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In Celebration
"All about me may be silence and darkness,
yet within me, in the spirit, is music and brightn
and color flashes through all my thoughts
-Helen Keller
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
are not
OF THE UNITED
3HL 30 3HL STATES. 30 SEAL
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Ford and I are proud and deeply honored to
act as Honorary Chairmen of this Festival of the
Arts. It is an event that emphasizes that there
are no limits to achievement, and that handicapped
people have as much capability to attain the heights
of excellence as other fellow citizens.
We welcome the opportunity to applaud the talents
and considerable accomplishments of those who
participate. They have made an enduring contri-
bution to the arts, and they have done so with the
rugged spirit of determination that characterizes
the finest traditions of American life.
We hope that it will be a memorable evening for
all who attend.
Herald R. Ford
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
presents
IN CELEBRATION
under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
sponsored by
The Alcoa Foundation
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The International Paper
Company Foundation
New York, N.Y.
in cooperation with
United States Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Education
Bureau of Education for the
Handicapped
The John F. Kennedy Center
for The Performing Arts
Produced by
Ruth Mondschein
Directed by
Joshua Logan
THE O'NEILL CENTER'S
LITTLE THEATRE OF THE DEAF
presents
THE GIVING TREE
adapted from the novel
by SHEL SILVERSTEIN
THE NEW WORLD
from PARADE
as created by the company of
THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE DEAF
THE SILKEN TENT
by ROBERT FROST
from new repertoire in progress,
to be called "Children's Letters to God"
CAST
(identifiable roles)
THE BOY
TIMOTHY SCANLON
THE STUMP
EDMUND WATERSTREET, JR.
SPEAKING ACTOR
ROBERT BLUMENFELD
PARADE LEADER
LINDA BOVE
COLUMBUS
PATRICK GRAYBILL
ISABELLA
JESSICA HULL
COUNCILLOR
BETTY BONNI
THE SILKEN TENT
BERNARD BRAGG
The National Theatre of the Deaf and The Little Theatres of the Deaf are funded by
the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, Office of Education, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare. These companies are a division of The Eugene
O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut.
Producing Director, David Hays; costumes by Fred Voelpel; State Manager, Guy
Bergquist.
The Little Theatre of the Deaf, sponsored by the O'Neill Center, The President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, and the Bureau of Education for
the Handicapped, will be performing all week in public schools throughout
Washington, D.C.
rogram
Progra
(In Alphabetical Order)
Burl Ives
Pearl Bailey
The Little Theatre of the
Deaf
Ray Charles
David Hays, Director
The Ray Charles Orchestra
The Raeletts
Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
Itzhak Perlman
Nanette Fabray
Samuel Saunders, Pianist
Louise Fletcher
Harold Russell
The Gallaudet Dance
Troupe
Tom Sullivan
Dr. Peter Wisher, Director
The Howard Devron
Orchestra
Helen Hayes
Paul HN Chorale
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Harold Russell, Chairman
Production for In Celebration
Continuity: Ruth Mondschein
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Jayne B. Spain
Albert Z. Elkes
Louise C. Allen
Victor Riesel
Vice Chairmen
Production Supervisor:
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor:
Gordon M. Freeman
Ted Parker
Gerald Scarbrough
Program Cover: Zeb Rogerson
Lighting Designer: Patrika Brown
Administrative Coordinator:
Creative Consultant:
Advisory Council
Eleanor Sullivan
Albert Z. Elkes
Assistant to the Producer:
Program Designed by:
Honorable Earl L. Butz
Honorable William T.
Sharon Turner
Ralph R. Dennison, Jr.
Secretary of Agriculture
Coleman, Jr.
Assistant Stage Manager:
Program Printed by:
Honorable Elliot L.
Secretary of Transportation
Carla Badarocco
Creative Printing, Inc.
Sound: Kenneth Persson
Treasurer: Betty Tidrick
Richardson
Honorable Robert E. Hampton
Secretary of Commerce
Chairman
Staff for the Eisenhower Theater
Honorable W.J. Usery, Jr.
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Edmundstone Thompson Jr.,
John J. Ryan, Jr., Head Carpenter
Secretary of Labor
Honorable Richard L.
Theater Manager
Henry O. Becker, Flyman
Max Woodward, Assistant
Michael Cassidy, Head Electrician
Honorable David F. Mathews
Roudebush
Theater Manager
Lawrence G. Barrett, Jr.,
Secretary of Health, Education,
Administrator of Veterans
Eleanor Paul, Head Usher
Head of Properties
and Welfare
Affairs
Honorable Carla A. Hills
Veterans Administration
Special thanks to:
Roger L. Stevens, Chairman
Oliver Smith
Secretary of Housing and
The John F. Kennedy Center
Ben Edwards
Urban Development
for the Performing Arts
A "Texas Trilogy" Company
Edmundstone Thompson, Jr.
Volunteers:
Wayne G. Shilkret and the
Future Homemakers of America
"In Celebration"
Publicity Office, Kennedy Center
Coolidge High School
Advisory Council
Dr. Edward Merrill, Jr.,
Washington, D.C.
President, Gallaudet College
W.T. Woodson High School
Agnes De Mille
Itzhak Perlman
(Grand Foyer Art Exhibition)
Fairfax, Virginia
Claire Bloom
Jack Valenti
Saks Fifth Avenue
Nicholas Flagello
Father Gilbert Hartke
James DePreist
(Miss Fabrays Gowns)
Louis Bellson
George London
Jose Feliciano
David Roberts,
Musical Director for
George Spota
Nanette Fabray
Musical Director for
Miss Bailey
Helen Hayes
Richmond Crinkley
Mr. Sullivan
Students of Kendall School
Hillard Elkins
Zelda Fichandler
Committee for the Handicapped,
Virginia Lewis, Dennis Cokely
People to People Program
Signers
Gulf Oil Foundation
"Each Second
I See America
we live in a new
I see America, not in the setting sun
and unique moment of the universe,
of a black night of despair ahead of us.
a moment that never was before and will
never be again. And what do we teach our children
I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun
in school? We teach them that two and two make four,
fresh from the burning, creative hand of God.
and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we
I see great days ahead, great days possible
also teach them what they are? We should say to each of
to men and women of will and vision
them:
'Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are
-Carl Sandburg
unique.
In all the world there is no other child exactly like you.
In the millions of years that have passed, there has never
been another child exactly like you.
You may become a Shapespeare,
a Michelangelo, a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything
Yes, you are a marvel."
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FORD is DERALO LIBRARY
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center. April 28th, 1976. Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanit
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, Harold Russell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
FORD: LIBRARY
ADI Non BUNCH
Agnes De Ville Claire Bleen David : Father Gibert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hay Hillard Elkin Itzinak Perfman
Valenti lanes DePreist Jose Feberano Name Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The Prevident's Committee VC Employ ::: Handwapped. Washington. D.C 20210
Righ Executivel Review Chairman
-2-
Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see -- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about -- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
(wh Mondschin
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
11.
SEALO
FORD
LIBRARY
FACT SHEET
Festival of the Arts
"In Celebration"
A Bicentennial Salute
Under the Honorary Chairmenship of The President and Mrs. Ford
Official Hosts: Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington
Wednesday, April 28, 1976 -- 9:00 p.m. -- Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center,
Washington, D. C.
THEME
In the arts there are no handicaps -- and the arts are a means of addressing
humanity.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (partial list)
Pearl Bailey
star of a string of musicals, latest of which is a
revival of "Hello Dolly" -- author -- long-time
friend of the handicapped.
Nanette Fabray
lost her hearing and regained it -- ever since has
been a champion of the deaf and all the handicapped.
Helen Hayes
still First Lady of the American stage -- many of
her public appearances are for the benefit of the
handicapped.
National Theater of
the Deaf
produces some of the finest theater in this country
-- world traveled -- world applauded (David Hays,
Director)
Itzhak Perlman
victim of polio -- world-famous violinist -- acclaimed
everywhere on the globe.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Claire Bloom, Agnes de Mille, James dePreist, Hillard Elkins, Nanette Fabray,
Jose Feliciano, Zelda Fichandler, Rev. Gilbert Hartke, Helen Hayes, David Hays,
George London, Itzhak Perlman, George Spota, Jack Valenti.
FORD
GERALD
Fact Sheet
Page two
PURPOSE
to celebrate progress in breaking down environmental and
attitudinal barriers against handicapped people
to open a new door of communication -- communication in
human understanding as manifest in the arts
at this bicentennial season, to focus on the triumph of
faith, persistence and courage of those who are handicapped
to emphasize the role of the arts in enhancing the quality
of life
presented by The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,
sponsored by Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation,
with the support of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HAND ICAPPED
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, established in
1947, has served under six Presidents. It has brought together public and
private sectors of society as well as a wide variety of national forces for
the common purpose of creating greater opportunities for America's handicapped
people. Harold Russell, Chairman -- Jayne B. Spain, Vice Chairman
Producer/Director: Hilly Elkins
Executive Producer: Ruth Mondschein
For further information: Contact "In Celebration" staff - Phone 653-5044
Eleanor Sullivan /// Sharon Turner
GERALD FORD
Pearl Bailey Production Corp
P.O. BOX 52
NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA 91324
PRESIDENT: PEARL BAILEY
November 19, 1975
DODI WILLIAMS
Executive Secretary
Dear Ruth:
My love and sincere thanks for your letter and the wonderful invitation
to once again participate in a program to be sponsored by the President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. of course I will be honored
to join you -- I cannot say at this time what I will be, but will have
something planned by that time. - anything from a song to a speech - - but
rest assured it will be worthwhile.
Please keep in touch with me through my office (the address is above) as
I don't know where I'll be in between now and then
God's blessings always and please give my fondest Love to Mr. Russell and
all my wonderful friends.
Paul love,
PB/dw
FORD - LIBRARY
Only if
This here-
Wanted to
March 2, 1976
Fil
"In celesration
Dear Ruth:
Thank you for your recent letter and for passing along a
copy of your invitation letter to Mrs. Ford concerning the
program you are planning for the Kennedy Center in April.
I must say that you warmth and sincerity certainly came
through in your letter to the First Lady, and I am sure the request
will be given every consideration.
I have forwarded your note to me to Susan Porter, Mrs. Ford's
Scheduling Secretary, and her Press Secretary, Sheila
Weldenfeld, with my recommendation. Let's keep our fingers
coossed.
With warmest good wishes,
Sincerely,
Randy
Randall L. Woods
Deputy Director of the
Office of Communications
Ms. Ruth Mondschein
The President's Committee on
Employment of the Handipapped
Washington, DC 20210
bee w/copy of incoming: Sheila Weidenfeld
Susan Porter
Ann McGlinn
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GERAL FORD LIMITED
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 18, 1976
Mr. Randy Wood
Associate Director
Office of Communications
The White House
164 Old EOB
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Randy:
Thanks for your help. Enclosed is a letter to Betty Ford that I thought
you might want to see. I know that everybody thinks that his or her
project is the most important but we feel that this is really like opening
the door to new images and attitudes about handicapped individuals and a
wonderful medium to flow into the White House Conference. Certainly, the
President and Mrs. Ford are deeply interested and have been part of this
all of their lives. I know that they're bombarded and pressured with
requests but this is something special, something for the future and some-
thing to be part of in pride and proudness.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Rink
BERALD
1
I
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
ADVISORY COUNCIL
RM/bt Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
Enc
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Tack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center. April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanity
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, Harold Russell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
ADV ISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandter
The President's ommittee on Employment of the Handicapped. Washington. D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein. Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
-2-
Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see -- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about -- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
luch mondschein
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 25, 1976
Ms. Sheila Weidenfeld
Press Secretary to Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Sheila:
How marvelous and how warm the article was in today's Washington Post.
What a great feeling it is to be with a person like Mrs. Ford. I once heard
it said that "spirit is contagious" and I guess that's the beauty of a good
relationship -- one really inspires the other -- and that's what the article
reflects.
Knowing how busy your schedule is and knowing the pressures you're under
constantly, I thought it might be helpful to enclose a series of releases
from the Kennedy Center and a letter to Mrs. Ford -- which really outlines
the concept of the show.
I hope that you will be with us on the evening of the Festival at the Kennedy
Center.
We are grateful for your understanding and for your concern that the release
you are preparing reflects the mood and sensitivity of our show. It will be
a marvelous evening -- please share it with us.
