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Digitized from Box 9 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

The Board of Trustees

of The Hospital for Sick Children ...

invites you to A Benefit Performance AN OPEN REHEARSAL

of the National Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday morning

April sixth, of

The Bicentennial Year

at nine forty-five

in the

Concert Hall at The Kennedy Center

with Mrs. Ford, Honorary Chairman _./ ~ ....-~ ..... ·...... ~ ~ p.~...a .. 0.1 ~ll'.•~~\l".io

. . The Hospital for Sick Children, a ninety-four year facility PATRONS specializing in the rehabilitation of handicapped children from Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Alvord Mme. Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet infancy to late adolesence, is privileged to be the Mrs. J. Breckinridge Bayne Mr. and Mrs. Hon. and Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. Mr. Jerry Ross Lyman Mrs. Edward William Brooke, Sr. Mrs. George C. McGhee First organization ever to have an Open Rehearsal of the Mr. Lee D. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Mars, Jr. National Symphony Orchestra as a benefit. It is the Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crosby Mrs. Dale Miller Mr. E.R. Finkenstaedt Hon. and Mrs. Paul Nitze Mr. and Mrs. David E. Finley Mr. Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. First time this type of benefit will have been held in the Mr. George Flather Mr. and Mrs. Mandell Jack Ourisman National Capital Area. It is the Mr. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Hon. Barrington D. Parker Mr. George Hamilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parkinson First of any of these pedormances open to the public. It Hon. and Mrs. John W. Hechinger Mrs. Charles Percy will also be the Mr. Austin H. Kiplinger Mrs. Potter Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Hans A. Klagsbrunn Mr. Henry Strong Mrs. Walter E. Washington First rendition of a specially composed musical number for the guest artist, and of course, it is proudly a

First for The Hospital for Sick Children. OPEN REHEARSAL BENEFIT COMMITTEE Honorary Chairman: Mrs. Ford All of these firsts come together when the National Sym­ Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Barrington D. Parker and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell phony Orchestra in full Open Rehearsal, with Antal Dorati con­ Patrons: Invitations: Co-Chairmen: Co-Chairmen: ducting an all Schumann program, presents as guest artist Robert Mr. Harrison Brand, III Mrs. Frederick M. Gross Mrs. William H. Alexander Merrill, superstar of the Metropolitan Company. Mr. Mer­ Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. William B. Bryant rill will also premiere in a newly-composed version of "Casey at Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Theodus R. Conner the Bat". Two hundred voices from the nationally famous West­ Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. John D. H. Kane Mrs. William B. Miller minster Choir College will be on stage with Mr. Merrill. Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Tickets: Mrs. Edward D. Sacks Chairman: Programs: All proceeds from the sales of tickets, boxes and programs Miss Ruth Paul Co-Chairmen: are for the benefit of The Hospital for Sick Children to equip a Reservations: Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Carleton Putnam new Recreation Center for Handicapped Children, not now avail­ Boxes: Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Richard K. May Presentations: able anywhere in the National Capital Area. Schools: Private-Mrs. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. Robert T. Foley Public-Mrs. Everett W. Carter Publicity and Promotion: Groups: • f Mrs. Donald Carruth Mrs. Carlos C. Nagel '<'I • ·/' All Sales Are Fully Tar Deductible. , ~ I ..• The Board of Trustees

Mrs. Stephen Ailes Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. John L. Hamilton Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, III Mrs. Frederick Alger Mrs. Clarence D. Hinton Mr. Henry T. Allen, III Mrs. Francis C. Hunter Mrs. Garnet Ault Mrs. H. Herbert Imel Rev. Arthur A. Azlein Mrs. Walter M. Johnson., Jr. Mrs. P. Landon Banfield Mrs. John D. H. Kane, Jr. Mrs. R. Donald Begley Mrs. Edward Keating Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. C. Paul Kiernan ' Mrs. Philip S. Bowie Mrs. Robert A. Learnard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bowles Mrs. Newbold Lepndre Donna Julia Brambila Mrs. Monroe Leigh Mr. Harrison Brand, III Mrs. James F. Lynn Mrs. A. Britton Browne Mrs. Charles H. Maddox Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. Hixon Martin Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan Dr. Frances Marguerite Mazique Mrs. Daniel Campbell Mrs. Richard K. May Mrs. Everett W. Carter Mrs. Edwin McElwain Mrs. E. Taylor Chewning, Jr. Mrs. Gale McLean Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett Mrs. William E. Miller Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Harry D. Mitchell Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Mrs. Philip O. Coffin Mrs. John L. Newbold Mrs. Francis Coleman Mrs. Gilmore Noyes Mrs. Theodus 1f. Thnner Mrs. Mandell J. 0Ui'1sman Mrs. Thomas E. Covel Capt. Sidney Overall, Jr. Mrs. Claude Cowan Mrs. Barrington D. Parker Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Norman S. Paul Mrs. Raymond E. Cox Miss Ruth Paul Mrs. Roberts DeGraff Mrs. Peter Pelham Mrs. Charles S. Dewey Mr. John H. Perkins Mrs. Morse G. Dial, Jr. Mrs. Walter G. Peter Mrs. Richard P. Dunn Mrs. George W. Petticord, Jr. Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Bolling R. Powell, Jr. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins Mrs. Carleton Putnam Mrs. John H. Ferguson Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Adrian Fisher Mrs. Marilyn H. Riviere Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Mrs. J. Franklin Fort Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Donald H. Galloway Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Rulon Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. Edward Davis Sacks Mrs. Arthur W. Gardner, Jr. Mrs. B. Francis Saul Mrs. James H.P. Garnett Mr. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. James McMillan Gibson Mrs. Henry West Suydam, Jr. Mr. John Timberlake Gibson Mrs. Karl Von Berthold Mrs. Charles C. Glover, III Mrs. J. Berry Wallace Mrs. Philip L. Graham Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mrs. Frederick M. Gros,, Mrs. Rachel H. White Mrs. William Greenough Mrs. Francis 0. Wilcox Mrs. John F. Greenslade Mrs. Robert F. Wilson

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''Everyone has someone lo core"

TO: ' ,..... ,, t FR: The Hospital for Sick Children CONTACT: Lorene W. Nagel RE: Open Rehearsal of The National Symphony Orchestra 832-4400 x45 Benefit of The Hospital for Sick Children.

