tized narrative with musical interludes, the, music il consist of specially plinzed for each program. north- shore,. "Down Story Book Lane" is 'coniceived,' writ- Lehnhoif of ten,' and acted by Miss Laing. She also mwrotel à dances by the musical theme as an initroduction tc the, pro- h the Hor- gram. ied by Ida Miss Laing is a graduate of the University oi t of Spain" Chicago where she müajored i Englisb composi- cr* with the tien and didextensgive work under the tutelage of showîî the James Weber Lin and Thortiotn *Wider. For many years sîte studied piano witb Arthur Gran- qitand a few years ago %vas a - - * --- -pupil cf the wilI knownl pianist 7 and cenducter,- Rudolph Ganz.> For. the last three ycars she bas studied drainatic artwithb Miss. Gwendolyn Hill cf the Cosmopolitan Sehool O.f Music and Dramnatic Art, and- ap- peared in several pla'ys ini Kirnhall Hall lasu wi4ter. Sle also s&uied radio writing and radio acting at the Northwesterti university Scliool of Speecb in 1936. Miss Laing is bringing te chul- dren a prograni entertaining ani educationally valuable at the sanie highligbts interesting adventures in the lives of fainius characters of history. Joan of Arc was feàtiire(1 M iss LIaing, the foi Eoulise Cottoni, is in Mrs. Chester \ViIiami of Xinntka. *was what ed ber in vent on ,te 1-;' Voler M an private life Lit hography Show 'lihe Sixthi International tion of Lithography and W( graving wiIl open at thé Art J music orches

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