Sincerely,
Ruit
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
GENERAL R. FORD LIBRARY
653-5044
Enclosures
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center. April 28th, 1976. Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanity
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, Harold Russell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
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FORD
GERALD
LIBRARY
ADV DUNCH
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom Davidis
Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Has Hillard Elkin Itzink Perlman
valenti lames DePreist Jose Felaciano Name Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employer's Handwapped, Washington. D.C 20210
Ruth
Mondschem.
Executivel
Harold R:s Chairman
-2-
Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see --- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about --- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
luth Mindschin
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
Contact: Wayne Shilkret, Publicity Director
Hariot Stem, Associate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BURL IVES JOINS "IN CELEBRATION." JOSHUA LOGAN TO STAGE ALL-STAR
PRODUCTION AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, APRIL 28.
Howard Russell, Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of
the Handicapped, announced today that the noted folk singer and "Oscar" winning
actor, Burl Ives, has joined the all-star company of "In Celebration" for its
single performance in the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, Wednesday
evening, April 28 at 9:00. Mr. Russell also announced that Joshua Logan will
stage the unique Bicentennial year festival of the arts. Under the patronage
of the President and Mrs. Ford, "In Celebration" will be presented by the
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.
Burl Ives became a top recording artist in the 1930's, selling millions
of records and popularizing the folk-song three decades before its recent
"discovery." His Broadway hits include "Paint Your Wagon," "Sing Out Sweet
Land," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," in which he played Big Daddy, a role he
repeated in the film. His many other films include "East of Eden," and "The
Big Country" for which he won an "Oscar."
The National Theatre of the Deaf will also perform.
Among Burl Ives' co-stars in "In Celebration" are Pearl Bailey, Ray Charles,
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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his orchestra and the Raeletts, Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Itzhak Perlman
and Tom Sullivan. They will all be directed by Joshua Logan, who staged the
Kennedy Center's recent "Gala Salute to Roger L. Stevens." His spectacular
theatrical career, including such hits as "Mr. Roberts," "South Pacific,"
"Wish You Were Here," and "Picnic," is reviewed in his recently published
autobiography, "Josh: My Up and Down, In and Out Life."
Ruth Mondschein, well known producer of international youth and arts
festivals, extravaganzas and gala benefits, is Executive Producer of "In
Celebration."
April 13, 1976
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
Contact: Wayne Shilkret, Publicity Director (202) 254-3696
Hariot Stem, Associate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOUISE FLETCHER ANNOUNCED FOR "IN CELEBRATION" AT KENNEDY CENTER
Harold Russell, Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of
the Handicapped, announced today that Oscar winning actress Louise Fletcher
is joining the other great stars previously announced for "In Celebration,"
at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater next Wednesday (April 28) at
9:00 PM.
When Miss Fletcher received the Motion Picture Academy's "Best Actress"
Award last month for her performance of Nurse Ratchet in "One Flew Over The
Cuckoo's Nest," she touched the hearts of millions of television viewers by
"signing" her acceptance speech in the language of the deaf so that her
parents would be able to "hear" her tribute to them.
"In Celebration" will be presented for one performance only, under the
patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford, in tribute to the thousands of
Americans who have overcome handicaps to contribute to the quality of life
in America. It also clebrates the parts played by the arts in promoting
human understanding and breaking down the barriers against handicapped
persons everywhere.
(more)
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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Mr. Russell also announced that the Paul Hill Chorale is participating
in the performance which will be staged by Joshua Logan.
Helen Hayes, who will read Stephen Vincent Benet's "American Names,"
Pearl Bailey, Nanette Fabray, Itzhak Perlman, Tom Sullivan, Ray Charles and the
Raeletts, and the National Theatre of the Deaf have been previously announced
for the production.
"In Celebration" is sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation and the International
Paper Company Foundation, with the support of the Bureau of Education for the
Handicapped, the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and
Welfare and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mayor and
Mrs. Walter E. Washington are official hosts.
Mr. Russell has announced that all tickets to "In Celebration" have been
taken by the 3,500 members of the President's Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped, who will be attending their annual two-day meeting in Washington.
This year's meeting, devoted to the artistic achievements of the handi-
capped, will also include exhibitions of the visual arts.
April 20, 1976
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents'an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
Contact: Wayne Shilkret, Publicity Director 254-3696
Hariot Stem, Associate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED
ANNOUNCES STARS FOR APRIL ARTS FESTIVAL
Harold Russell, Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment
of the Handicapped, announced today that Pearl Bailey, Nanette Fabray,
Helen Hayes, Itzhak Perlman, Tom Sullivan and the National Theatre of the
Deaf are among the great stars and the performing arts groups that will
appear together in a unique Bicentennial Year festival of the arts. Under
the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford, the Festival called "In
Celebration" will be presented by the President's Committee for the Hand-
icapped for one performance only at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater
on Wednesday evening, April 28 at 9:00.
The performance will pay tribute to the achievements of the thousands
of Americans who have overcome handicaps to contribute to the quality of
life in America. It also celebrates the part played by the arts in pro-
moting human understanding and in breaking down the barriers against
handicapped persons everywhere.
"In Celebration" is sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation and the
(MORE)
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
lack Valenti lames DePreist lose Feliciano Nanette Fabrav Richmond Crinklev Zelda Fichandler
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the Bureau of Education of
the Handicapped
International Paper Company Foundation, with the support of the Depart-
ment of Health, Education and Welfare and the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts. Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington are official
hosts.
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped was
established in 1947, and has brought together the public and private sec-
tors of society to create greater opportunities for handicapped people.
Harold Russell, the chairman, starred in "The Best Years of our Lives"
as a disabled war-veteran, and is now President of Howard would Russell Associates,
Woburn, Mass., and devotes a major portion of his time to President's Comm-
ittee duties. Vice-chairman Jayne Baker Spain is a former Vice-chairman of
the Civil Service Commission and is Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corp-
oration.
"In Celebration" will be produced and directed by Hillard Elkins,
whose many productions include "Golden Boy," "Oh, Calcutta," "The Rothschilds,"
and "A Doll's House." Ruth Mondschein is Executive Producer.
The National Theatre of the Deaf, directed by David Hays, has been
acclaimed around the world for the skill and verve of its players, all of
whom are deaf, and for its brilliant theatrical productions. Nanette Fabray,
Broadway musical star of such hits as "Bloomer Girl," "High Button Shoes"
and "Mr. President," overcame deafness in mid-career, and continues to be a
popular star on television, where she has won three Emmy Awards.
Tom Sullivan, the young blind singer and author of "If You Could See
What I Hear," has been a popular guest more than a dozen times on the
"Tonight " show, and created a sensation all over the country when he sang
The National Anthem at the beginning of the Superbowl game in Miami. Itzhak
Perlman, a victim of polio, is a world-acclaimed concert violinist.
Throughout their long careers, both Helen Hayes and Pearl Bailey, the
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first ladies of American drama and musical comedy, have given many
performances for the benefit of the hanicapped. Other performers are
being lined up by Mr. Elkins and Ms. Mondschein.
Mr. Russell has announced that all tickets to "In Celebration" will
first be offered to the 3,500 members of the President's Committee on
Employment of the Handicapped, who will be attending their annual two-day
meeting in Washington.
March 4, 1976
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center. April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
Contact: Wayne Shilkret, Publicity Director (202) 254-3696
Hariot Stem, Associate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RAY CHARLES, ARTHUR GODFREY TO PERFORM IN "IN CELEBRATION."
Harold Russell, Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment
of the Handicapped, announced today that the famous Ray Charles, his orchestra
and the Raelettes and "Mr. Television" Arthur Godfrey have been added to the
list of great stars and performing groups that will appear together in a
unique Bicentennial Year festival of the arts, Under the patronage of the
President and Mrs. Ford, the Festival called "In Celebration" will be pre-
sented by the President's Committee for the Handicapped for one performance
only at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater on Wednesday evening, April
28 at 9:00.
Participation by Pearl Bailey, Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Itzhak
Perlman, Tom Sullivan and the National Theatre of the Deaf has been previously
announced.
The performance will pay tribute to the achievements of the thousands of
Americans who have overcome handicaps to contribute to the quality of life in
America. It also celebrates the part played by the arts in promoting human
understanding and in breaking down the barriers against handicapped persons
(more)
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Washington. D. C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein. Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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everywhere.
"In Celebration" is sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation and the International
Paper Company Foundation, with the support of the Bureau of Education for the
Handicapped, the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and
Welfare and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mayor and
Mrs. Walter E. Washington are official hosts.
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped was established
in 1947, and has brought together the public and private sectors of society to
create greater opportunities for handicapped people. Harold Russell, the
chairman, starred in "The Best Years of Our Lives" as a disabled war-veteran,
and is now President of Harold Russell Associates, Woburn, Mass., and devotes a
major portion of his time to President's Committee duties. Vice-chairman Jayne
Baker Spain is a former Vice-chairman of the Civil Service Commission and is
Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
"In Celebration" will be produced and directed by Hillard Elkins, whose
many productions include "Golden Boy," "Oh, Calcutta," "The Rothschilds," and
"A Doll's House." Ruth Mondschein, well known producer of international youth
and arts festivals, extravaganzas and gala benefits, is Executive Producer.
March 15, 1976
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Sheila
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 26, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:
EVENT: Gala Performance
GROUP: President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
DATE: Wednesday, April 28, 1976
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: Eisehhower Theater, Kennedy Center
CONTACT: Ruth Mondschein
653-5044
COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will attend the Festival of the Arts, "In Celebration,"
a special performance to benefit the President's Committee
on Employment of the Handicapped. As soon as the guest list
for the box is fully determined, I will be in communication
with you. A reception will be held following the performance
but because the performance does not begin until late (9:00 p.m.)
and will probably last two hours, at most I think Mrs. Ford's
attendance at the reception should be a drop-by. She may wish
to determine in the course of the evening whether she wishes
to drop by the reception. The evening should be a lovely one
with a number of distinguished performers participating including
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Pearl Bailey, etc. and attended
by leaders of national rehabilitation organizations, members of
Congress, Embassy representatives, etc. The President and Mrs. Ford
are Honorary Patrons of the evening. I understand the advanceman
is Don Clarey (0: 961-8673; H: 548-9624). The file is attached.
Thank you.
C: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
James Cavanaugh
David Lissy
Sara Massengale
Rex Scouten
Staircase
FACT SHEET
Festival of the Arts
"In Celebration"
A Bicentennial Salute
Under the Honorary Chairmenship of The President and Mrs. Ford
Official Hosts: Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington
Wednesday, April 28, 1976 -- 9:00 p.m. -- Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center,
Washington, D. C.
THEME
In the arts there are no handicaps -- and the arts are a means of addressing
humanity.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (partial list)
Pearl Bailey
star of a string of musicals, latest of which is a
revival of "Hello Dolly" ---- author -- long-time
friend of the handicapped.
Nanette Fabray
lost her hearing and regained it --- ever since has
been a champion of the deaf and all the handicapped.
Helen Hayes
still First Lady of the American stage --- many of
her public appearances are for the benefit of the
handicapped.
National Theater of
the Deaf
produces some of the finest theater in this country
-- world traveled -- world applauded (David Hays,
Director)
Itzhak Perlman
victim of polio -- world-famous violinist -- acclaimed
everywhere on the globe.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Claire Bloom, Agnes de Mille, James dePreist, Hillard Elkins, Nanette Fabray,
Jose Feliciano, Zelda Fichandler, Rev. Gilbert Hartke, Helen Hayes, David Hays,
George London, Itzhak Perlman, George Spota, Jack Valenti.
Fact Sheet
Page two
PURPOSE
to celebrate progress in breaking down environmental and
attitudinal barriers against handicapped people
to open a new door of communication -- communication in
human understanding as manifest in the arts
at this bicentennial season, to focus on the triumph of
faith, persistence and courage of those who are handicapped
to emphasize the role of the arts in enhancing the quality
of life
presented by The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,
sponsored by Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation,
with the support of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HAND ICAPPED
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, established in
1947, has served under six Presidents. It has brought together public and
private sectors of society as well as a wide variety of national forces for
the common purpose of creating greater opportunities for America's handicapped
people. Harold Russell, Chairman -- Jayne B. Spain, Vice Chairman
Producer/Director: Hilly Elkins
Executive Producer: Ruth Mondschein
For further information: Contact "In Celebration" staff - Phone 653-5044
Eleanor Sullivan /// Sharon Turner
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 25, 1976
Ms. Susan Porter
The will
in Ruth
Appointment Secretary to
Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
re:
final
Dear Susan:
SP.