THEY WILL PLAY THAT

CHILDREN MAY WALK

For the first time in its 45 year history the National

Symphony Orchestra is playing a full-dress Open Rehearsal for the benefit of another organization. The privileged benefactors are _the severely handicapped little patients who are served by

The Hospital for Sick Children, located on Bunker Hill Road, N.E.

Because of her great personal interest in this Hospital, First

Lady Mrs. Ford in her acceptance letter as Honorary Chairman said,

11 It would be a special pleasure to have my name listed as

Honorary Chairman conveying my great admiration for The Hospital for Sick Children and my hopes that all associated with plans for this wonderful benefit will give generously of their time and resources for its success~

The Hospital's Board of Trustees and its Benefit Committee chose the rehearsal of Tuesday, April 6th, with Antal Dorati conducting an all-Schumann program, and Robert Merrill as guest artist. Merrill will be assisted by 200 voices from the Westminster Choir College.

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The proceeds of this national capital first are to equip

the new Recreation Center for Handicapped Children which the

Hospital has just opened on an every-day-year-round schedule.

Here, children ages 3 to 18 years with limiting physical and/or

mental handicapping conditions may participate in a variety

of recreational activities to develop competitive skills : and enjoy socializing in the wider world of other children

who share their ,limitations.

Invitations to the Benefit are in the mail, seeking wide

support for the Hospital's newest program, unduplicated in the

National Capital Area, and its self-worth goals for

handicapped children.

The Benefit Committee, composed of Trustees and leadership

from the Hospital's Guilds and project group~ includes:

Honorary Chairman: Mrs. Ford Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Barrington D. Parker and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Patrous: Invitations: Co-Chairmen: Co-Chairmen: Mr. Harrison Brand, HI Mrs. Fre1krick M. Gross Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. John D. H. Kane Mrs. William E. Miller Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Tickets: Mrs. Edward D. Sacks Chairman: Programs: Miss Ruth Paul Co-Chairmen: Reservations: Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Carleton Putnam lfoxcs: Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Richard K. May Presentations: Schools: Private-Mrs. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. Robert T. Foley Public-Mrs. Everett W. Carter Groups: Publicity and Promotion: Mrs. Donald Carruth Mrs. Carlos C. Nagel

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASH I NG TON

April 5, 1976

MEMORANDUM TO: ADVANCE OFFICE Sue Davis 3G8-5704 or 224-4653

FROM: S~~~ PORTER SUBJECT: A2'1tion Memo

Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:

EVENT: Attendance at Benefit Performance of Open Rehearsal of the National Symphony

GROUP: To Benefit Hospital for Sick Children

DATE: Tuesday, April 6, 1976

TIME: To Be Determined (approximately 11:15 a.m.)

PLACE: Concert Hall, Kennedy Center

CONTACT: Mrs. Lorene Nagel 0: 832-4400 H: 986-1065

COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will attend the intermission of the Open Rehearsal of the National Symphony which is a benefit for Hospital for Sick Children on Tuesday a.m., April 6th. The Hospital for Sick Children has long been a "favorite charity" of Mrs. Ford's. As the intermission begins, Mrs. Ford will be met at the Kennedy Center by Mrs. Nagel and will be taken upstairs to the Presidential box of the Concert Hall where she will greet the people sitting in it. She will then go out into the box itself and will be introduced by someone standing on the stage with a microphone. She will make brief remarks thanking the audience for coming to the benefit. The rest of the people in the box will also be introduced. At the conclusion of the intermission, Mrs. Ford will return to the White House. -2-

Mrs. Ford's drop-by at the Hospital for Sick Children benefit will not permit her to participate with the President at the LBJ Grove Dedication. She does plan to attend a luncheon at Lynda Robb's following the Dedication. She will return to the White House before going to the luncheon.

The file is attached. Thank you.

c: BF Staff Peter Sorum Red Cavaney William Nicholson Dick Mastrangelo Sara Massengale Rex Scouten Staircase For Immediate Release Monday, April 5, 1976

THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY TO MRS. FORD ------

Mrs. Ford will drop-by a benefit for the Hospital for Sick Children at the Kennedy Centers Concert Hall April 6, 11 AM.

-The proceeds from the sale of tickets to the rehearsal of the National Symphony Orchestra will go to the Hospital for their new recreation center for handicapped children (ages 3-16 years) • The facility is the first of its kind and free to children from this area with physical handicaps.

Mrs. Ford is Honorary Chairman of the Benefit. She will be joined in the Presidential Box by: Mrs. Antal Dorati; Mrs. Robert Merrill: Mrs. Walter Washington; Reverend Arthur A. Azlein, President of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital: Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell, Co-Chairman of Benefit; and Mrs. Barrington Parker, Co-Chairman of Benefit.

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Press pickup at 10:45AM

NOTE: Press wishing to cover this event, please contact Mrs. Ford's press office: 456-2164 The Hospital For Sick Children 1731 Bunker Hill Road NE • Washington, D. C. 20017 • 202-832-4400

"Everyone has someone lo care'"

Vea.IL MIL-0 • Fo .tLd, We a.Ile hoping and pJtaying tha..t you.tL bu-0y -Ochedule will allow you to be with u-0, howe.ve.tL b.tLiefily, on the moJtn.ing 06 Ap.tLil 6th. You a.tLe. mo.ot .impontant to the .oucce-0-0 06 thi.o ou..tL fi.iJt.ot big ventuJte. 1 explained to Su.oa.n Po.tLteJt that the 6.lfiteen

ptL.iv.ilege 06 .int.tLoduc.ing you a.nd othetL honoJted gue.ot.o. That time .i.o now .ocheduled 61tom 11:15 - 11:30, a.cco.tLd.ing to the Symphony 066.ice. YouJt u.o u.a.l PJte..o.lde.nt.ia.l Box a.wa..it-0 you. and othe.tL gue.ot-0 you may w.i-0h to invite. OutL new P.tLe..o.ident, Ha.JtJt.l.oon BtLand, 111, and oun two Co­

cha..i.tLmen MJt-0. Ba.Jt.tLington V. PatLke..tL and MJt.o. Wa.Jt.tLe.n T. Rockwell will a.l.oo be in that box with

MIL.6. Wa..oh-i..n.gton. P!ea..oe lend u.o youJt p.tLe.ciou.o p.tLe.oence. S.inee.Jtely,

Monday, Feb.tLua..tLy twenty thiJtd

ACCREDITED BY THE JO!l.'.'T COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HOSPITALS LICENSED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES The Board of Trustees of The Hospital for Sick Children

invites you to A Benefit Performance AN OPEN REHEARSAL

of the National' Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday morning

April sixth, of

The Bicentennial Year

at nine forty-five

in the

Concert Hall at The Kennedy Center

with Mrs. Ford, Honorary Chairman

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~ n: ·~-l-o \\>~o : The Hospital for Sick Children, a ninety-four year facility specializing in the rehabilitation of handicapped children from infancy to late adolesence, 1s privileged to be the

First organization ever to have an Open Rehearsal of the National Symphony Orchestra as a benefit. It is the

First time this type of benefit will have been held in the National Capital Area. It is the

First of any of these performances open to the public. It will also be the

First rendition of a specially composed musical number for the guest artist, and of course, it is proudly a

First for The Hospital for Sick Children.

