16 North Westchester Times New Castle tribune, Mount Kisco, N.Y. r May 17, 1962 T

Viola Virtuoso to Perform in Chappaqua CHAPPAQUA—

The School of Saints John and Mary will hold a concert in the school hall at 4 p.m. on Sunday May 27, for the benefit of the building fund. The concert will be given by the Brooklyn String Orchestra, Miss Lily Nyboe, con­ducting. Featured will be soloist Alix Young Maruchess, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso.

Miss Maruchess was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has studied in Prague under the cele­brated Ottaker Sevcik. Her work given by the Brooklyn String was later continued under Mi chel P r e s s a n d and Leopold Auer ' Discovering a particularly fine

viola d'amore, Miss Maruchess became deeply interested in its beauty, of tonal coloring and its possibilities as a solo instru­ment. The artist chose as a con­trasting companion instrument the lovely deep-toned viola.

Recitals on the viola d'amore had practically ceased until Miss Maruchess brought it back to the concert platform. The music world hailed this return of the 18th century favorite, and the public demand for recitals on these two beautiful instruments increased rapidly.

In using the viola d'amore, with its seven bowed strings and its seven "sympathetic" s t r i n g s (which are threaded through the bridge and vibrate in unison), she has succeeded in enriching the musical experiences of the present day by reviving some of the loveliest music of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Brooklyn String Orchestra, organized in 1941 with eight players, has grown over the years

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to its present membership of 40. Known as the Plymouth String Orchestra in its early years, the growing group changed its name during World War II to the Brooklyn String Orchestra. In the last 18 years since its first pub­lic concert in 1944, it has given several concerts each year.

This outstanding orchestra is an amateur one and its members participate for the joy of playing together the finest classical and modern music. Although they

strive for technical perfection, their primary goal is sharing their music with others.

They have recently appeared at Fox Lane School for the bene­fit of the Northern Westchester School for Retarded Children; in Putnam, for the Brewster Cancer Fund; and in Lake Mahopac School for the Lake Mahopac School Parent-Teaeher Associ­ation.

Among the players are several northern Westchester residents.

Shows for Children Slated at Playhouse MOUNT KISCO—

"Theater, for children should be as" important, or more important than adult theatre," says Roberta Sklar, the .Mount Kisco Play­house children's theatre direc­tor.

To supplement its e v e n i n g adult summer stock series, the Mount Kisco Playhouse will pre­sent a pi-ay for children every Tuesday morning at 10:30, from July 10 through Sept. 9.

Miss Sklar was chosen from 30 applicants to become the first scholarship children's theatre di­rector at the playhouse. A simi­lar scholarship will be offered yearly by the playhouse, to help train talented young directors in the field of children's theatre.

Miss Sklar insists that chil­dren's theatre be approached by professional competence, and her background in this respect in­cludes many summers spent in stock companies throughout the country. She has also studied di­recting under Stuart Vaughn and acting both with Irene Dailey and Uta Hagen. A graduate of Hunt­er College, Miss Sklar has re­cently directed a successful pro­gram on Brecht for the Hunter Playhouse in New York City, and has a great deal of experience directing small plays for off-Broadway coffee house entertain ment.

Miss Sklar will open the chil­

dren's play series with "I Wisn I May," a delightful fantasyT'and classic children's piay„ because it' was the first musical .written es­pecially for professional chil­dren's theatre. .Also in.the sum­mer series for children are "Up­side Down Stories" one hour of improvisation theatre—an avante-g u a r d e participation show for children, a Comedie Francais style, "Punch and Judy," -Miss Sklars adaptation of "Don Qui­xote" "Singing G u i t a r , " and "Tom Sawyer."

A music enthuiast, she had a Fred Waring Workshop Scholar­ship, Miss Sklar has been a chil­dren's folk singer, which she says was an invaluable experi­ence.

'Music used this summer in var­ious plays will be "utilized to per­petuate ideas rather 'than strict­ly for sound or change of pace," says Miss Sklar.