How wonderful it was to hear the long awaited news that Mrs. Ford will
be attending the Festival of the Arts performance at the Kennedy Center
on April 28 at 9:00 P. M.
I am sure you could hear the excitement and pride in my voice when we
spoke together Friday evening. I would be honored to act as your contact
person at any time, any place, any hour. For your convenience my number
at the office is 653-5044; at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center
254-3666; and at the Watergate Hotel 965-2300. I will alert everyone to be
on the lookout for a message from you.
We have an extraordinary diversified number of distinguished guests includ-
ing the leaders of international rehabilitation organizations; members of
congress; embassy representatives; distinguished members of the President's
Committee; the vice president's and executive personnel of our sponsors,
Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation; cabinet
members; and other high government officials. All of our special guests
will be seated in the Orchestra. The trustees of the Kennedy Center have
graciously given up their boxes so we could accommodate as many handi-
capped people as possible. Therefore, every box, except The President's
box, will be filled with outstanding handicapped people from various agencies
throughout the United States.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
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The President's box will accommodate eight to ten people and the
following names have been suggested to have the honor of sitting with
Mrs. Ford:
2
The Honorable Harold Russell, Chairman of the
President's Committee, and Mrs. Russell.
7
The Honorable Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman
of the President's Committee and Mr. John Spain
1
Lady Ramsbotham, who has been a very close friend
of the Committees. (I understand Lord Ramsbotham
will be unable to attend.)
2
Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington, the Official
Hosts of the evening.
/
Myself, as a member of the President's Committee
and as the Executive Producer of the show.
8
10
Mrs. Ford may have her own preferences and naturally, whatever
pleases her is what we want to do.
I spoke with Sheila, as you suggested, and she's planning to release
the news on Monday.
If there is any way I can be helpful, please let me know.
What else can I say except thank you -- thank you. I'm sure you know
how much this means to me, to our stars, to the audience, and to our
cause.
Sincerely,
Ruth
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 12, 1976
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Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I am delighted to inform you that the greatest troubadour of all, Mr. Burl Ives,
will be joining us on the evening of the 28th at the Kennedy Center. Josuha
Logan the greatest director in America is so excited about the whole concept --
the arts and the handicapped -- that he has consented to direct the show for us.
We are also very happy that the beautiful young dancers of Gallaudet College
will be joining us that evening. And, of course, your favorite, Pearl Bailey --
who exemplifies the American dream, will be one of our great stars.
So many marvelous things are happening as a result of this Festival. I know
that it's only the beginning to the whole new awareness of careers in the arts
for the handicapped gifted and talented, and the use of the arts in realizing
and developing the highest potential of handicapped children.
I am proud to share with you the fact that Lady Ramsbotham will not only be
present, but would like to do a similar Festival in England.
We look forward to your presence, not only because it would lend such dignity
and prestige to the evening, but because you will serve as an inspiration to
the hundreds of handicapped in our audience and to the millions of disabled
people in our country.
On behalf of the President's Committee and Harold Russell, Chairman, our best
wishes for a wonderful Easter Holiday.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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I hope you have seen the beautiful picture of Harold Russell, yourself,
and the Wyler's that was taken at the affair in Hollywood.
On a very personal note, I noticed in the paper that you and Pearl Bailey
are both Aries -- I am very proud to join your distinguished company.
In much admiration,
Ruth
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Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
March 12, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I want you to know how delighted I was to have had a chance to chat with
you at the dinner for Willie Wyler in Los Angeles. It was an evening that
I'll never forget.
A brief reminder:
I had hoped to have had the chance to talk to you about the forthcoming
Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons, "In Celebration," to be held
at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday evening, April 28. You and the President
are, of course, honorary patrons.
I hope very much that both of you will be able to attend. It promises to be
a most unusual event -- calling attention during this Bicentennial Year to
the contributions of handicapped citizens to our country, not only in the
arts but in all kinds of endeavors. Participants include Pearl Bailey,
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Charles, Tom Sullivan and
the National Theatre of the Deaf.
I am looking forward to seeing you again on April 28.
Sincerely,
Hourld
Harold Russell
Chairman
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUSAN PORTER
FROM:
DAVID LISSY my
SUBJECT:
Festival of Arts featuring
handicapped performers --
April 28
I would like to warmly endorse whatever participation
in this event Mrs. Ford may comtemplate.
CC: Sarah Massengale
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Carolyn,
I think Mrs. Ford may
want to see this before she
goes to California. Harold
Russell (par. 3) will be at the
Amer. Film Institute Dinner.
I think this looks like
a super evening--and one which
combines two areas of Mrs.
Ford's interests. I have in
in with the things to talk to
herabout after she returns.
Thank you,
susan
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ATTEND.
REGRET
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
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Mrs. Betty Ford
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The White House
Washington, DC 20500
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Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanity
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, Harold Russell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington. D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein. Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see -- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about -- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
with mondschein
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
Patti
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 26, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:
EVENT: Gala Performance
GROUP: President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
DATE: Wednesday, April 28, 1976
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center
CONTACT: Ruth Mondschein
653-5044
COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will attend the Festival of the Arts, "In Celebration,"
a special performance to benefit the President's Committee
on Employment of the Handicapped. As soon as the guest list
for the box is fully determined, I will be in communication
with you. A reception will be held following the performance
but because the performance does not begin until late (9:00 p.m.)
and will probably last two hours, at most I think Mrs. Ford's
attendance at the reception should be a drop-by. She may wish
to determine in the course of the evening whether she wishes
to drop by the reception. The evening should be a lovely one
with a number of distinguished performers participating including
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Pearl Bailey, etc. and attended
by leaders of national rehabilitation organizations, members of
Congress, Embassy representatives, etc. The President and Mrs. Ford
are Honorary Patrons of the evening. I understand the advanceman
is Don Clarey (O: 961-8673; H: 548-9624). The file is attached.
Thank you.
C: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
James Cavanaugh
David Lissy
Sara Massengale
Rex Scouten
Staircase
FACT SHEET
Festival of the Arts
"In Celebration"
A Bicentennial Salute
Under the Honorary Chairmenship of The President and Mrs. Ford
Official Hosts: Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington
Wednesday, April 28, 1976 -- 9:00 p.m. -- Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center,
Washington, D. C.
THEME
In the arts there are no handicaps -- and the arts are a means of addressing
humanity.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (partial list)
Pearl Bailey
star of a string of musicals, latest of which is a
revival of "Hello Dolly" -- author -- long-time
friend of the handicapped.
Nanette Fabray
lost her hearing and regained it -- ever since has
been a champion of the deaf and all the handicapped.
Helen Hayes
still First Lady of the American stage -- many of
her public appearances are for the benefit of the
handicapped.
National Theater of
the Deaf
produces some of the finest theater in this country
-- world traveled -- world applauded (David Hays,
Director)
Itzhak Perlman
victim of polio -- world-famous violinist -- acclaimed
everywhere on the globe.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Claire Bloom, Agnes de Mille, James dePreist, Hillard Elkins, Nanette Fabray,
Jose Feliciano, Zelda Fichandler, Rev. Gilbert Hartke, Helen Hayes, David Hays,
George London, Itzhak Perlman, George Spota, Jack Valenti.
Fact Sheet
Page two
PURPOSE
to celebrate progress in breaking down environmental and
attitudinal barriers against handicapped people
to open a new door of communication -- communication in
human understanding as manifest in the arts
at this bicentennial season, to focus on the triumph of
faith, persistence and courage of those who are handicapped
to emphasize the role of the arts in enhancing the quality
of life
presented by The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,
sponsored by Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation,
with the support of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, established in
1947, has served under six Presidents. It has brought together public and
private sectors of society as well as a wide variety of national forces for
the common purpose of creating greater opportunities for America's handicapped
people. Harold Russell, Chairman --- Jayne B. Spain, Vice Chairman
Producer/Director: Hilly Elkins
Executive Producer: Ruth Mondschein
For further information: Contact "In Celebration" staff - Phone 653-5044
Eleanor Sullivan /// Sharon Turner
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 25, 1976
Ms. Susan Porter
in Ruth
Appointment Secretary to
Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
re:
final
Dear Susan:
SP.
How wonderful it was to hear the long awaited news that Mrs. Ford will
be attending the Festival of the Arts performance at the Kennedy Center
on April 28 at 9:00 P. M.
I am sure you could hear the excitement and pride in my voice when we
spoke together Friday evening. I would be honored to act as your contact
person at any time, any place, any hour. For your convenience my number
at the office is 653-5044; at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center
254-3666; and at the Watergate Hotel 965-2300. I will alert everyone to be
on the lookout for a message from you.
We have an extraordinary diversified number of distinguished guests includ-
ing the leaders of international rehabilitation organizations; members of
congress; embassy representatives; distinguished members of the President's
Committee; the vice president's and executive personnel of our sponsors,
Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation; cabinet
members; and other high government officials. All of our special guests
will be seated in the Orchestra. The trustees of the Kennedy Center have
graciously given up their boxes so we could accommodate as many handi-
capped people as possible. Therefore, every box, except The President's
box, will be filled with outstanding handicapped people from various agencies
throughout the United States.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
-2-
The President's box will accommodate eight to ten people and the
following names have been suggested to have the honor of sitting with
Mrs. Ford:
2
The Honorable Harold Russell, Chairman of the
President's Committee, and Mrs. Russell.
The Honorable Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman
of the President's Committee and Mr. John Spain
1
Lady Ramsbotham, who has been a very close friend
of the Committees. (I understand Lord Ramsbotham
will be unable to attend.)
Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington, the Official
Hosts of the evening.
/
Myself, as a member of the President's Committee
and as the Executive Producer of the show.
8
10
Mrs. Ford may have her own preferences and naturally, whatever
pleases her is what we want to do.
I spoke with Sheila, as you suggested, and she's planning to release
the news on Monday.
If there is any way I can be helpful, please let me know.
What else can I say except thank you -- thank you. I'm sure you know
how much this means to me, to our stars, to the audience, and to our
cause.
Sincerely,
Ruth
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 12, 1976
Erinbewes
Thestre
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I am delighted to inform you that the greatest troubadour of all, Mr. Burl Ives,
will be joining us on the evening of the 28th at the Kennedy Center. Josuha
Logan the greatest director in America is so excited about the whole concept --
the arts and the handicapped -- that he has consented to direct the show for us.
We are also very happy that the beautiful young dancers of Gallaudet College
will be joining us that evening. And, of course, your favorite, Pearl Bailey --
who exemplifies the American dream, will be one of our great stars.
So many marvelous things are happening as a result of this Festival. I know
that it's only the beginning to the whole new awareness of careers in the arts
for the handicapped gifted and talented, and the use of the arts in realizing
and developing the highest potential of handicapped children.
I am proud to share with you the fact that Lady Ramsbotham will not only be
present, but would like to do a similar Festival in England.
We look forward to your presence, not only because it would lend such dignity
and prestige to the evening, but because you will serve as an inspiration to
the hundreds of handicapped in our audience and to the millions of disabled
people in our country.
On behalf of the President's Committee and Harold Russell, Chairman, our best
wishes for a wonderful Easter Holiday.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington. D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
-2-
I hope you have seen the beautiful picture of Harold Russell, yourself,
and the Wyler's that was taken at the affair in Hollywood.
On a very personal note, I noticed in the paper that you and Pearl Bailey
are both Aries -- I am very proud to join your distinguished company.
In much admiration,
Ruth
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Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
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sponsors,
LISA GERALD R. FORD
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
March 12, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I want you to know how delighted I was to have had a chance to chat with
you at the dinner for Willie Wyler in Los Angeles. It was an evening that
I'll never forget.
A brief reminder:
I had hoped to have had the chance to talk to you about the forthcoming
Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons, "In Celebration," to be held
at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday evening, April 28. You and the President
are, of course, honorary patrons.
I hope very much that both of you will be able to attend. It promises to be
a most unusual event -- calling attention during this Bicentennial Year to
the contributions of handicapped citizens to our country, not only in the
arts but in all kinds of endeavors. Participants include Pearl Bailey,
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Charles, Tom Sullivan and
the National Theatre of the Deaf.
