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Roof , held at Kempln• lr.1'1 A.-. taurant every Sunday ewnlns, on April S will be Leo Fuld and Al Burnett. Leo Fukl, the Jn-ternatloaal eln,rlng ei.r, la al-~Cb' famlllar with one of the reetd ent bftnda -. he haa re. corded a number o f lltlH with lhe Reve l Terry ~rtet, who, together with the Hermanoa Dent. CUban Rhythm Band, play every Wffk tor danclns. A leo playing- there th'- wttk w111 be th• P9ter Goodman Trkl, who are tall.Ing the place of Plo.ul H e imann and hie Mule.

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NO BROADCAST FOR PHILADELPHIA ORCH. Fielding & BBC Disagree (MUSICAL EXPRESS STAFF REPORTER) w= ... -~~'"'~ ~t!tas:-'~: " Parthia" • Sahu-day, May 21, lb first visit to Eu.rope will have caamenced.. H wlll abo be tbe Ant time for twenty ::,ean &bat an American. aymphoay on:hestra bas vbHed Brita.IL Of the one huadred and fifteen members coDiCIUlled, oae lnmdred aad four are plaJiag medl.ben of tbe orcbeetra. Titre Phlladelplila bu tbe most enviable "'orld-wlde reputatloa. lta records a.re the biggest sellers amongst •ympboay ol"etae.trae ud maoy, laduding Bacb.maninov a.ad Sir Adrlaa 8-lt, have tMWled that It bJ the aa.e.t orcbestn that they bani ever beard. Such Is Its standard of masielan-ahJp that aa,- member of the violin section ls capable of t&kiog over leadenhJp at a moment's aotioe. Thia visit, the.a, la Ut event of the flnt magnitude in Britiab musk: : but, -i- a •-t mlautc, &greeme:1:1.t ls rnade then, wUI be no ............

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II - rel!Orded. laat week, In - ann-t f,- 1-'-Buckley, ~ fro,a AprlJ I only 'Onlon memt.e .. ma:, compete I• Uw1 NatJon.al Oanoe JJ.a.n.d ChamplorwbJp. Thi& pl'Oclama.-Uon rep,-n&l!I, the -ptaace by the orpnl...er o f the 'Va.J.ua'• wtAb~ ln eonnectloa wU.h dance band cont.eat&. Our reac1e .. know the YI-• ol Mwiica.1 bpreaa ln connection. with t~ nu.Uerw. The UnkNl'a viewpoint at.rvncly rettluip's ~ to mUIIJelan. to use It - a lever to iret new members! U lbls N - - can hardly blame 1bem. On the other hand, M-a• l!:Kp,_ belle¥- that the Unio n It.ell, coplaant of the ,toba In this country where DnJ- and --Union. men are actually enpa:ed toiret.be..-.n anomal:y wbidl CMlnot be uprooted. lJntnedla&.el,y, m.Jcht ba¥e c:om,1.de.red tbal: the orr,nJNr of the NaUoaaJ Da.ace Band Champlonahlp bad - equal rtirht to a tt-.onable time Umlt. In whkb to llultltute ae.... rulJnp to the mutual ..aUllfactloa oral!. succr.ss STORY

l\"hlle _,. -• r-t,u,e., .. s_.. Story," .. nuuun .. tn. Ulla ~r, wt.ii. lta -«e of ~ and _,..ire--t, to all. pe.rbapa u.tc ...,_.,.,.t .._ -.Ory .. Lbe National Dance Band Cbampl--.bJp. A coloNAI c rowd paclr.NI tbe Uve'll'OOI .--ue. l'U York ..-rda were broken -o for the flrwt Ume ln that place peopte were ac:h&aU,- turned away from tbe doon. Not only tbe baftcb are lAtenst.ecl la the N .D.B.C, Tb& public, too, IU'tl ~ coaado1111 of new lhrWa to N espe.~ at th- lnspo.rtaat event. ln the music Ille of the DAiion. From the vel')' eommenoemfllt, b owe¥V', then w

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