All of these firsts come together when the National Sym­ phony Orchestra in full Open Rehearsal, with Antal Dorati con­ ducting an all Schumann program,. presents as guest artist Robert Me"ill, superstar of the Company. Mr. Mer­ rill will also premiere in a newly-composed version of "Casey at the Bat". Two hundred voices from the nationally famous West­ minster Choir College will be on stage with Mr. Merrill.

All proceeds from the sales of tickets, boxes and programs are for the benefit of The Hospital for Sick Children to equip a new Recreation Center for Handicapped Children, not now avail­ able anywhere in the National Capital Area.

All Sales Are Fully Tax Deductible. . PATRONS Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Alvord Mme. Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet Mrs. J. Breckinridge Bayne Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger Hon. and Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. Mr. Jerry Ross Lyman Mrs. Edward William Brooke, Sr. Mrs. George C. McGhee Mr. Lee D. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crosby Mrs. Dale Miller Mr. E.R. Finkenstaedt Hon. and Mrs. Paul Nitze Mr. and Mrs. David E. Finley Mr. Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. Mr. George Flather Mr. and Mrs. Mandell Jack Ourisman Mr. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Hon. Barrington D. Parker Mr. George Hamilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parkinson Hon. and Mrs. John W. Hechinger Mrs. Charles Percy Mr. Austin H. Kiplinger Mrs. Potter Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Hans A. Klagsbrunn Mr. Henry Strong Mrs. Walter E. Washington

OPEN REHEARSAL BENEFIT COMMITTEE Honorary Chairman: Mrs. Ford Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Barrington D. Parker and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Patrons: Invitations: Co-Chairmen: Co-Chairmen: Mr. Harrison Brand, III Mrs. Frederick M. Gross Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. John D. H. Kane Mrs. William E. Miller Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Tickets: Mrs. Edward D. Sacks Chairman: Programs: Miss Ruth Paul Co-Chairmen: Reservations: Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Carleton Putnam Boxes: Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Richard K. May Presentations: Schools: Private-Mrs. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. Robert T. Foley Public-Mrs. Everett W. Carter Groups: Publicity and Promotion: Mrs. Donald Carruth Mrs. Carlos C. Nagel The Board of Trustees

Mrs. Stephen Ailes Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. John L. Hamilton Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, III Mrs. Frederick Alger Mrs. Clarence D. Hinton Mr. Henry T. Allen, III Mrs. Francis C. Hunter Mrs. Garnet Ault Mrs. H. Herbert Inset Rev. Arthur A. Azlein Mrs. Walter M. Johnson, Jr. Mrs. P. Landon Banfield Mrs. John D. H. Kane, Jr. Mrs. R. Donald Begley Mrs. Edward Keating Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. C. Paul Kiernan Mrs. Philip S. Bowie Mrs. Robert A. Learnard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bowles Mrs. Newbold Legendre Donna Julia Brambilla Mrs. Monroe Leigh Mr. Harrison Brand, ID Mrs. James F. Lynn Mrs. A. Britton Browne Mrs. Charles H. Maddox Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. Hixon Martin Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan Dr. Frances Marguerite Mazique Mrs. Daniel Campbell Mrs. Richard K. May Mrs. Everett W. Carter Mrs. Edwin McElwain Mrs. E. Taylor Chewning, Jr. Mrs. Gale McLean Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett Mrs. William E. Miller Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Harry D. Mitchell Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Mrs. Philip 0. Coffin Mrs. John L. Newbold Mrs. Francis Coleman Mrs. Gilmore Noyes Mrs. Thcodus R. Conner Mrs. Mandell J. Ouri:sman Mrs. Thomas E. Covel Capt. Sidney Overall, Jr. Mrs. Claude Cowan Mrs. Barrington D. Parker '""·. Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Norman S. Paul Mrs. Raymond E. Cox Miss Ruth Paul Mrs. Roberts DeGraff Mrs. Peter Pelham Mrs. Charles S. Dewey Mr. John H. Perkins Mrs. Morse G. Dial, Jr. Mrs. Walter G. Peter Mrs. Richard P. Dunn Mrs. George W. Petticord, Jr. Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Bolling R. Powell, Jr. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins Mrs. Carleton Putnam Mrs. John H. Ferguson Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Adrian Fisher Mrs. Marilyn H. Riviere Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Mrs. J. Franklin Fort Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Donald H. Galloway Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Rulon Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. Edward Davis Sacks Mrs. Arthur W. Gardner, Jr. Mrs. B. Francis Saul Mrs. James H. P. Garnett Mr. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. James McMillan Gibson Mrs. Henry West Suydam, Jr. Mr. John Timberlake Gibson Mrs. Karl Von Berthold Mrs. Charles C. Glover, m Mrs. J. Berry Wallace Mrs. Philip L. Graham Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mrs. Frederick M. Gross Mrs. Raebel H. White Mrs. William Greenough Mrs. Francis 0. Wilcox Mrs. John F. Greenslade Mrs. Robert F. Wilson The Hospital For Sick Children 1731 Bunker Hill Road NE • Washington. D. C. 20017 • 202-832-4400

"E»eryone has someone to care"

Aug u.;.it; 6, 1 915

VeaJt MJt.6. Fo11.d, How happy you. made u.6 by you.It gJta.eiou.6 aeeeptanee to be Hono1ta1ty ChalJtma.n ofi ou.Jt National Symphony Bene6it.