I am looking forward to seeing you again on April 28.
Sincerely,
Hourld
Harold Russell
Chairman
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUSAN PORTER
FROM:
DAVID LISS) my
SUBJECT:
Festival of Arts featuring
handicapped performers --
April 28
I would like to warmly endorse whatever participation
in this event Mrs. Ford may comtemplate.
CC: Sarah Massengale
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON
Carolyn,
I think Mrs. Ford may
want to see this before she
goes to California. Harold
Russell (par. 3) will be at the
Amer. Film Institute Dinner.
I think this looks like
a super evening--and one which
combines two areas of Mrs.
Ford's interests. I have in
in with the things to talk to
herabout after she returns.
Thank you,
susan
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
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The White House
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Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanity
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, Harold Russell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
-2-
Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see -- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about -- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
with mondschein
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
4/27/76
6:00 pm
(Advanceman: Don Clarey)
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Sheila
THE FIRST LADY'S ATTENDANCE AT
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS,
"IN CELEBRATION"
The Kennedy Center
Wednesday, April 29, 1976
BLACK TIE (Optional)
8:45 pm
The First Lady boards motorcade on South Grounds.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route Kennedy
Center.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
8:51 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Kennedy Center
(Parking Level B Entrance)
The First Lady proceeds to the elevator en route
to the Box Tier level of the Eisenhower Theater.
8:52 pm
The First Lady arrives at the Box Tier Level.
The First Lady will be met by:
Harold Russell, Chairman, President's
Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped
Jane B. Spain, Vice Chairman of the
President's Committee
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer of
Festival of the Arts
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell, Mrs.
Spain, and Mrs. Mondschein, proceeds to the
President's Box.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
-2-
8:54 pm
The First Lady proceeds into the President's
Box, is introduced to the audience, and is seated.
9:00 pm
The Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons,
"In Celebration" program begins.
(There will be no intermission.)
11:00 pm
The Program concludes.
11:03 pm
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell and
Mrs. Spain, depart the President's Box en route
to the elevator.
NOTE: Mr. Russell and Mrs. Spain will
bid farewell at the elevator.
11:05 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Kennedy Center en route South
Grounds.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
11:12 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES South Grounds.
Jally
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 26, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-house invitation:
EVENT: Gala Performance
GROUP: President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
DATE: Wednesday, April 28, 1976
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
PLACE: Eisethower Theater, Kennedy Center
CONTACT: Ruth Mondschein
653-5044
COMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will attend the Festival of the Arts, "In Celebration,"
a special performance to benefit the President's Committee
on Employment of the Handicapped. As soon as the guest list
for the box is fully determined, I will be in communication
with you. A reception will be held following the performance
year
but because the performance does not begin until late (9:00 p.m.)
and will probably last two hours, at most I think Mrs. Ford's
attendance at the reception should be a drop-by. She may wish
to determine in the course of the evening whether she wishes
to drop by the reception. The evening should be a lovely one
with a number of distinguished performers participating including
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Pearl Bailey, etc. and attended
by leaders of national rehabilitation organizations, members of
Congress, Embassy representatives, etc. The President and Mrs. Ford
are Honorary Patrons of the evening. I understand the advanceman
is Don Clarey (0: 961-8673; H: 548-9624). The file is attached.
Thank you.
c: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
James Cavanaugh
David Lissy
Sara Massengale
Rex Scouten
Staircase
FACT SHEET
Festival of the Arts
"In Celebration"
A Bicentennial Salute
Under the Honorary Chairmenship of The President and Mrs. Ford
Official Hosts: Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington
Wednesday, April 28, 1976 -- 9:00 p.m. -- Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center,
Washington, D. C.
THEME
In the arts there are no handicaps -- and the arts are a means of addressing
humanity.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (partial list)
Pearl Bailey
star of a string of musicals, latest of which is a
revival of "Hello Dolly" -- author -- long-time
friend of the handicapped.
Nanette Fabray
lost her hearing and regained it -- ever since has
been a champion of the deaf and all the handicapped.
paychartes Lucille- National the Deaf
Helen Hayes
still First Lady of the American stage -- many of
her public appearances are for the benefit of the
handicapped.
Theater of
produces some of the finest theater in this country
--- world traveled --- world applauded (David Hays,
Director)
Itzhak Perlman
victim of polio -- world-famous violinist -- acclaimed
everywhere on the globe.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Claire Bloom, Agnes de Mille, James dePreist, Hillard Elkins, Nanette Fabray,
Jose Feliciano, Zelda Fichandler, Rev. Gilbert Hartke, Helen Hayes, David Hays,
George London, Itzhak Perlman, George Spota, Jack Valenti.
Fact Sheet
Page two
PURPOSE
to celebrate progress in breaking down environmental and
attitudinal barriers against handicapped people
to open a new door of communication -- communication in
human understanding as manifest in the arts
at this bicentennial season, to focus on the triumph of
faith, persistence and courage of those who are handicapped
to emphasize the role of the arts in enhancing the quality
of life
presented by The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped,
sponsored by Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation,
with the support of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, established in
1947, has served under six Presidents. It has brought together public and
private sectors of society as well as a wide variety of national forces for
the common purpose of creating greater opportunities for America's handicapped
people. Harold Russell, Chairman -- Jayne B. Spain, Vice Chairman
Producer/Director: Hilly Elkins
Executive Producer: Ruth Mondschein
For further information: Contact "In Celebration" staff - Phone 653-5044
Eleanor Sullivan /// Sharon Turner
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 25, 1976
Ms. Susan Porter
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Appointment Secretary to
Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
re:
Dear Susan:
list
SP:
How wonderful it was to hear the long awaited news that Mrs. Ford will
be attending the Festival of the Arts performance at the Kennedy Center
on April 28 at 9:00 P. M.
I am sure you could hear the excitement and pride in my voice when we
spoke together Friday evening. I would be honored to act as your contact
person at any time, any place, any hour. For your convenience my number
at the office is 653-5044; at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center
254-3666; and at the Watergate Hotel 965-2300. I will alert everyone to be
on the lookout for a message from you.
We have an extraordinary diversified number of distinguished guests includ-
ing the leaders of international rehabilitation organizations; members of
congress; embassy representatives; distinguished members of the President's
Committee; the vice president's and executive personnel of our sponsors,
Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company Foundation; cabinet
members; and other high government officials. All of our special guests
will be seated in the Orchestra. The trustees of the Kennedy Center have
graciously given up their boxes so we could accommodate as many handi-
capped people as possible. Therefore, every box, except The President's
box, will be filled with outstanding handicapped people from various agencies
throughout the United States.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
-2-
The President's box will accommodate eight to ten people and the
following names have been suggested to have the honor of sitting with
Mrs. Ford:
I
2
The Honorable Harold Russell, Chairman of the
President's Committee, and Mrs. Russell.
7
The Honorable Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman
of the President's Committee and Mr. John Spain
1
Lady Ramsbotham, who has been a very close friend
of the Committees. (I understand Lord Ramsbotham
will be unable to attend.)
2
Mayor and Mrs. Walter E. Washington, the Official
Hosts of the evening.
/
Myself, as a member of the President's Committee
and as the Executive Producer of the show.
8
10
Mrs. Ford may have her own preferences and naturally, whatever
pleases her is what we want to do.
I spoke with Sheila, as you suggested, and she's planning to release
the news on Monday.
If there is any way I can be helpful, please let me know.
What else can I say except thank you -- thank you. I'm sure you know
how much this means to me, to our stars, to the audience, and to our
cause.
Sincerely,
Ruth
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
April 12, 1976
Erinbewes
Thertre
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I am delighted to inform you that the greatest troubadour of all, Mr. Burl Ives,
will be joining us on the evening of the 28th at the Kennedy Center. Josuha
Logan the greatest director in America is so excited about the whole concept --
the arts and the handicapped -- that he has consented to direct the show for us.
We are also very happy that the beautiful young dancers of Gallaudet College
will be joining us that evening. And, of course, your favorite, Pearl Bailey --
who exemplifies the American dream, will be one of our great stars.
So many marvelous things are happening as a result of this Festival. I know
that it's only the beginning to the whole new awareness of careers in the arts
for the handicapped gifted and talented, and the use of the arts in realizing
and developing the highest potential of handicapped children.
I am proud to share with you the fact that Lady Ramsbotham will not only be
present, but would like to do a similar Festival in England.
We look forward to your presence, not only because it would lend such dignity
and prestige to the evening, but because you will serve as an inspiration to
the hundreds of handicapped in our audience and to the millions of disabled
people in our country.
On behalf of the President's Committee and Harold Russell, Chairman, our best
wishes for a wonderful Easter Holiday.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
-2-
I hope you have seen the beautiful picture of Harold Russell, yourself,
and the Wyler's that was taken at the affair in Hollywood.
On a very personal note, I noticed in the paper that you and Pearl Bailey
are both Aries -- I am very proud to join your distinguished company.
In much admiration,
with
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In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
March 12, 1976
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Ford:
I want you to know how delighted I was to have had a chance to chat with
you at the dinner for Willie Wyler in Los Angeles. It was an evening that
I'll never forget.
A brief reminder:
I had hoped to have had the chance to talk to you about the forthcoming
Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons, "In Celebration," to be held
at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday evening, April 28. You and the President
are, of course, honorary patrons.
I hope very much that both of you will be able to attend. It promises to be
a most unusual event -- calling attention during this Bicentennial Year to
the contributions of handicapped citizens to our country, not only in the
arts but in all kinds of endeavors. Participants include Pearl Bailey,
Nanette Fabray, Helen Hayes, Itzhak Perlman, Ray Charles, Tom Sullivan and
the National Theatre of the Deaf.
I am looking forward to seeing you again on April 28.
Sincerely,
Hourld
Harold Russell
Chairman
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein. Executive Producer Harold Russell. Chairman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUSAN PORTER
FROM:
DAVID LISS) my
SUBJECT:
Festival of Arts featuring
handicapped performers --
April 28
I would like to warmly endorse whatever participation
in this event Mrs. Ford may comtemplate.
CC: Sarah Massengale
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Carolyn,
I think Mrs. Ford may
want to see this before she
goes to California. Harold
Russell (par. 3) will be at the
Amer. Film Institute Dinner.
I think this looks like
a super evening--and one which
combines two areas of Mrs.
Ford's interests. I have in
in with the things to talk to
herabout after she returns.
Thank you,
susan
ufan
APRIL
ATTEND-
REGRET
In Celebration
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Presents an Evening at the Kennedy Center, April 28th, 1976, Eisenhower Theater
Under the patronage of The President and Mrs. Ford
February 11, 1976
Hope ton but Rup
attend
Mrs. Betty Ford
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
turlate
Dear Mrs. Ford:
We are so proud and so delighted that you and the President have accepted the
Honorary Chairmenship of what we feel will be the most unique and meaningful
celebration of the Bicentennial Year. It has been said that "the arts are a
means of addressing humanity," and can there be any more effective way of
communicating the courage, the imagination, and the faith of the American
Spirit than through the magnitude of the artists who will be gracing the stage
of the Eisenhower Theater on April 28, 1976?
Nanette Fabray has had a hearing problem all her life, but she's a beautiful
performer and a beautiful person; the National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the
most exciting drama troupes in the world; Itzhak Perlman may be paraplegic but
the magic of his violin lights up the heart and soul of everyone who hears him;
one of your favorite people in the world, Pearl Bailey, is the essence of humanity
and love -- and this is only the beginning of the roster of the various great
artists who will grace the stage for this festive occasion.
I know that you have met on a number of occasions, (Chrm) Harold Bassell, Chairman of
the President's Committee, who starred in "The Best Years Of Our Lives" as a
returning disabled war veteran. Jayne Baker Spain, Vice Chairman of our Com-
mittee, was as you know, Vice Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and
now has the exciting new challenge of being one of the first women to achieve
the status and recognition as Senior Vice President of Gulf Oil Corporation.
We have the artists; we have the commitment; we have a President's Committee
composed of fantastic people representing every sector of our country; and we
want at this time in American history to have the opportunity to proclaim that
it is the ability and not the disability that counts.