Miss Sklar says' that her most rewarding and educational ex­perience with children was when she lived with an Arabic family for three years. The children, sons and daughters of the Iraqi consulate in New York City, Miss Sklar observed, were extraordi-narly creative, and had acted as Medea's children in Istanbul and the "no-neck-monsters" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,'' at the Lake Sunapee Playouse, one sum­mer.

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Two Art Shows Will Attract Area Residents

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Tickets for the 32nd season of the Westport Country Playhouse will go on sale beginning Monday May 28.

The box office hours at the Playhouse, located on the Post Road, will be from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, until the Season starts.

Reservations or subscription orders may be made prior to the official opening of the Box Office by calling CA 7-4177.

The Playhouse is opening this s e a s o n with "The Complaisant Lover," starring Walter Pidgeon and Martha Scott. The production opens on Thursday, June 14 and will play through Saturday, June 23. Evening perfomances Monday through Friday are at 8:40 p.m. Matinee performances are on Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m. The Sat­urday night curtain rises at 9 p.m.

"The Complaisant Lover" was written by Graham Greene.

It is only fitting that the open­ing production of the season should be honored by the ap­pearance of Walter Pidgeon and Miss Martha Scott.

Mrs. Litchfield Reelected President, BEDFORD HILLS—

Mrs. Edward S. Litchfield was re-elected president of the Bed­ford Hills Community House at the annual meeting of the organ­ization, held recently in the Trow­bridge Room of the house, house.

Two new members were elect­ed to serve with the class of the governing board. They are Mrs. Rupert Fuller and Mrs. Sey­mour Preston.

MOUNT KISCO— Two important art exhibitions

will open in nortehrn Westches ter on Sunday. The eight am nual Art Rental Show will be held at the Katonah Gallery and he 10th annual Exhibition of Art-

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FESTIVAL OF ART wifl be celebrated in the northern part of Westchester County Sunday when two major exhibits open with invitation previews. Mrs. Valli Firth, left, is chair­man of the Art Lending Serv­ice of the Katonah Gallery, which will open its annual ex­hibit, of art works which may be rented from the gallery. The rental exhibition wilj. 'continue at the gallery through July 10. Mrs. Frank "H. Low, right, is chairman of the annual art show staged by the Junior League of Mount Kisco which will also open on May 20 in the Boys' Club of Mount Kisco. Hundreds of Westchester art­ists have applied to enter the 10th a n n u a l Junior League Show, which awards cash priz­es for the best oil painting, water color, s c u l p t u r e and graphics. This year for the first time bronze medallions will be awarded to winners of the "popular vote" in painting and sculpture. All visitors to the show are invited to cast their ballots for their favorite works in the show, as the pub­lic will be judges for these awards—Staff Photo by Doris B. Kirchhoff.

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Mr. Einhorn Theatre Aid For Summer BEDFORD— , Announcement was made this

week of the appointment of Ab­raham! Einhorn as technical dir­ector for the 1962 Summer Thea­ter Workshop sponsored1 by the Bedford Public Schools.

Mr. Einhorn, a resident of An> awalk, will teach and supervise the student work in the technical areas of stage craft, lighting and scenic, design. A person of many years of professional experience, Mr. Einhorn has been associated with such Broadway productions as "A Gift of Time," "Advise and C o n s e n t , " "Sail Away," "Gypsy," and "The Match Mak­er."

He will provide technical assist­ance for the production of "The Male Animal" by the Summer

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Miss Buckley Hostess At Alumnae Luncheon CHAPPAQUA— '

Miss Bonnie Buckley, 36 Park Drive, acted as hostess on Sat­urday for the Alumnae Assqcia-tion of Berkeley School of Secre­tarial Training, White Plains, N. Y,, at its annual luncheon held at the Scarsdale Golf Club, Harts-dale.