It give.6 u..6 :the wanm glow 06 .6ueee..s.6 a...s we -0ta1tt the long ellmb towand Ap1tll 6, 1916. Ce11.:ta.£nly you.It peJt.6ona.l eoneeltn and -0u.ppo1tt will ln.6pilte many otheJt.6 to give gene1tou.6ly 06 :theiJt time and 1te-0ou.1tee-0 towa1td ou.Jt Bene6l:t'..o goal 06 e..sta.bli..oh,[ng a. "Commun.,[ty Clu.6- Lou.nge 601t Handicapped Chlld1ter1." a.:t The Ho-Opi.:ta.l.. t)oJt S)..c.k. Ch.lld1ten. Wha.:t a day that w.lll be when tho..oe k.ld-0 have a place to play f..)..k.e any o:the1t ki.d..o! I'll keep in touch a.6 ouJt pla.n..o develop. A.6 alwa.y..o we ..oend ouJt love -

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' (~ .. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

Dear Mrs. Ford,

At 10:00 a.m. on April 6, 1976,

Hospital for Sick Children.will have a benefit with the National Symphony

Orchestra. You are invited to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Concert.

A Lend name ,)( Consider attending closer to date

___Regret ___Regret

Thank you,

susan

I I i.I The Hospital For Sick Children 1731 Bunker Hill Road NE • Washington, D. C. 20017 • 202-832-4400

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June. 26, 1975

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'])l D.-~ OU..... \SV ~ r2.._'"T_\:-\ l N ll., lT .. C:OU-\-!} ~ The waves of excitement emanating from H.S.C. these days are because we are to be the FIRST organization to ever have an open rehearsal of the National Symphony Orchestra as a benefit. It is the FIRST time this type of benefit will be held in the National Capital Area. It is the FIRST of any of these performances open to the public. It will be the !. FIRST rendition of a specially composed number for the guest artist, and of course a FIRST for The Hospital for Sick Children .• All of these very FIRSTS come together on April 6, 1976 at 10:00 AM in .the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center when the National Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati conducting, will present Robert Merrill, superstar of the Metropolitan Opera Company. · Mr. Merrill will premiere in a new, especially composed musical version of "Casey at the Bat". You can, of course, see that this is no ordinary event (even if it were the evening performance of this combination of Dorati and Merrill) for an OPEN REHEARSAL is a HAPPENING ••• anything can happen and usually does. It is a far cry from the usual formal evening concert. It is a shirt-sleeve, turtle-neck revealing performance of these talented musicians. Personalities and temperments emerge and name-calling makes Robert - "Bob" and "the First Chair" a human being after all! · . If you have never been a delighted but silent observer at one of these rare, happenings, you can share in the privilege by choosing your seat (and some for your friends) from the enclosed list of prices For further details call Lorene Nagel at the Hospital {832-4400) who has successfully produced seve·ral of these benefits with the cooperation of the Detroit Symphony when she was P.R. Director and Administrative head of the Women's Auxiliary of Children's Hospital of Michigan. P.S. If you are asked to serve on one of the Benefit committees, don• t miss the chance of being part of this EXCITING FIRST. ·· : ~ .

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ADVANCE: Sue Davis

MRS. FORD AT BENEFIT FOR HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1976

10:50 a.m. Mrs. Ford boards motorcade.

MOTORCADE DEPARTS White House en route Kennedy Center.·

• [Driving time: 10 minutes]

11:00 a.m. MOTORCADE ARRIVES Kennedy Center, Concert Hall entrance.

Mrs. Ford will be met by:

Mrs. Lorene Nagel, Publicity Chairman Mr. Dale Low, Hospital Administrator

Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mrs. Nagel and Mr. Low, proceeds to Presidential Box anteroom.

11:05 a.m. Mrs. Ford arrives anteroom. ' ' Mrs. Ford will be met by the Presidential Box guests:

Mrs. Walter Washington Mrs. Antal Dorati Mrs. Robert Merrill Reverend Arthur A. Azlein and Mrs. Azlein Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Mme. Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet Mrs. Barrington Parker Dr. Elaine Battle

OFFIC!AL PHOTO OPPORTUNITY f ~,~j NOTE: Guests then proceed to the Pre~ial' / Box (Orchestra is on break.}

11:15 a.m. Mrs. Ford proceeds to the Presidential Box and is seated.

11:16 a.m. Mrs. Robert Foley introduces Mrs. Ford from the stage. 11:18 a.m. Brief remarks by Mrs. Ford from the Presidential Box. (Microphone will be in the Box.)

11:20 a.m. Remarks. conclude. . Mrs~ Ford is_ seated. ·. Introduction of Presidential Box guests and concluding remarks by Mrs. Foley.

11:25 a.m. Mrs. Ford departs Presidential Box, escorted by Mrs. Nagel and Mr. Low, en route Motorcade.

11:30 a.m. Motorcade departs, en route White House. SEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL BOX

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1. Mrs. Walter Washington 7. Mr. Rockwell 2. Mme. Kosciusko-Morizet 8. Mrs. Merrill 3. Mrs. Ford 9. 4. Mrs. Parker 10. Mrs. Nagel 5. Mr. Azle in 11. Mrs. Dora ti 6. Mrs. Rockwell 12. Mrs. Azle in

STAGE For Immediate Release Monday, April 5, 1976

THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY TO MRS. FORD

Mrs. Ford will drop-by a benefit for the Hospital for Sick Children at the Kennedy Centers Concert Hall April 6, 11 AM.

The proceeds from the sale of tickets to the rehearsal of the National Symphony Orchestra will go to the Hospital for their new recreation center for handicapped children (ages 3-16 years). The facility is the first of its kind and free to children from this area with physical handicaps.

Mrs. Ford is Honorary Chairman of the Benefit. She will be joined in the Presidential Box by: Mrs. Antal Dorati; Mrs. Robert Merrill; Mrs. Walter Washington; Reverend Arthur A. Azlein, President of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital; Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell, Co-Chairman of Benefit; and Mrs. Barrington Parker, Co-Chairman of Benefit.

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Press pickup at 10:45AM

NOTE: Press wishing to cover this event, please contact Mrs. Ford's press office: 456-2164 THE WHITE· HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY TO .MRS. FORD

Mrs. Ford will drop-by a benefit for the Hospital for Sick Children at · the Kennedy Centers concert Hall April 6, 11 AM.

::..The proceeds from the sale of tickets to the rehearsal of the National _symphony Orchestra will go to the Hospital for their new recreation center for handicapped children (ages 3-16 years). The facility is the first of its kind and free to children from this area with physical handicaps.