SERVICE R. FORD LIBRARY
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Agnes De Mille Claire Bloom David Hays Father Gilbert Hartke George London
George Spota Helen Hayes Hillard Elkins Itzhak Perlman
Jack Valenti James DePreist Jose Feliciano Nanette Fabray Richmond Crinkley Zelda Fichandler
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer Harold Russell, Chairman
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Knowing your interest in the arts and your devotion and work with handicapped
people, we would consider it the highest honor if you would announce the
Festival of the Arts at a White House press conference, with Harold Russell
and Jayne Spain attending, or anyone else you wish to designate.
We realize that your schedule is so overburdened, but this is really the
first time in the history of our country that we have focused on a Salute
of this nature, not for just a night - not for just a day - but to communicate
a new sense of awareness of the accomplishments and achievements of handicapped
people, and to enhance the quality of life for all.
We hope this request merits your most special consideration. We were thinking
in terms of a date for a press conference between February 18 and March 3. If
this is not possible, could there be a press release, a proclamation, or what-
ever you feel appropriate - and, of course, your presence at the performance.
This year the Annual Meeting will highlight demonstration projects on the
relationship of the arts in developing the highest quality of motor skills,
reading skills and language, for handicapped children. Hank Viscardi the
Chairman of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals will bring
his drama troupe of severely handicapped children, in wheelchairs, and demo-
nstrate the role of drama in their lives -- so you see -- we're all in it
together. But, it's the Festival that will open the hearts and minds and
nerve endings of real understanding.
I saw something on TV that said it beautifully, "The spirit of achievement
is the spirit of America" and that is what this evening is all about -- that
in the arts there are no handicaps.
It has been said "If you will it, it is no dream" and this is a dream that
will become the desired reality, by your presence, by your participation, by
your personal touch and commitment.
Sincerely,
with mondschein
Ruth Mondschein
Executive Producer
Festival of the Arts
653-5044
SEALO FORD LIBRARY
4/27/76
6:00 pm
(Advanceman: Don Clarey)
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Fran
THE FIRST LADY'S ATTENDANCE AT
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS,
"IN CELEBRATION"
The Kennedy Center
Wednesday, April 29, 1976
BLACK TIE (Optional)
8:45 pm
The First Lady boards motorcade on South Grounds.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route Kennedy
Center.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
8:51 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Kennedy Center
(Parking Level B Entrance)
The First Lady proceeds to the elevator en route
to the Box Tier level of the Eisenhower Theater.
8:52 pm
The First Lady arrives at the Box Tier Level.
The First Lady will be met by:
Harold Russell, Chairman, President's
Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped
Jane B. Spain, Vice Chairman of the
President's Committee
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer of
Festival of the Arts
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell, Mrs.
Spain, and Mrs. Mondschein, proceeds to the
President's Box.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
-2-
8:54 pm
The First Lady proceeds into the President's
Box, is introduced to the audience, and is seated.
9:00 pm
The Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons,
"In Celebration" program begins.
(There will be no intermission.)
11:00 pm
The Program concludes.
11:03 pm
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell and
Mrs. Spain, depart the President's Box en route
to the elevator.
NOTE: Mr. Russell and Mrs. Spain will
bid farewell at the elevator.
11:05 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Kennedy Center en route South
Grounds.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
11:12 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES South Grounds.
4/27/76
6:00 pm
(Advanceman: Don Clarey)
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
sally
THE FIRST LADY'S ATTENDANCE AT
THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS,
"IN CELEBRATION"
The Kennedy Center
Wednesday, April 29, 1976
BLACK TIE (Optional)
8:45 pm
The First Lady boards motorcade on South Grounds.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route Kennedy
Center.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
8:51 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Kennedy Center
(Parking Level B Entrance)
The First Lady proceeds to the elevator en route
to the Box Tier level of the Eisenhower Theater.
8:52 pm
The First Lady arrives at the Box Tier Level.
The First Lady will be met by:
Harold Russell, Chairman, President's
Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped
Jane B. Spain, Vice Chairman of the
President's Committee
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer of
Festival of the Arts
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell, Mrs.
Spain, and Mrs. Mondschein, proceeds to the
President's Box.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
-2-
8:54 pm
The First Lady proceeds into the President's
Box, is introduced to the audience, and is seated.
9:00 pm
The Festival of the Arts of Handicapped Persons,
"In Celebration" program begins.
(There will be no intermission.)
11:00 pm
The Program concludes.
11:03 pm
The First Lady, escorted by Mr. Russell and
Mrs. Spain, depart the President's Box en route
to the elevator.
NOTE: Mr. Russell and Mrs. Spain will
bid farewell at the elevator.
11:05 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Kennedy Center en route South
Grounds.
(Driving time: 6 minutes)
11:12 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES South Grounds.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 28, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR MRS. FORD
SUBJECT:
Handicapped Young Adults
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Thursday, April 29, 1976
1:45 p.m.
BACKGROUND
A group of Grand Rapids civic leaders have organized a special
trip to Washington, D. C. for 69 handicapped young adults from
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their visit coincides with the annual
meeting of the President's Committee on the Employment of the
Handicapped.
They arrived in Washington on Wednesday, April 28, with plans
to attend the concert at the Kennedy Center the evening of April 28.
Their other plans during their stay include a tour of the memorials
and monuments and special tours of the White House and the Capitol.
The individual in charge and organizer of the trip is Mr. Robert
Muller, who is himself handicapped and was Michigan's Handicapped
Worker of the Year in 1972.
This is the group Pete Secchia discussed with you recently.
Mike Famell
Mike Farrell
4/28/76
10:20 am
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
MRS. FORD'S ATTENDANCE AT THE
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS
'IN CELEBRATION"
JFK CENTER
Wednesday, April 28, 1976
8:45 pm
Mrs. Ford boards motorcade on South Grounds.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route
JFK Center.
[Driving time: 6 minutes]
8:51 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES JFK Center,
Parking Level B Entrance.
Mrs. Ford proceeds to elevator en route Box Tier
Level of Eisenhower Theatre.
8:52 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives Box Tier Level.
Mrs. Ford will be met by:
Harold Russell, Chairman, President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Jane B. Spain, Vice Chairman, President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Ruth Mondschein, Executive Producer of
Festival of the Arts
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mr. Russell, Ms. Spain,
and Ms. Mondschein, proceeds to Presidential Box.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
8:54 pm
Announcement.
8:54 pm
Mrs. Ford arrives Presidential Box and is seated.
- 2 -
9:00 pm
Programs begins.
NOTE: There will be no
intermission.
11:00 pin
Program concludes.
11:03 pm
Mrs. Ford, escorted by Mr. Russell and Ms. Spain,
departs Presidential Box en route motorcade for
boarding via elevator.
NOTE: Mr. Russell & Ms. Spain
will bid farewell at the elevator.
11:05 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS JFK Center en route
South Grounds.
[Driving time: 6 minutes]
11:11 pm
MOTORCADE ARRRIVES South Grounds.
Wednesday, April 28, 1976
UPI
AP
THE WHITE HOUSE
VSTAR
8:30
Office of Mrs. Ford's Press Secretary/CBS
/NBC
Mrs. Ford's upcoming schedule: (Revised)
VABCP
Wednesday, April 28, 1976: Mrs. Ford will attend the Benefit Gala
for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped at
the Kennedy Center at 9:00 P.M. For details on press coverage,
please call Mrs. Ford's press office.
Thursday, April 29, 1976: Mrs. Ford will go to New York City to
attend the performance of "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" to benefit
the Lyndon B. Johnson Grove in Washington, D.C., as a guest of
Mrs. Johnson's. The performance is being held at the Mark Hellinger
Theatre, 51st and Broadway, New York City, at 8:00 P.M.
Immediately preceding the performance, Mrs. Ford will stop by to pay
her respects to the memory of Duke Ellington at the "Ellington Is
Forever" concert at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Define, 111th
and Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, which begins at 7:30 P.M.
April 29th has been declared "Duke Ellington Day" by Governor Carey
and Mayor Beam of New York, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra with
Mercer Ellington conducting and the Hampton Choir is presenting
this special concert to benefit the Cuttington College in Liberia,
the only independent liberal arts college in Sub-Sahara West Africa.
Mrs. Ford will remain overnight in New York City.
CREDENTIALLING: Bruce Porter 212/421-9800
Friday, April 30, 1976
Mrs. Ford will travel to Indianapolis, Indiana.
11:45 A.M.
Mrs. Ford will arrive at Weir Cook Field, Indianapolis.
12:15 P.M.
Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut will escort Mrs. Ford
on a walking tour down East Market Street near Monument
Circle and will present her with the keys to the city.
2:15 P.M.
Mrs. Ford will stop by the President Ford Committee
Headquarters at 1935 North Meridian Street to meet
with volunteers and workers.
3:30 P.M.
Mrs. Ford will christen Pan American's newest aircraft,
a Boeing 747SP (special performance) at ceremonies
at Weir-Cook Field in Indianapolis. She is the seventh
in a succession of First Ladies to christen new aircrafts
The aircraft will be flown from New York the following
Saturday on a round-the-world flight in an attempt to
establish a new record flight-time of less than 40 hours.
The aircraft will be named the Jet Clipper Liberty Bell.
After the ceremony, Mrs. Ford will return to Washington.
PRESS CONTACT: John Breen 317/926-3486
CREDENTIALLING: Monice Leuw 317/926-3486 (Closes Noon, Thursday)
Tuesday, May 4 through Friday, May 7, 1976: Mrs. Ford will be traveling
to Ohio and California. Her first stop on Tuesday will be in Columbus
where she will attend a reception and a fund-raising luncheon at
Noon at Ohio Village (a 28 acre tract north of Ohio Historical Center
in Columbus. She will leave that afternoon for California. A detailed
schedule will be forthcoming.
OHIO PRESS CONTACT: Jim Richards 614/221-3673
CREDENTIALLING: Anita Williams 614/221-3673 (Closes Noon, Monday)
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A
Bicentennial
"BabyDoe"
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The New York City Opera brings seven productions to the Opera
House, opening on April 28th with "The Ballad of Baby Doe."
The Ballad of Baby Doe, which opens the
opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe has be-
Washington season by the New York City
come the major American opera most
Opera, was created by librettist John La-
produced since its Central City, Colora-
touche and composer Douglas Moore for
do premiere in 1956 and its introduction
the Bicentennial of Columbia University,
to the repertory of the New York City
EGON VON FURSTENBERG wears an Egon Von Furstenberg.
therefore it is entirely appropriate that
Opera two years later, with a cast headed
Vested. Contrasted. The sophisticated European. For spring, the solid vest and pants with
it is one of the City Opera revivals ho-
by Beverly Sills, Frances Bible and Wal-
understated tattersall check coat, 215.00. And it's all at Woodies. Washingtonian Shop,
noring the United States Bicentennial.
ter Cassel. John Latouche and Douglas
A crazy-quilt kaleidoscope of Ameri-
Moore developed The Ballad of Baby
Tysons Corner and Montgomery Mall-a very special store!
WODWARD
cana, history, biography, Broadway and
Doe some years after the composer was
&LOTHROP
Photographs of the New York City Opera by Beth Bergman
by Byron Belt
7
haunted by newspaper accounts detail-
wealthiest man in Colorado, Tabor's fan-
ing the death of Elizabeth "Baby Doe"
atic faith in silver in the face of the na-
Tabor.
tion's turn to gold in the 1890's, result-
In 1935 Baby Doe froze to death in a
ed in his penniless death. Having divorced
small cabin near the entrance of the in-
his first wife, Augusta, after she helped
him rise to fame and fortune during a
painful twenty year struggle, Tabor and
Baby Doe proved genuinely devoted.
Their love survived scandal, profligate
living and total financial ruin.
The true story of the three principals
is filled in with a libretto bursting with a
lively panoply of such unusual operatic
PORTED
characters as Chester A. Arthur, Presi-
FROM ENGLAND
dent of the United States, "free silver"
presidential candidate and orator Willi-
am Jennings Bryan, and others.
Moore's lyric delight may also be the
There's a simple
only stage work to include not one, but
virtue that separates
two opera houses-both built by Horace
Austin Warner Tabor-one in the Lead-
the extraordinary from
ville setting of the opening scenes, and
the ordinary.
the other in Denver, on the stage of
which Tabor breathes his operatic last.