Miss Julia Zanzarella,- Ardsley president and toastmaster wel­comed the members of the grad­uating class into the Alumnae As­sociation.

Miss Carol Reno, Tarrytown, entertained with a musical pro­gram of popular songs. She was accompanied on. the piano .by John Morris of Eastchester, New York.

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'ists of Northern Westchester will be at the Boys' Club, Mount Kisco, sponsored by the Junior League of Mount Kisco.

The Katonah Gallery show, headed by Mrs. Valli Firth, will feature over 100 works of art available for rental. Artists in­cluded will be well known ones of both local and international re­pute. The exhibition, which will run through July 10, will be changed as pictures are rented off the walls. Works can be rent ed for a period of two months from a few dollars upward de­pending on value.

The Junior League Mount Kis­co show, which can be seen for two weeks is directed by Mrs, Frank Low. The best of over 300 works will be chosen by a na­tionally known jury. Only artists of northern Westchester are eli­gible. Each year the show has grown in stature with a high competitive basis. Judges in­cludes Chaim Gross, sculptor, and Victor Candell, contempor­ary painter.

A special anniversary in honor of the 10th annual show will be a section devoted to art works representing each distinguished former judge, either one of his own works or, if not an artist, one from his collection.

Working with Mrs. Firth on the Katonah Gallery show are Mrs. Clara Haas, Mrs. Reginald Tay­lor, Mrs. Lawrence Beall Smith, Mrs. Joseph Fox, Mrs. Daniel Brown and Mrs. Louis McCagg.

Helping Mrs. Low with the Junior League Mount Kisco ex­hibition are Mrs. Lawrence E. Stuart as treasurer; Mrs. Nor­man Leyden, financial chairman; Mrs. Lewis Gum and Mrs. Wer­ner Gubelin, public relations; Mrs Andrew Shiland, mailing; Mrs. R. Worthington Tucker hostesses; Mrs. Martin Dwyer, receiving and returning and Mrs. Alxander Blum Jr., judging day.

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Measles Are Still High WHITE PLAINS-

Measles is still the big com­municable d i s e a s e in northern Westchester. According to the re­port released for the week end­ing May 5 by the County De­partment of Health, 37 oases oc­curred in the area.

Croton was high with 13 cases, followed by Mount Pleasant with seven and Peekskill with six. There were four cases in New Castle, two in Cortlandt, and one each in Buchanan, Mount Kisco, Osssining Town, Yorktown, and Ossining Village.

Chickenpox is still around, as the 13 cases reported attest. Bri-arcliff Manor reported 11 cases, Mount Pleasant one, and Ossin-ing Village one.

Staphylococcus was contracted by seven persons in Mount Plea­sant, three cases of whooping cough occurred in Briarcliff Man­or, and one of serum hepatitis in Peekskill.

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'Critic's Choice' Starts Season at Tappan Zee NYACK—

Bruce Becker, producer at the Tappan Zee Playhouse, Nyack, announced today that the nation­al company of "The Miracle Worker," will be one of the at­tractions on the schedule of plays to be presented this summer at the Playhouse. The national com­pany of the world-renowned Wil­liam Gibson drama stars Eileen Brennan in the role of Annie Sul­livan, created on Broadway by Anne Bancroft; and Dora Zim­merman in the role of the young Helen Keller, created in New York by Patty Duke.

The national company of "The Miracle Worker" has been on an extensive tour of the United States with the two above stars, since last January and played all of the principal cities of the coun­try. It is now about to embark on

the tour of the leading summer theatres, including Westport and Ogunquit, Me., as well as Nyack. Becker guarantees a smooth and polished production of this stirring play for Tappan Zee Playhouse will open on June 28 with Hans Conreid in the Ira Le­vin comedy about the theatre, "Critic's C h o i c e." "Critic's Choice" will play through July 7.

Inquiries regarding theatre par­ties, season subscriptions or mailing list should be addressed to the Tappan Zee Playhouse, Nyack.

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