Mrs. Ford is Honorary Chairman of the Benefit!. She will be joined in the Presidential Box by: Mrs. Antal Dora·ti; Mrs. Robert Merrill; Mrs. Walter Washington; Reverend Arthur A. Azlein, President of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital; Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell, Co-Chairman of Benefit; and Mrs. Barrington Parker, Co-Chairman of Benefit. · ·

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'NOTE: Press wishing to cover this event, please contact Mrs. Ford's press office: 456-2164

: BENEFIT FOR HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN

* *VERY PLEASED TO BE HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THIS BENEFIT.

**HOSPITAL LONG BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARITIES

**THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN

REALLY NEED A RECREATION CENTER.

**THANKS ALSO TO ANTAL DORATI, ROBERT MERRI LL AND THE

TALENTED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

* •JUST DELIGHTED I COULD DROP BY AND SAY "HELLO."

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NA FORM 1429 (1-98) The Board of Trustees

of The Hospital for Sick Children '

invites you to A Benefit Performance AN OPEN REHEARSAL

of the National Symphony Orches-tra

T ue11day morning

April sixth, of

The Bicentennial Year

at nine forty-five

in the

Concert Hall at The Kennedy Center

with Mrs. Ford, Honorary Chairman

' . The Hospital for Sick Children, a ninety-four year facility specializing in the rehabilitation of handicapped children from Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Alvord infancy to late adolesence, is privileged to be the Mrs. J. Breckinridge Bayne Hon. and Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. Mrs. Edward William Brooke, Sr. First organization ever to have an Open Rehearsal of the Mr. Lee D. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crosby National Symphony Orchestra as a benefit. It is the Mr. E.R. Finkenstaedt Hon. and Mrs. PauJ Nitze Mr. and Mrs. David E. FinJey Mr. Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. First time this type of benefit will have been held in the Mr. George Flather Mr. and Mrs. Mandell Jack Ourisman National Capital Area. It is the Mr. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Hon. Barrington D. Parker Mr. George Hamilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parkinson First of any of these performances open to the public. It Hon. and Mrs. John W. Hechinger Mrs. Charles Percy Mr. Austin H. Kiplinger Mrs. Potter Stewart will also be the Mr. and Mrs. Hans A. KJagsbrunn Mr. Henry Strong Mrs. Walter E. Washington First rendition of a specially composed musical number for the guest artist, and of course, it is proudly a

First for The Hospital for Sick Children. OPEN REHEARSAL BENEFIT COMMITTEE Honorary Chairman: Mrs. Ford All of these firsts come together when the National Sym­ Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Barrington D. Parker and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell phony Orchestra in full Open Rehearsal, with Antal Dorati con­ Patrons: Invitations: Co-Chairmen: Co-Chairmen: ducting an all Schumann program, presents as guest artist Robert Mr. Harrison Brand, III Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. Frederick M. Gross Me"ill, superstar of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Mr. Mer­ Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. William B. Bryant rill will also premiere in a newly-composed version of "Casey at Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. the Bat". Two hundred voices from the nationally famous West­ Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. John D. H. Kane M w·u· E Mill minster Choir College will be on stage with Mr. Merrill. Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker rs. 1 iam · er Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Tickets: Mrs. Edward D. Sacks Chairman: Programs: All proceeds from the sales of tickets, boxes and programs Miss Ruth PauJ Co-Chairmen: are for the benefit of The Hospital for Sick Children to equip a Reservations: Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Carleton Putnam new Recreation Center for Handicapped Children, not now avail­ Boxes: Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Richard K. May Presentations: able anywhere in the National Capital Area. Schools: Private-Mrs. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. Robert T. Foley Public-Mrs. Everett W. Carter Oroups: Publicity and Promotion: Mrs. Donald Carruth Mrs. Carlos C. Nagel All Sales Are Fully Tax Deductible. The Board of Trustees

Mrs. Stephen Ailes Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. John L. Hamilton Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, Ill Mrs. Frederick Alger Mrs. Clarence D. Hinton Mr. Henry T. Allen, Ill Mrs. Francis C. Hunter Mrs. Garnet Ault Mrs. H. Herbert Inscl Rev. Arthur A. Azlein Mrs. Walter M. Johnson, Jr. Mrs. P. Landon Banfield Mrs. John D. H. Kane, Jr. Mrs. R. Donald Begley Mrs. Edward Keating Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. C. Paul Kiernan Mrs. Philip S. Bowie Mrs. Robert A. Learnard ' Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bowles Mrs. Newbold Legendre Donna Julia Brambilla Mrs. Monroe Leigh Mr. Harrison Brand, Ill Mrs. James F. Lynn Mrs. A. Britton Browne Mrs. Charles H. Maddox Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. Hixon Martin Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan Dr. Frances Marguerite Mazique Mrs. Daniel Campbell Mrs. Richard K. May Mrs. Everett W. Carter Mrs. Edwin McElwain Mrs. E. Taylor Chewning, Jr. Mrs. Gale McLean Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett Mrs. William E. Miller Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Harry D. Mitchell ."il Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. Joseph D. Noell .. Mrs. Philip O. Coffin Mrs. John L. Newbold Mrs. Francis Coleman Mn. Gilmore Noyes ..- Mrs~eoifus R. cmmer 'Mii Mandell r. Ourisman Mrs. Thomas E. Covel Capt. Sidney Overall, Jr. Mrs. Claude Cowan Mrs. Barrington D. Parker Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Norman S. Paul Mrs. Raymond ·E. Cox Miss Ruth Paul Mrs. Roberts DeGraff Mrs. Peter Pelham Mrs. Charles S. Dewey Mr. John H. Perkins Mrs. Morse 0. Dial, Jr. Mrs. Walter G. Peter Mrs. Richard P. Dunn Mrs. George W. Petticord, Jr. Mrs. Ernest Eiland Mrs. Bolling R. Powell, Jr. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins Mrs. Carleton Putnam Mrs. John H. Ferguson Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. Adrian Fisher Mrs. Marilyn H. Riviere Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Mrs. J. FranlcJin Fort Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Donald H. Galloway Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Rulon Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. Edward Davis Sacks Mrs. Arthur W. Gardner, Jr. Mrs. B. Francis Saul Mrs. James H.P. Garnett Mr. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. James McMillan Gibson Mrs. Henry West Suydam, Jr. Mr. John Timberlake Gibson Mrs. Karl Von Berthold Mrs. Charles C. Glover, ID Mrs. J. Berry Wallace Mrs. Philip L. Graham Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mrs. Frederick M. Oroa Mrs. Rachel H. White Mrs. William Greenough Mrs. Francis 0. Wilcox Mrs. John F. Greenslade Mrs. Robert F. Wilson 7he Board of Trustees of The Hospital for Sick @hildren sponsors .A Benefit Performance ftn ()pen ~ehearsal of the national Symphony Orchestra Tuesday morning April sixth, of The Bicentennial Year at nine forty-five in the <9oncert Hall at the Kennedy <9enter with mrs. Ford, Honorary <9hairman