BEEFEATER
Since my great-grandfather, John Mc-
Dedication.
Cormick, reportedly lent Horace Tabor
$5,000 to help him leave Tabor Valley,
The kind of dedication
near Manhattan, Kansas, to buy his first
mine, I've always had a special interest
that produces the
in the story, and particularly in Douglas
identifiable excellence
Bergman
Moore's vital musical setting. Because
John McCormick was one of many nev-
that makes
er repaid by Tabor, my mother never
London
Beefeater Gin,
quite approved of my enthusiasm for
the man and The Ballad of Baby Doe.
Beefeater Gin.
With its barmaids and glittering Wash-
ington wedding festivities, The Ballad of
Produced o
Baby Doe is a visual spectacular, but it
Bottled in
is in the revealing smaller scenes with the
Ingland
indomitable but vulnerable Augusta, the
LONDON DISTILLED
boastful, expansive Horace and the su-
perficial, but ultimately noble and touch-
JAMES BURROUGH DRYGIN LIMITED LONDON
ing Baby Doe that this most American of
94 PROOF
4/5 QUART
American operas comes memorably to
Among the seven superb productions offered by
life and to the most poignant of endings.
the New York City Opera during its Washington
Although men are obviously crucial
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endless vigil following the 1899 death of
Opera's engagement here, it is the ladies
her husband Horace Tabor. Once the
who really charge the at- (Cont. on page 12)
8
Tony Stein and Gerald Dolly,
I
t probably comes as little
returned for a second week at
diesel economy with true per-
surprise that 84% of all
school. For seven hours a day,
formance and luxury. That's
Mercedes-Benz owners
for five days, he studied igni-
why more than 40% of all
have earned more degrees under
attended college. But it may
tion diagnosis, electronic in-
Mercedes-Benz cars bought in
shock you to learn that most
jection, and the sophisticated
the Washington-area are
Mercedes-Benz technicians
emission systems. Finally, with
Diesel-powered. And if you're
a Mercedes-Benz
have also had advanced educa-
certificate in hand, he gradu-
worrying about fuel, relax.
tional training.
ated into the elite of the
There are dozens of stations
Take Tony and Gerald.
world's mechanics.
nearby that sell it.
than many of the people
When most boys were still
Every technician is
When you own a
dreaming about their first car,
encouraged to study
Mercedes-Benz you also have
who drive a Mercedes-Benz.
Tony Stein was learning all
about one of the world's finest
advanced technical
few worries about parts. Since
all six Washington dealers are
cars. At sixteen he started his
courses.
required to maintain an ade-
apprenticeship in Lubrick,
But Basic Service is just
quate supply of parts on hand,
Germany, under the strict
the elementary school of
most repairs are attended to
tutelage of master mechanics.
Mercedes-Benz education.
immediately. But if your dealer
Mechanics who knew a
Every technician has the
doesn't have a particular part,
Mercedes-Benz blindfolded.
opportunity to attend Ad-
he can usually get it overnight.
They spent three months
vanced Basic Service training
Because 97.8% of all the parts
teaching him brakes. Three
sessions and then specialized
your automobile could ever
months on clutches. Tony
schools.
need are less than an hour
spent almost a week learning
Gerald Dolly, who knew
away at the Mid-Atlantic Parts
the proper method for tighten-
every nut and bolt on a car
Depot near Baltimore.
ing bolts. (Too tight, and a bolt
while still a boy in West
E
:
could cause a part to fail pre-
Virginia, has earned three ad-
B
maturely. Too loose, it could
vanced degrees with Mercedes-
cause pressure.) He knew
Benz.
C
mechanical specifications so
He studied pre-glow start-
well, that as part of his final
ing systems and infra-red
D
F
exam he had to build a con-
exhaust testing. He can diag-
A
necting rod by hand.
nose a car with an oscilloscope
like a doctor with a stetho-
scope. And this year, he's
working on his fourth degree.
The six dealerships are strategically
Who knows, maybe he'll
placed to provide readily accessible
bone up on 5-cylinder Diesel
service. Dots indicate the growing
technology, or W116 axle
number of gas stations providing
Diesel fuel.
alignment.
And if you're still un-
Two more reasons
decided about a Mercedes-
to consider the
Benz, consider this.
Tony Stein at 19 after graduating
Mercedes-Benz.
With many luxury cars,
from apprentice training.
He's sixth from the left on the
In a world where gasoline
the mechanics must know a
top row.
prices fluctuate, it's reassuring
little about a lot of cars.
to know that there are still
Mercedes-Benz techni-
Teaching freshmen
some cars which combine
cians know a lot about just one.
the basics.
After four years alternat-
ing between the machine shop
and the classroom, Tony came
The Six Mercedes-Benz Dealers
to the United States. And, like
all "new" technicians, he was
of Metropolitan Washington
sent through Basic Service
training. This involves two
Arlington: American Service
Rockville: Deskin Motor
weeks at one of three special
Center, (A), 585 N. Glebe
Co., (E), 15401 Frederick
Mercedes-Benz schools. The
Rd., 525-2100
Rd., 340-0900
first week is spent learning
engine adjustments, Diesel
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Silver Spring: Herb Gordon's
injection systems, and the
Inc. (C), 4800 Elm St.,
Autoworld, (B), Montgom-
workings of 4 and 6-cylinder
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Washington: McNey Motors,
Then, after two months of
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Mis alsomar ma man
(Cont. from page 8) mosphere with blood
and thunder, wit and wisdom as well as
scenes of caressing or coruscating beauty.
In addition to the conflicting heroines
of The Ballad of Baby Doe the fascinat-
ing females include the saucy, fun-loving
Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville;
the exotic witchcraft of Ulrica and the
grandly noble Amelia of Verdi's A Mask-
ed Ball; those girls of doubtful virtue but
winning ways, Mimi and Musetta in Puc-
cinni's La Bobeme; the agonizing, desert-
ed Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rus-
ticana and the wandering Nedda in Leon-
cavallo's Pagliacci, (although here it must
be admitted the men really steal the
show); climaxing everything with that
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TexasTrilogy
DRY
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"Lu Hampton Laverty Oberlander, "The Last Meeting of the Knights
of the White Magnolia" and "The Oldest Living Graduate" will play in
repertory in the Eisenbower Theatre beginning April 22.
It is fitting and proper that the first new
Mexico, he attended the University of
work in the Bicentennial Series at the
New Mexico at Albuquerque, majoring
Kennedy Center should be The Bradley-
in theatre. After graduating, he worked
ville Trilogy by Preston Jones. Bradley-
several years as a road builder in West
ville is located in the dusty, dry heartland
Texas. Then, in the early sixties, he be-
of America. It is one of those little West
gan his study at the Dallas Theatre Cen-
Texas towns not far from Big Spring.
ter. As an undergraduate, he was inter-
Preston Jones has lived and worked there
ested in writing with special attention
and has made this mythical town, Brad-
given to beatnik poetry. He holds a Mas-
leyville, the setting for all three plays.
ter's degree from Trinity University with
It is also fitting and proper that the
his thesis being a three-act play.
FLEISCHMANN'S
Bicentennial Series should present a tri-
His first serious writing began in 1973
logy which takes a many-sided, in-depth
as a result of his search for good plays to
EST.
1870
view of life in one of America's small
produce in the Down Center Stage at
towns. The three plays depict decades in
the Dallas Theater Center. He found
the lives of Bradleyville citizens. Coming
many plays written about a love triangle
from Texas by way of New Mexico, Pres-
with settings in apartments in New York
DRY
GIN
ton Jones paints on a big canvas.
or San Francisco or Los Angeles, but ve-
Distilland
Preston Jones began writing seriously
ry little written about the people and
four years ago. It is a tribute to his abili-
country he knew so well-about middle
E
86 PROOF
ty that his first three plays, The Bradley-
America. As a result, Preston decided to
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ville Trilogy, should all be of such high
try his hand at writing. The Last Meeting
caliber. Jones has written four exception-
of the Knights of the White Magnolia was
al plays within a twenty-six-month time
written first and completed in late Spring
span. He is a member of the Dallas Thea-
of 1973 while Jones was working in the
ter Center Professional Company and has
Theater Box Office. One day he handed
been an actor and director at the DTC
a hand-printed script out the Box Office
for the past fourteen years. Born in New
window to me and (Continued on pg. 21)
In 1870, Charles Fleischmann created the world's first
The American Bicentennial Theatre Productions are presented by the Kennedy Center
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I
Marlboro
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
ROGER L. STEVENS, Chairman
Marlboro
MARTIN FEINSTEIN, Executive Director
EISENHOWER THEATER
Wednesday Evening, April 28, 1976 at 9:00
The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
presents
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
"In Celebration"
A Bicentennial Salute
Under the Honorary Chairmanship of The President and Mrs. Ford
In the arts there are no handicaps; the arts are a means of addressing humanity.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
(in alphabetical order)
PEARL BAILEY
RAY CHARLES
THE RAY CHARLES ORCHESTRA, THE RAELETTS
NANETTE FABRAY
LOUISE FLETCHER
THE GALLAUDET DANCERS
HELEN HAYES
PAUL HILL CHORALE
BURL IVES
THE LITTLE THEATRE OF THE DEAF
ITZHAK PERLMAN
ToM SULLIVAN
Executive Producer RUTH MONDSCHEIN
Staged by JOSHUA LOGAN
"In Celebration" is sponsored by Alcoa Foundation and International Paper Company
Foundation, with the support of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, Office of
Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and The John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts.
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(Continued from page 14) said, "Please read
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON
this." It was the first draft of Magnolia.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED
Later that summer he finished Lu Ann
Hampton Laverty Oberlander, also la-
boriously hand-printed. I knew we had
Chairman: Harold Russell
found two fine plays. Mary Sue Jones,
O'DONNELL'S®
Preston's wife, Assistant Director, ac-
"tang o' the "food
Vice Chairmen: Jayne B. Spain, Victor Riesel, Gordon Freeman
tress, and designer at the Dallas Theater
We originated
Center, designed the two productions.
The President's Committee, established in 1947, has served under six Presidents.
Magnolia and Lu Ann became part of the
the Norfolk
It has brought together public and private sectors of society as well as a wide
dramatic offering of Play Market '74
where six other new plays, all by authors
style of
variety of national forces for the common purpose of creating greater oppor-
tunities for America's handicapped people.
of the Dallas Theater Center, were pro-
duced for an audience of producers,
cooking!
The Festival of the Arts, "In Celebration," is the opening of the 1976 Annual
Meeting of the President's Committee to be held at the Washington Hilton
agents and directors. The prestigious
Hotel on April 29 and 30, 1976.
American Playwrights Theatre immedi-
The theme is "Essentials: 3rd Century U.S.A." The essentials to be focused
ately chose Magnolia as their 1975-76 of-
on will be: the arts as enhancer of the quality of life; the use of leisure time for
fering to repertory and collegiate thea-
the individual's expansion of employment opportunities in the arts; and the
tres. So far, over forty productions have
development of a positive attitude about handicapped individuals through the
been booked from Alaska to Florida.
arts.
Later, in Spring 1974, Preston com-
pleted The Oldest Living Graduate and
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the run, for one week all three plays
were produced in one evening, opening
curtain at 7:00 pm and running until
THE
kay
2:00 am with a break for dinner and des-
sert. We all held our breath. Would the
audience come for three plays? Would
Wardman
they stay for seven hours? We were
designs,Itd
amazed at the results. Each night was a
sellout. The audience came and stayed.
Tower
The Trilogy received a standing ovation
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Isn't it
Magdalena Flats, premiered January 9,
1976, at the Dallas Theater Center to
small world?
high critical acclaim.
Unusual gifts, clothing and
Now, a word about the plays:
The Last Meeting of the Knights of
objets d'art from around the
the White Magnolia was written when
world and stateside have been
Preston Jones became fascinated with
gathered together in the 25
what happened at the very last meeting
of a foolish fraternal order (something
charming boutiques of
like the Ku Klux Klan). In this play, the
Les Champs.
Knights have deteriorated from a large
state organization until this (unknown
Just across the street from the
to the members) is the last meeting of
Kennedy Center
the last extant chapter. He placed the
lodge hall in a small, delapidated West
Texas hotel, one of former splendor,
champs
owned by its oldest member, Colonel
THE ARTS
Kinkaid.
