Variety (October 1952)

1f ..r„, a ,lav, October 8, 1952 P^KiUff Danish Symphony Pacted For 40 Dates in U.S. Bow At Average $4j000 p60 The Dapish National Orchestra, nrtdnfi 96 persons, will arrive f°«r P Y by air Sunday (12) for its i-5'tour of America. Orch, all £ rst t J set for 40 concerts be- fween Oct. 12 and Nov.. 25, opening in Norwalk, Conn., closing in Hartford, and going as far west as rMcafio in between. Tour will m- Sf.de 10 university dates. Average $ for the orch is $4,000. Tour under patronage of King Frederick IX, who occasionally re- parses the orch and conducts it in Private, is being booked here by the^ Coppicus, Schang & Brown division of Columbia Artists Mgt. Norwalk teeoff is in hometown of Columbia's prez Frederick . C Schang, to mark the 25th anm of Community Concerts in that town, which Schang organized there. Orch Si play in N. Y., at Carnegie Hall, ^ Tour is not government financed, the orch having raised the needed coin for transportation in a series of benefit concerts at home. There were also some voluntary contribu- tions made. Orch has two con- ductors,' Erik Tuxen and Thomas Jensen, who will alternate on the tour. They’ll split the N. Y. concert, however. Orch, in Chi, Vill be batoned by Nicolai Malko, a former conductor of the group who now resides in the Windy City. Orch is flying in in two DC's, for what’s believed to be the first in toto air mass movement of a symph in history. Group is the orch of the state radio at home, and claims to be the first national radio symph extant. Formed in 1925, it’s older than the BBC Symphony or NBC Symphony. First Femme Player Joins Boston Symph Boston, Oct. 7. For the first time in its 72 years existence, the Boston Symphony has inked a femme principal in- strumentalist, Miss Doriot An- thony, who takes over as first flut- ist in place of Georges Laurent, who recently resigned following a 31-year stint with the organization. Miss Anthony spent the past seven years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. ... 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Tour was set up by the Judson, O’Neill & Judd division of Colum- bia Artists Mgt.' Larry Geer Retires Des Moines, Oct. 7. ' Larry V. Geer, veteran ballroom operator in the midwest, has re- tired after operating the Laramar Ballroom at Fort Dodge for 32 years. He will continue to operate a travel agency there. ORCHESmAS-MlJSIC 61 On the Upbeat , New York Mort Ruby, former road manager for Nat (King) Cole, joined Gen- eral Artists Corp. cocktail depart- ment . , . Art Mooney orch into Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J., Oct. 17 . . . Sonata Music Publishing Co. switched its name to Sonata-Holi- day Music Publishers . . . Tommy Tucker orch opened at the Rustic Cabin, Englewood Cliffs, N. J M yes- terday (Tues.) „ . . Sol Yaged head- ing up the Sunday jazz concerts at The Original Hofbrau, Hartford, Conn. . . . Sue Evans, Cadillac Rec- ords pactee, begins a week’s book- ing Oct. 13 on Ted Steele's tele show via WPIX, N. Y. Chicago Billy May set for 51 consecutive one-nighters, starting Oct. 29 in Salt Lake City . . . Ted Weems goes into Schroeder, Milwaukee, for two weeks, Oct. 28, and will be followed by Chuck Foster . . . Eddy Howard inked for Aragon Oct. 26. . . . Eddy O’Neal, after three years at Empire Room, Palmer House, took his band to the Chase, St. Louis, Oct. 4 . . . Nat Cole set for two weeks at Chicago Theatre Nov. 21 . . . Terry Gibbs Quintet into Blue Note Dec. 5 for two frames. . . . Dave Brubeck opens in the same nitery Jan. 2 . . . Harmonicats doing a concert tour Nov. 12 for two weeks. Pittsburgh Billy Yates Trio opened inde- finite engagement Monday <6) at Hotel Roosevelt’s Fiesta Room . . . Herb Wilson rejoined Brad Hunt band as singing bassist after lead- ing an outfit of his own all summer in several Canadian resorts. Tommy Emmell is now on piano for Hunt . . . Benny Carter comes to Midway Lounge Oct. 15 to guest with' the Deuces Wild . . . Wally Gingers’ orch, out of nearby Union- town, Pa., opened at Roseland Ballroom on Broadway . . . Jimmy Morgan, Baron Elliott’s ex-vocalist, out of the Army and set to resume his singing career . . . Carlton House picked up option of Hugh Tully’s threesome . .. Pete Hender- son combo into Famous Door in East Liberty, now a black and tan spot . . . Frank Natale Trio staying on at the Greater Pittsburgh Air- port’s new Serpentine Bar . . , Sammy Kaye doing a flock of one- nighters in this territory, including West View Park and Sunset Ball- room in Carrolltown. Kansas City Harpest Robert Maxwell leaves Eddys’ here Oct. 9 for San Antonio and the St. Anthony Hotel for two weeks, opening Oct. 14. Then it’s back north to St. Louis and two weeks at the Jefferson Hotel . . . Marjorie Garretson returns to Eddys’ for fortnight beginning Oct. 10 . . . Ray Anthony and crew set for a date in the Pla-Mor next S’aturday . . . The Beachcombers take off for dates in Canada follow- ing their fortnight at Eddys’ closing Oct. 9 . . . Don Roth Trio returns to the Drum Room of the Hotel President Oct. 6 for extended stay. , . . Teddy Phillips orch into Ter- race Grill of the Hotel Muehlebach, doing a three-week stand there, replacing Warncy Ruhl. Royal Hawaiian Repacts Akamuhou for One Year * Honolulu, Oct. 7. Bill Akamuhou, who has led the Royal Hawaiian Hotel orchestra since 1948, has been pacted for another year. Hotel utilizes a 10- piece orch. Islander’s association with the Matson hotel began when he was a Navy enlisted man, leading the Nautical Hawaiians at weekly ap- pearances when the Royal was a submariners’ rest center during World War II. 5.A. Symph Opens Nov. 1 San Antonio, Oct. 7. The 14th season of the San An- tonio Symphony Orchestra will start here on Nov. 1 at the Munici- pal Auditorium. There will be a total of 15 concerts this season un- der the direction of Victor Ales- sandro. Guest artists to appear with the orchestra this season includes Rise Stevens, Oscar Levant, Jascha Hei- fetz, Arthur Bledler, Robert Shaw Chorale, Jacques Abram, Isaac Stern, Angel Reyes and Raya Gar- bousova. ALAN DEAN SINGS RaggleTaggle Gypsies MGM 11327 K 11327 Let’s Call It a Day 78 RPM 45 RPM M G M RECORDS THE * ~ F AO? IN E N * F R ’ A : \ ,v E \ ; : c n ■ - * \ ■r '.V - ' - N