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. . BENEFIT COMMITTEE THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN Honorary Chairman: Mrs. Ford Co-Chairmen: NINETY-FOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION TO MEETING THE Mrs. Barrington D. Parker and Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell NEEDS OF THE AREA'S CHILDREN Treasurer, Mrs. Alvin Rucker Patrons: Reservations: Co-Chairmen: Mrs. John F. J. Clark In 1882 a group of young women in Washington hospital while keeping the relaxed, informal, Mr. Harrison Brand, Ill Boxes: decided to provide a fresh air summer home for friendly home atmosphere. It employed its own Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. Richard K. May children living in the tenements and poor housing medical and nursing staffs, social worker, teacher, Mrs. Irving Berger Schools: areas of this city. By the following spring they and dietician; held training classes for nursery Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Private--Mrs. Peter Sturtevant had located a house and on June 14, 1883, The aides; and was one of the outstanding child Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Public-Mrs. Everett W. Carter Children's Country Home opened its doors to the health-care facilities of its time. Mrs. John D. H. Kane Groups: first six children. It was incorporated in 1888, A new building, renamed The Hospital for Sick Programs: Mrs. Donald Carruth and moved to Grant Road on the west side of Co-Chairmen: In\litations: Children, was officially dedicated and opened in Rock Creek Park. For forty years at this location September 1968, and included the latest specifica­ Mrs. Carleton Putnam Co-Chairmen: it continued to function as a wholesome, strength­ Mrs. Ernest T. Eiland Mrs. Frederick M. Gross tions for intermediate care for infants, children Presentations: Mrs. George R. Rhodes ening, summer experience for inner city children. and adolescents. It contains 80 beds grouped in Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. William B. Bryant The Children's Country Home grew in many units by age, sex and type of care needed. Publicity and Promotion: Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. special ways, as it was asked to take handicapped The ongoing comprehensive programs include: Mrs. Carlos C. Nagel Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. and chronically ill children for care and summer Tickets: Mrs. William E. Miller Inpatient Intermediate Care experiences they could not receive elsewhere. In Temporary Residence Program Chairman: Mrs. Joseph D. Noell 1928, The Home realized that many of these chil­ Miss Ruth Paul Mrs. Edward D. Sacks Day School Programs dren could not be sent back to their own homes Enrichment School for Multihandicapped at the end of two weeks or even at the end of the PATRONS Preschool Children summer, and as a result the Children's Convales­ Program for Specialized Development cent Home came into being, offering year round Learning Disability Program care to these sick children. It was the 13th of April, 1888, that Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Sr., do­ Community Therapeutic Recreation Program nated land and the original building for The Hospital for Sick Children which The new building on Bunker Hill Road was com­ Ambulatory Therapy Programs had already been in existence five years. The plaque commemorating that pleted and opened in July, 1930, offering in addi­ Physical, Occupational and Speech and generous gift now hangs in the lobby of the Hospital's Administration Building. tion to year round care, expanded and highly Hearing Therapies It reads: professional services. It acquired the role of a Pediatric Group Practice for the Community Charles C. and Annie C. Glover gave the land and building on the west side of Rock Creek Park as the first site for the establishment of the CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOME in memory of their daughter Janet Percy Glover So it is eminently in character for Mr. Charles C. Glover, Jr., in his family's tradition of benevolence, to support The Hospital for Sick Children. Its Board of Trustees and the Benefit Committee express their deep appreciation for the Glover family's continuing generosity.

Mr. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Alvord Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger Mrs. J. Breckinridge Bayne Mr. Jerry Ross Lyman Hon. and Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr. Mrs. George C. McGhee .. Mrs. Edward William Brooke, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Mr. lee D. Butler Mrs. Dale Miller Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crosby Hon. and Mrs. Paul Nitze Mr. E. R. Finkenstaedt Mr. Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David E. Finley Mr. and Mrs. Mandell Jack Ourisman Mr. George Flather Hon. Barrington D. Parker Mr. George Hamilton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parkinson Hon. and Mrs. John W. Hechinger Mrs. Charles Percy Mr. Austin H. Kiplinger Mrs. Potter Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Hans A. Klagsbrunn Mr. Henry Strong Mme. Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet Mrs. Walter E. Washington Mr. and Mrs. William B. Willard PROGRAM NOTES THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