In Magnolia, Jones mercilessly sati-
ARE PART OF
rizes the members and joiners of all fra-
ternal orders. He also searches beneath
U.S.STEEL'S
WATERGATE
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CIRCLE
The jumpsuit
the surface action for deeper meanings.
so free and easy with
zipper, pockets and tie
The author knows that many of us need
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such societies as insulation from every-
knit of 65% Dacron®
day, humdrum reality. When the Brothers
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something. Col. J. C. Kinkaid, a World
at Colette
War I veteran, represents the Old West-
In Pittsburgh, Birmingham and Gary. in Chicago, Houston,
Salt Lake City, Cleveland, and Washington. in these and other cities,
Watergate &
dottering, senile, babbling, but with a
U.S. Steel people play a part in the cultural life of the community.
Les Champs.
genuine love of the land and a deep and
We're deeply involved in artistic pursuits such as theater, opera, ballet,
abiding love and nostalgic adulation for
and choral and orchestral performances.
LADIES
the warrior in each of us.
You may find U.S. Steel people serving on an opera's Board of
APPAREL
LINGERIE
Jones, understands and loves the mili-
Directors, heading a Symphony Orchestra's fund-raising drive or
ACCESSORIES
tary. He comes from a military family.
helping to organize an amateur theatrical group. Whatever the cul-
tural activity, our involvement has become an im-
Colette
One of the main themes running through-
portant element. In this way, the men and women
out the Trilogy is the effect which mili-
of U.S. Steel enrich their own lives, as well as the
lives of their neighbors in many communities
USS
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in World War I. Skip Hampton in Magno-
with an invalid mother, an alcoholic bro-
lia and Lu Ann is forever reliving in al-
ther and a typical teenage daughter.
coholic stupor his great moments in the
Lu Ann deals with the simple, pathe-
Chosen Sector during the Korean con-
tic and joyous events of daily living-of
flict. Col. Kinkaid's last speech in Gradu-
growning up-of aging. The play is about
ate is probably one of the most poignant
the lives of all the plain Janes in little
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and touching tributes ever written to
towns who wait tables, clerk in stores,
the life of the Old West and the nostalgic
mind the brats, live in trailer homes. It
memories of an old soldier. This great
is a play written with deep compassion
speech will become an important addi-
for each character in the play, especially
tion to American literature.
for the tragic-comic life of all the Lu
The Trilogy portrays the three main
Anns in America. In my opinion, Lu Ann
levels of small town society. Lu Ann
is one of the most beautifully etched
is a most sympathetic study of what hap-
characters in the contemporary drama-
tic theatre.
The Oldest Living Graduate looks at
the weaknesses, foibles and prejudices
of Bradleyville's Country Club set. In
Graduate we see how the well-to-do, se-
cond-generation aristocracy of a small
town lives, thinks, wheels and deals with
one another. Col. Kinkaid lives with his
and
Bottled
in
son Floyd, and his son's childless wife,
British
Government
Supervision
Maureen Kinkaid. Jones draws a very
strong contrast between the Colonel and
his love of the soil, his memories of the
CUTTY
SARK
Old West, and the monotony of Floyd's
life as financial leader and social arbiter
of the Country Club set. Graduate pokes
fun at ceremonies, academic folderol, and
small town morality.
We get to know the people and society
of Bradleyville very well. It is like a visit
home. The character names become fami-
liar from play to play in the Trilogy.
Colonel Kinkaid is a leading character in
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the
White Magnolia and The Oldest Living
The Bradleyville Trilogy author, Preston Jones.
Graduate, and is mentioned in Lu Ann
pens to a beautiful high school cheer-
Hampton Laverty Oberlander. Skip
leader when she remains in her insular
Hampton, the town alcoholic; Claudene
community and marries young. The ac-
Hampton (Skip and Lu Ann's mother);
tion covers twenty years. We see Lu Ann
Red Grover, the barkeeper; and others
in Act I graduating from high school and
live their lives intertwined throughout
falling in love; Act II, bounding back
the Trilogy. They appear in at least two
from one unsuccessful marriage to a
of the plays either directly as characters
and now it's time for a Cutty.
truckdriver, now with a divorce and a
or by reference.
baby girl, making a difficult and heroic
Preston has a fantastic ear for every-
adjustment to the reality of small town
day speech. He must have total recall. He
life; Act III, her final adjustment to life
catches the rhythm and cadence of the
(at age 38) in the role of breadwinner
language of his characters. They talk and
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act like real people. This is perhaps his
Magic
greatest gift as a writer. We have heard all
of these lines before. We love to hear them
Pan
again, spoken by real people, selected,
refined, woven into beautifully drawn
crêperie
scenes. We get to know each of the char-
It's cheaper
A Perfect Ending
acters. We laugh with them, suffer with
To A Perfect Night
them, hate some of them, and in the end
to change your mind on paper
understand and sympathize. He writes
At The Theatre
about losers who are at once funny, pa-
thetic, and universal.
than it is in steel and glass.
Featuring Crêpe
Jones portrays each character with
Dinners and Great
deep and abiding respect but always with
That's why planning ahead is so
The cost of health care is rising
savings through group purchasing
Crêpe Desserts - A Meal
a sharp eye for human weaknesses. He
important.
fast enough as it is. For example,
programs.
very subtly and deftly gives all racists and
We think too much of our health
hospital charges across the nation
Can health care be better? Can
In Themselves!
care system has grown up without
have risen an average of about
bigots their comeupance in the gentle
its cost be contained We're part of
adequate planning. The result?
11.5% each year for the past nine
the effort to attain both those goals.
but firm handling of Ramsay Eyes' last
Wasteful duplication and maldistri-
Now 2 locations:
years. And in the Washington, D.C.
We think one way to do it is by
lines in Magnolia. In one of the most
bution of health care services. New
area, the graph is even steeper.
eliminating costly mistakes and
hospitals going up when existing
TYSONS CORNER CENTER
touching and revealing scenes of the Tri-
(Bureau of Labor Statistics figure.)
wasteful duplication right on the
ones have empty beds. Not enough
That's why our Blue Cross and
(in the Village Shops)
drawing board. And by encouraging
logy, Ramsey Eyes, an old black man,
programs to care for people who
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the development of health care
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reads part of the Magnolia ceremony
are sick, but not really sick
involved. We're working with
services where they're really needed.
(Wisconsin & Jenifer)
enough to need a hospital bed.
while standing in front of the lighted
hospitals and health planners,
When you figure it costs $60,000
All this overlap and confusion
Cocktails Wines
helping fund health planning
or $70,000 just to "build" one
KKK cross, then he has a big laugh at the
can push health care costs right out
agencies. We're aiding hospitals by
hospital bed, you don't want to
Open after the show
ceremony, the Knights, and the redneck
of sight. We're paying the price for
helping support their patient care
build more than you really need.
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psychology. Those last few lines of Ram-
it today-as taxpayers, paying
evaluation activities and by lending
Not when you're the one who
patients, subscribers to prepayment
technical and data systems
winds up paying for it.
sey Eyes remain a great sermon on the
plans. We don't want to keep paying
assistance. We're also helping
equality of men.
that price tomorrow.
hospitals as they try to achieve
Blue Cross.
All Jones' characters are part and par-
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live. Time will give us a better perspective
on the true value of the Trilogy, but I
agree with Bruce Cook who wrote in the
National Observer (June 8, 1974), "The
Trilogy could establish Preston Jones as
the most important American playwright
to come along in years."
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According to David Young, Produc-
ing number of universities are inviting
ing Director of the Festival, the annual
professional theatre companies to take
event of the American Theatre Associa-
up residence on campus, not only to
tion has shown a dramatic rate of growth
bring professional theatre to the univer-
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sity community, but also to offer stu-
Festival was launched in 1969 with 182
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eighth annual American College Theatre
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Festival, scheduled for April 5-18, repre-
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The
THE house gives you
At 31 the youngest member of the Thea-
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a balcony entrance
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teaching since 1969. He is also a play-
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"University theatre has undergone a
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dy knows it yet, except us. It's not a na-
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tional movement yet, but the universities
are supporting new playwrights, discov-
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house
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"Our facilities are incredible-just as
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people who take their
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(Continued from p. 32) degree of conscious-
ness-raising within the universities. Al-
Tempting Fare
though the educational institutions now
recognize the power of theatre to unify
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"The universities are doing a lot of
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porting resident playwrights with small
formerly of the
Portofino
VENEZIA
stipends that allow them to work and
study and develop their plays right on
campus. They're bringing a lot more pro-
fessionals on campus, which helps to
break down that destructive attitude the
professional theatre has toward us, that
university theatre is academic theatre, a
kind of boondocks museum where we
only do toy productions of the classics."
But the universities, Hart complains,
are still unaware of their own muscle.
"Too many schools still think of them-
selves in a vacuum. At the moment,
VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE
there's too much competition and not
enough communication between univer-
sities. We should be picking up each oth-
lightweight aluminum beverage can
new ultra-lightweight steel beverage can
er's plays for production, and generally
two-piece construction; no sideseam
two-piece construction; no sideseam
cooperating with each other more than
can be recycled if returned to retailer,
requires significantly less energy to produce
we are. We should think of ourselves as
brewer, bottler or aluminum company
than aluminum cans; requires less energy
than standard steel cans, which already are
part of the regional theatre movement,
DON'T PANIC!
energy savers compared to aluminum
with an obligation to the whole country.
Our chef will wait for you until
they're magnetic for easy recycling. Steel is
We have the facilities, and if we use them
11:30, and last call in the lounge
the only packaging material that is
properly-who knows? Maybe university
upstairs is midnight.
reclaimed on a mass basis from municipal
theatre could be the basis for America's
garbage by resource recovery systems.
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Center Notes
Spring in Washington is a balletomane's
delight as the finest ballet companies in
the world follow eachother into the Ope-
ra House in rapid succession. American
Ballet Theatre with its spectacular array
of international stars can be seen until
April 11th. They will be followed by the
Royal Danish Ballet, May 11th through
16th, Britain's Royal Ballet, May 18th
through 30th, then the Australian Ballet
with Margot Fonteyn, June 8th through 13.
One of the highlights of the Ballet
Theatre engagement will be a Gala Per-
formance on April 6 at 7:30. Sponsored
by the Washington Committee of the
American Ballet Theatre:
Friends of the American Ballet Theatre,
with Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller as Honor-
Far left: Natalia Makarova
ary Chairman, participants in the Gala
Ivan Nagy in Giselle.
will include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gel-
Center: Mikhail Baryshnik
sey Kirkland, Natalia Makarova, Rudolf
in Push Comes to Shove.
Nureyev, Karena Brock, Fernando Bu-
Above: Fernando Bujones
jones, Eleanor D'Antuono, Carla Fracci,
Eleanor D'Antuono in Les
Vladimir Gelvan, Ted Kivitt, Bonnie
Sylphides.
Mathis, Ivan Nagy, Terry Orr, Marcos
Bottom left: Martine Van I
Paredes, John Prinz, Martine van Hamel,
in Nureyev's Raymonda.
Lynn Seymour, Sallie Wilson, and Gayle
Bottom right: Gelsey Kirk
Young. Other surprise guest stars will join
and Rudolf Nureyev in the
in the evening of ballet pyrotechnics un-
Le Corsaire Pas de Deux.
precedented in Washington. Net proceeds
will go to the Ballet Theatre Foundation's
Stagebill takes
Production Fund.
Cabaret Tonite!
A major exhibition, America on Stage:
200 years of performing arts, which open-
your advertising
A joyous, rollicking medley of
ed in January 1976 at the Kennedy Cen-
ter will continue throughout the Bicen-
where the action is.
Broadway tunes, light opera and
popular favorities. Dancing before,
tennial year. The exhibition is funded by
between and after each show.
a grant from IBM. Conceived by Gene
Chicago's largest circulation monthly publication, delivering
Exquisite dining at modest prices.
