[adsw-announce] February Vitaphone Short
Karyn Jarboe (kjarboe@adsw.org)
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:29:02 -0500 (EST)
Vitaphone Shorts Featuring Black Entertainers
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:00 PM
Charles Sumner School
1201 Seventeenth St., NW
Washington, DC
Members and Nonmembers Are Welcome
Free Admission
Donation to ADSW's Vitaphone preservation fund recommended
In recognition of Black History Month, ADSW will present a series of
Vitaphone musical shorts from the 1920s and 1930s featuring some of the
premier black entertainers of the era. Among the entertainers to be seen in
the rarely screened shorts will be:
Billie Holliday
Small's Paradise Entertainers
Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra
The Nicholas Brothers
Cab Callaway
Adelaide Hall
Don Redman and His Orchestra
Louis Armstrong
Fredi Washington
Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra
A Paramount short featuring Washington's own Duke Ellington will also be
included.
There's more information on our website at:
http://www.adsw.org/event/2008/VitaphoneShorts/index.html
We hope to see you there!
For more information about the Art Deco Society of Washington,
visit www.adsw.org.
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