OPEN REHEARSAL

Antal Dorati, Conducting Robert Merrill, I NOTE: This is a Rosalind Rees, Soprano timed rehearsal please do not Westminster Symphonic Choir applaud until orchestra leaves Joseph Flummerfelt, Director ' the stage. THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM SCHUMAN The Dead Young Soldier Symphony No. 10 (The American Muse) ANTAL DORATI, Music Director of the National conductor and to make recordings. In 1966 he became • Casey At the Bat Symphony Orchestra since October 1970, was born Principal Conductor of the Stockholm Philharmonic. in Budapest in 1906. Maestro Dorati has appeared with virtually every im­ Musical version commissioned for Bicentennial Year by Norlin Corp. When he was fourteen, he entered that city's Acad­ portant orchestra throughout the world. One of the emy of Music, where he was a pupil of Zoltan Kodaly, most recorded conductors, he has more than 300 re­ Bella Bartok and Leo Weiner. Trained as a composer, cordings to his credit, for which he has received the Intermission Presentations cellist, pianist and conductor, he was graduated at prestigious Grand Prix du Disque a dozen times. In eighteen, the youngest in the history of the Academy. July of 1975 he became Conductor of the Royal Phil­ Mrs. Robert T. Foley He was immediately named coach and, soon after, a harmonic Orchestra of London, a position he holds conductor of the Royal Opera House in Budapest. concurrently with that of Music Director of the Na­ In 1934, Maestro Dorati joined the Ballet Russe de tional Symphony. In September, 1975, he received Monte Carlo as its leading conductor. London/Decca's Gold Record for the sale of more than He made his American debut as a symphonic con­ one million discs in the Haydn Symphony Series. ductor with the National Symphony in 1937, and during Maestro Dorati has received many honors in coun­ the next two years he made extensive tours of Australia. tries throughout the world, including an honorary Returning to the United States, Maestro Dorati became Doctor of Humanities degree from George Washington Director of the New Opera Company of New York, University in Washington, D. C. Maestro Dorati com­ and appeared as guest conductor with orchestras in poses one major work each year, including a mass, this country and abroad. chamber music, orchestral works, cantatas and a ballet. In 1945 he was named Music Director of the Dallas His Piano Concerto, dedicated to his wife, pianist Ilse Symphony Orchestra, and four years later he assumed von Alpenheim, was given its world premiere by the the same position with the Minneapolis Symphony. He National Symphony Orchestra during the 1975-76 left that orchestra in 1960 to pursue his career as guest season. BOX HOLDERS The Administrative Staff of Mrs. Frederick M. Gross ROBERT MERRILL, star baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, is one of the The Hospital for Sick Children Mrs. John L. Hamilton world's most celebrated artists. He is well-known to millions through his Mrs. Stephen Ailes IBM Corporation countless performances on opera and concert stages as well as his frequent Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. H. Herbert lnsel appearances on television and at major music festivals. In addition, his Mrs. Edward Austin Mrs. John D. H. Kane, Jr. many best-selling recordings for RCA, Columbia, Angel and London, have Auto-Train Corporation Mr. Dale Lowe brought him world-wide recognition and critical acclaim. Dr. and Mrs. W. Stuart Battle Mrs. Richard K. May last season, Merrill celebrated the 25th Anniversary of his Metropolitan Mrs. Irving D. Berger Mrs. Charles Hamilton Maddox Opera debut with a special gala performance of Verdi's "la Traviata", Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bowles Mrs. William E. Miller singing the role of Elder Germont, in which he made his debut on De­ Mr. Harrison Brand, Ill Mrs. Joseph D. Noell cember 15, 1945, becoming the youngest artist ever to sing Germont at The Hon. and Mrs. William B. Bryant Miss Ruth Uppercu Paul the Metropolitan Opera. Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Mrs. Barrington D. Parker Merrill has over 25 in his repertoire and has performed as soloist Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. George R. Rhodes with every major orchestra in the United States, conducted by many of the Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Trowbridge Rockwell world's greatest conductors. Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Acclaimed by critics as "one of the great natural of the cen­ Mrs. Claude L. Cowan, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Rulon tury," Merrill is one of the few opera stars to venture successfully into Mrs. Richard P. Dunn Mrs. Edward Davis Sacks other media. He is a frequent guest on television and has recorded music Mrs. Ernest T. Eiland Mr. Peter A. Sturtevant of the Broadway stage including "Porgy and Bess", "Showboat", "", Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. "The Washingtones" of the (Continued on page 6) Mrs. John F. Greenslade Junior league of Washington, D.C. PROGRAM NOTES THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (continued) MERRILL (continued) Although there had been attempts to organize a "Washington Symphony" and "Fiddler on the Roof". He conquered the world of musical theater during the summer of 1970 when he starred as early as 1902 (and from time to time--1905, 1908 through 1912-an orchestra as Tevya in "Fiddler on the Roof." with that name gave concerts), it was not until some twenty years later that The -born baritone, who received every accolade critics can bestow, has been honored throughout the Washington had a symphony orchestra of its own. The National Symphony was United States as one of his country's greatest artists. He has performed for visiting Heads of State at the invitation organized in 1930, the cooperative effort of 79 musicians. The group gave three of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson; in 1970 Mayor John V. Lindsay presented Merrill with the , New York City's highest cultural award, and in 1971 he received an Honorary Doctor of Music concerts that year on a trial basis, and asked a Dutch cellist and conductor, Hans degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Kindler, to conduct two of them. The following year, on November 2, the Although he devotes most of his time to performances in America, Merrill has appeared throughout Europe since National Symphony was launched officially with Dr. Kindler as Music Director. 1961. Merrill's enthusiasm for is legendary, and, but for his beautiful voice, he would have undoubtedly pur­ The National Symphony's first season-1931-saw the incorporation of its sued a baseball career; in fara, he once pitched for a semi-pro team to help pay for singing lessons. His recording governing body, the National Symphony Orchestra Association, the appoint­ of the National Anthem is played frequently at home games of the , so his performance today ment of twelve directors, and the hiring of its first manager. Twenty-four con­ of the newly commissioned "Casey At the Bat" promises even more excitement. certs were given.

ROSALIND REES, a native of Greenville, Pennsylvania and a grad­ In 1933, Dr. Kindler appointed Howard Mitchell, a student at the Curtis In­ uate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, has enjoyed a unique career stitute of Music in Philadelphia, as principal cellist, and hired the first woman in the United States and Europe. She has performed standard oratorio in the Orchestra, harpist Sylvia Meyer. In 1935, the first outdoor summer con­ literature with such groups as the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the certs were given. More than 10,000 people showed up for the first Watergate Syracuse Orchestra, the Waukesha Symphony, and Muska Aeterna. As a member of the New York Consort for Poetry and Music, Miss Concert-the audience sat on the steps near the current site of the Kennedy Rees performs songs of the 10th to 14th centuries; as a soprano in Center and the Orchestra performed on a barge in the Potomac. the widely touring New York Vocal Arts Ensemble she sings vocal quartet literature of 19th and 20th century composers; finally, she is Dr. Kindler resigned as Music Director in 1948, and Howard Mitchell, who a soprano soloist with the internationally famous Gregg Smith Singers, and incidentally wife of director, Gregg Smith. had been Assistant Conductor since 1941, was appointed Music Director. It is probably in the field of the 20th Century repertoire, however, Under his leadership the Orchestra continued to grow in size and in the num­ that Rosalind Rees has made her most extensive contribution. She ber of performances. The Orchestra made its first trip outside the United States, includes in her repertoire over 75 songs of Charles Ives, several opuses a twelve-week tour in 1959 to nineteen countries in Central and South America of Anton Webern, song cycles of Igor Stravinsky, as well as many under the auspices of the State Department. Under Dr. Mitchell's direction, the Avant Garde works, some written especially for her. As a recording artist, she is featured as soprano in Stravinsky's "Les Noces" in the National Symphony became well-known for the ten-volume "Adventure in original orchestral version and in the cimbulum version as recently Music" and "Instruments of the Orchestra" series which were used in schools recorded for Columbia Records, Robert Craft conducting. She is also throughout the world for music appreciation. soprano soloist in Morton Feldman's "Rothko Chapel", Columbia Rec­ ords, Gregg Smith, conducting. In 1969 Dr. Mitchell resigned and was named Music Director Emeritus. After Miss Rees has been widely active as a performer of American music over the past few years and in 1975 toured 11 European cities with a year of guest conductors, the Board of Directors selected the eminent con­ guitarist David Starobin in a program of American music from 1775-1975. The 20th century portion of this program ductor, Antal Dorati to be Music Director. is to be recorded for Vox in late 1976. THE WESTMINSTER CHOIR consists of 40 selected undergraduates from the Westminster Choir College in Prince­ In 1971, with the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ton, New Jersey. Its members represent the best from a unique college where each student is a music major and Arts, the National Symphony moved from its long-time home in Constitution where choral music and performance form the core of the curriculum. Hall to become the Center's resident orchestra. It began a series of recordings The Choir and the College were founded by the same man, the late John Finley Williamson, who was president for the London/Decca label, one of which, La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur of the College and director of the Choir until his retirement in 1958. In 1920, while teaching in Dayton, Ohio, Williamson organized a volunteer choir of 60 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. The Choir quickly won Jesus-Christ by Oliver Messiaen was awarded the highest award by the French acclaim for its exciting a cappela singing and created a demand from churches for people trained in Williamson's Academie du Disque, Le Prix du President de la Republique. choral methods. In September 1925, the Westminster Choir School was born to train "ministers of music." The Westminster Choir has toured America and almost 50 countries around the world. In 1934 it was the first The National Symphony currently performs approximately 200 concerts a official American guest of Russia, invited through the State Department on a goodwill mission. In 1956 sponsored year covering a broad range of music. They include, in addition to the midweek jointly by ANTA and the State Department, the Choir toured for five months under President Eisenhower's "People­ subscription series, concerts for young people, pops, summer series, free out­ to-People" program. It has performed more than 400 times with major orchestras and has been heard by millions of people through its famous radio broadcasts. door "Summer in the Park" concerts sponsored by the National Park Service JOSEPH FLUMMERFELT, conductor of the Westminster Choir is Director of Choral Activities at Westminster Choir and a number of special events. College and is also conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Dr. Flummerfelt holds the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Illinois, and has served on the faculty there. He has also held faculty positions at In 1977 Maestro Dorati will assume the title of Principal Guest Conductor, Purdue, DePauw and Florida State Universities. and Mstislav Rostropovich will become Music Director. The Hospital for Sick Children Board of Trustees

Mrs. Stephen Ailes Mrs. Ernest T. Eiland Mrs. Richard K. May Mrs. William H. Alexander Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins Mrs. Edwin M(Elwain Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro Mrs. John H. Ferguson Mrs. Gale Mclean Mrs. Frederick Alger Mrs. Adrian Fisher Mrs. William E. Miller Mr. Henry T. Allen, Ill Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mrs. Harry D. Mitchell Mrs. Garnet Ault Mrs. J. Franklin Fort Mrs. Joseph D. Noell Rev. Arthur A. Azlein Mrs. Donald H. Galloway Mrs. John L. Newbold Mrs. P. Landon Banfield Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, Jr. Mrs. Gilmore Noyes Mrs. R. Donald Begley Mrs. Arthur W. Gardner, Jr. Mrs. Mandell J. Ourisman Mrs. Irving Berger Mrs. James H. P. Garnett Capt. Sidney Overall, Jr. Mrs. Philip S. Bowie Mrs. James McMillan Gibson Mrs. Barrington D. Parker Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bowles Mr. John Timberlake Gibson Mrs. Norman S. Paul Donna Julia Brambilla Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Ill Miss Ruth Paul Mr. Harrison Brand, Ill Mrs. Philip L. Graham Mrs. Peter Pelham Mrs. A. Britton Browne Mrs. Frederick M. Gross Mr. John H. Perkins Mrs. William B. Bryant Mrs. William Greenough Mrs. Walter G. Peter Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan Mrs. John F. Greenslade Mrs. George W. Petticord, Jr. Mrs. Daniel Campbell Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner Mrs. Bolling R. Powell, Jr. Mrs. Everett W. Carter Mrs. John L. Hamilton Mrs. Carleton Putnam Mrs. E. Taylor Chewning, Jr. Mrs. Webb C. Hayes, Ill Mrs. George R. Rhodes Mrs. C. Thomas Clagett Mrs. Clarence D. Hinton Mrs. Marilyn H. Riviere Mrs. John F. J. Clark Mrs. Francis C. Hunter Mrs. Warren T. Rockwell Mrs. Joseph R. Clausen, Jr. Mrs. H. Herbert lnsel Mrs. Alvin M. Rucker Mrs. Philip 0. Coffin Mrs. Walter M. Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Rulon Mrs. Francis Coleman Mrs. John D. H. Kane, Jr. Mrs. Edward Davis Sacks Mrs. Theodus R. Conner Mrs. Edward Keating Mrs. B. Francis Saul Mrs. Thomas E. Covel Mrs. C. Paul Kiernan Mr. Peter Sturtevant Mrs. Claude Cowan Mrs. Robert A. Learnard Mrs. Henry West Suydam, Jr. Mrs. Arthur C. Cox Mrs. Newbold Legendre Mrs. Karl Von Berthold Mrs. Raymond E. Cox Mrs. Monroe Leigh Mrs. J. Berry Wallace Mrs. Roberts DeGraff Mrs. James F. Lynn Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mrs. Charles S. Dewey Mrs. Charles H. Maddox Mrs. Rachel H. White Mrs. Morse G. Dial, Jr. Mrs. Hixon Martin Mrs. Francis 0. Wilcox Mrs. Richard P. Dunn Dr. Frances Marguerite Mazique Mrs. Robert F. Wilson

The Benefit Committee is indeed grateful for the gracious patronage of Mrs. Ford, for the prestigious support of our Patrons and Sponsors, the splendid cooperation of the Symphony Staff, and the untiring efforts of the organizations and individuals who made this event possible.

They have fulfilled the wish of our First Lady who wrote: "It will be a special pleasure to have my name listed as Honorary Chairman conveying my great admiration for The Hospital for Sick Children and my hopes that all associated with plans for this wonderful benefit will give generously of their time and resources for its success."

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