Baro, critic and cultural historian, and
an average 345,000 copies a month, now reaches thousands
Two complete shows nightly
designed by the firm of Staples & Charles,
more of the affluent audience you want. How? Through
8:40 & 10:40 Tues.-Sat.
the exhibition occupies more than 20,000
the new 900-seat Drury Lane Theatre at Marriott's
Dancing
square feet on the third floor of the Cen-
new Lincolnshire Resort, just 20 minutes North of
Mon.-Sat.
ter. America on Stage focuses on the
O'Hare. It's a beautiful resort, completely outfitted
evolution of American drama, music and
with the features that make people happy. Like
INTERNATIONAL
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club shops and, of course, the magnificent
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Henry Sparrow
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The Me Nobody Knows
The Me Nobody Knows
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Giselle
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Univ of Evansville
Repeat of April 13
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American Music '76
American Music '76
Helga Bullock, soprano
see above
CH-8:30
CH-10:30
ET-7:30
Henderson Forsythe, Thomas
CH-3:00
ET-7:30
Lois Marshall, mezzo soprano
CH-5:30
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
NATIONAL TOWN MEETING
American Bicentennial Theatre
Toner, Patrick Hines in
STEPHEN BISHOP-
Fred Gwynne
Howard Hensel, tenor
BICENTENNIAL PARADE
ORCHESTRA
CH-12:00
Diane Ladd in
THE LAST MEETING OF THE
KOVACEVICH
Lee Richardson, Henderson
Allen Crowell, bass
OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Antal Dorati, cond.
SYMPOSIUM
LU ANN HAMPTON
KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE
piano series
Forsythe, Patricia Roe in
Bach B Minor Mass
State of Maine Day
OH-8:00
LAVERTY OBERLANDER
MAGNOLIA
THE OLDEST LIVING
CH-7:30
CH-8:30
WASHINGTON OPERA SOC.
a full-length play from the
by Preston Jones
GRADUATE
KENNEDY CENTER
THE MASSACHUSETTS
Thais by Jules Massenet (Fr)
Texas trilogy
directed by Alan Schneider
by Preston Jones
SPRING FESTIVAL
INSTITUTE OF TECHNO-
Noelle Rogers, Louis Quilico
by Preston Jones
OH-8:00
directed by Alan Schneider
sponsored by McDonald's
LOGY SYMPHONY ORCH.
Jean Perisson, cond.
directed by Alan Schneider
WASHINGTON OPERA SOC.
CH-8:30
American Music '76
David Epstein, cond.
CH-8:30
Thais
CARLOS MONTOYA
Orchestra of the Curti
Marcus Thompson, violinist
Mstislav Rostropovich
20
NATIONAL SYMPHON
22
CH-8:30
Institute of Music
WEATHER REPORT
Rock-Jazz Group
24
flamenco guitarist
Repeat of April 20
OH-2:00
BICENTENNIAL PARADE
ET-7:30
CH-10:30
ET-7:30
CH-1:00
APRIL
WASHINGTON OPERA SOC.
OF AMERICAN MUSIC
THE OLDEST LIVING
NATIONAL TOWN MEETING
LU ANN HAMPTON
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
Thais
State of Missouri Day
GRADUATE
AFI-12:00
LAVERTY OBERLANDER
Repeat of April 27
PERFORMANCE
CH-7:30
GF-4:30
CH-8:30
SYMPOSIUM
opening night
ET-7:30
SCHEDULE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
CH-5:30
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
OH-8:00
OH-8:00
THE LAST MEETING OF
POPS
ET-7:30
ORCHESTRA
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
THE KNIGHTS OF THE
Murry Sidlin, cond.
THE LAST MEETING OF
Antal Dorati, cond.
The Ballad of Baby Doe
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
WHITE MAGNOLIA
with Victor Borge
THE KNIGHTS OF THE
Carole Farley, soprano
CH-8:30
CH-8:30
opening night
ET-7:30
WHITE MAGNOLIA
Barbara Smith Conrad, mezzo
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
OH-8:00
LU ANN HAMPTON
CH-8:30
Grayson Hirst, tenor
Repeat of April 27
Repeat of April 27
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
LAVERTY OBERLANDER
RAVI SHANKAR
Willard White, bass
ET-9:00
Un Ballo in Maschera
classical Indian sitarist
University of Maryland Chorus
IN CELEBRATION
CH-8:30
Paul Traver, director
President's Committee on
ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCH.
Brahms Song of Destiny
Dennis Russell Davies, mus. dir.
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26
Evett "Mondadnock"
not open to the pul
Beethoven Symphony
Employment of 28
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The arts have
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
proved themselves
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
more durable than
Mrs. Gerald R. Ford Mrs. Richard M. Nixon Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
Mrs. Aristotle Onassis Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
OFFICERS
scandals, wars and
Roger L. Stevens, Chairman
Harry C. McPherson, Jr., Vice Chairman
Charlotte Woolard, Assistant Secretary.
Senator Charles H. Percy, Vice Chairman
W. Jarvis Moody, Treasurer
oil shortages.
Henry Strong, Vice Chairman
James F. Rogers, William H. Ryland,
Ralph E. Becker, General Counsel
Henry Strong,
Frank Ikard, Secretary
Assistant Treasurers
-Osborn Elliott
Members Appointed by the President of the United States
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Adler
Mrs. Rebekah Harkness
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Ralph E. Becker
Mrs. Paul H. Hatch
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Mrs. Edward Finch Cox
Frank N. Ikard
Mrs. Stephen E. Smith
Ralph W. Ellison
Thomas H. Kuchel
Roger L. Stevens
Mrs. J. Clifford Folger
Melvin R. Laird
Donna J. Stone
Abe Fortas
Gustave L. Levy
Henry Strong
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
Mrs. Michael J. Mansfield
Benjamin A. Trustman
J. William Fulbright
Mrs. J. Willard Marriott
Jack J. Valenti
Leonard H. Goldenson
Harry C. McPherson, Jr.
Lew R. Wasserman
R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
Robert I. Millonzi
Mrs. Jack Wrather
Members Ex Officio Designated by Act of Congress
David Mathews, Secretary of
Walter E. Washington, Mayor of the
Health, Education and Welfare
District of Columbia
Special
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
J. Carter Brown, Chairman of the
Senator Charles H. Percy
Commission of Fine Arts
the
Senator John V. Tunney
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress
Representative Frank Thompson, Jr.
S. Dillon Ripley, II, Secretary,
Representative Teno Roncalio
Smithsonian Institution
Representative Marvin L. Esch
Gary E. Everhardt, Director, National Park
John Richardson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Service
State for Education and Cultural Affairs
William H. Thomas, Chairman, District of
Terrel H. Bell, Commissioner of Education
Columbia Recreation Advisory Board
.arts
Mrs. George A. Garrett, Honorary Trustee
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS
Members Appointed by the President of the United States
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
america
Mrs. J. Willard Marriott, Chairman
Mrs. B. C. Evans, Jr., Vice Chairman,
Robert S. Carter, Secretary
Education and Program
Donna J. Stone, Vice Chairman, Finance
Mrs. Arnold Schwartz, Director of Publicity
Mrs. Jack Wrather, Chairman, Public
Mrs. D. Eldredge Jackson, Jr., North East
Relations
Regional Chairman
Harry L. Jackson, Vice Chairman, Public
Harvey B. Cohen, South Regional Chairman
Relations
Mrs. W. A. Mckenzie, West Regional
Mrs. Paul A. Clayton, Chairman, Education
Chairman
and Program
John H. Myers, Midwest Regional Chairman
Also representatives from each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia
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FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
FRIENDS OF THE KENNEDY CENTER
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ROGER L. STEVENS
Mrs. Polk Guest, Chairman
INC.
Chairman
NATIONAL COUNCIL
FRANCAIS
Three Trustees elected by the Trustees:
MARTIN FEINSTEIN
Mr. R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
S
Executive Director of Performing Arts
Abe Fortas
PERFORMING ARTS STAFF
Henry Strong
ANTIQUE AND
RESTAURANT CAFE
Six non-Trustee members elected by the
REPRODUCTION
ALEXANDER MORR
national membership of the Friends:
10 A.M. to 5 A.M.
General Manager of Theatres
Mrs. Eugene C. Carusi
PORCELAINS, LAMPS,
Wayne Shilkret
Mrs. Emanuel Cohen
AND ACCESSORIES
The Atmosphere of Paris-TODAY
Director of Publicity
Mrs. Polk Guest
338-3830
David J. Nash
Mrs. William R. Hyde
2903 M STREET, N.W.
3124-28 M Street, N.W.
Director of Technical Operations
Mrs. Stanley Westreich
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Stanley Woodward
Jillian H. Poole
(202) 338-6717
HONORARY MEMBERS
Director of Development
Mrs. Norris A. Dodson, Jr.
Edward G. Schessler
Mrs. George A. Garrett
Director, Building Management
Mrs. Jed Pearson
Donald E. Russell
Mrs. Clayton Fritchey
Gracious
Accounting Manager
REGIONAL CHAIRMEN
An aftertheater
Verda V. Welch
Miss Marya Allen, New England
Waterfront Dining
Mrs. John de Braganza, South Atlantic
Budget Officer
Mrs. Charles Engelhard, Mid-Atlantic
Richard H. Owens
Mrs. Donald Lewis, Western
placethatisn't
Assistant to the Chairman
Mrs. David Robert, III, Gulf States
PIERZ
Richmond Crinkley
Mrs. Sarkes Tarzian, Central
STATE CHAIRMEN
curtains for the
Assistant to the Chairman
Mrs. C. Tracy Barnes, Rhode Island
Pierre-Franz Chapou
Mrs. Robert Beck, New Mexico
RESTAURANT
Assistant to the Executive Director
Mrs. Edwin Blum, Louisiana
F.W. Rogers
Dr. Dorothy D. Bullock, Pennsylvania
budget?
Director of Education
Mrs. Louis Cassels, South Carolina
David M. Young
Mrs. John T. Conner, New Jersey
PRE-THEATRE DINNER
Producing Director,
Ms. Maxine De Bruyn, Michigan
Mrs. Manuel Esayian, Delaware
YO-HO-
Monday thru Saturday 5:00-11:15
American College Theatre Festival
Mrs. John Gamble, California
Sunday Leisure Dining 2:30-10:30
Leo Sullivan
Mrs. Thayer Gilpatric, New York
Associate Director of Publicity
Mrs. Jim Goldate, Tennessee
Mrs. Erwin Goldfine, Minnesota
AFTER-THEATRE SNACKS
Hariot Stem
Hogate's!
& PASTRIES
Associate Press Representative
Mrs. Gustav Heningburg, New Jersey
Mrs. Ross Hughes, Oregon
Frank Cassidy
Mrs. George A. Hurd, Pennsylvania
Hogate's has marvelous seafood. entertain-
Dancing & Entertainment in
Public Relations Associate
Mrs. George C. Kaiser, Jr., Wisconsin
ment, enclosed parking. and incredibly
The Engine Room Lounge
Miss Marian J. Kerr, Hawaii
reasonable prices. At 9th and Maine, S.W.
KENNEDY CENTER
Mrs. Florence K. Keppel, Maryland
Open M-Thurs 11-11. Fri 'til mdnt. Sat noon-
Maine Avenue at 7th Street. S.W.
PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Mrs. Pierre Kolish, Oregon
mdnt. Sun noon-9:30. (Brunch. 11-3.) For
Mrs. Jo D. Kowalchuk, Florida
in the Channel Inn Motel
Roger L. Stevens
cocktails 11-closing. Come tonight!
Mrs. W.F. Kuiken, Kansas
Res. & Info. 554-2500
President
Mrs. Fred Lazarus, III, Obio
Free parking
Abe Fortas
Henry Strong
Ms. Ruth Lieder, Idabo
Chairman
Treasurer
Mrs. J. Turner Lloyd, Arkansas
AMERICAN
EXPRESS
Mrs. Walker Long, West Virginia
Roger L. Stevens, Richmond Crinkley
Mrs. John W. Lundeen, Georgia
Producers
Mrs. Jane Murchison, Texas
Jillian H. Poole
Mrs. Robert W. Quinn, Tennessee
Assistant to the Chairman
Mrs. Ralph Reeves, Jr., North Carolina
Over a
Mrs. David Roberts, III, Alabama
Quarter of
The Kennedy Center
Ms. Bernice Rosenthal, California
Gusti's Century
is maintained as a national memorial
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Schneider, Virginia
by the National Park Service
Mrs. Joseph Smelser, III, Oklahoma
Mrs. Ralph E. Smith, Vermont
1789
Thomas S. Kleppe
Mrs. Dolf Swing, Connecticut
WASHINGTON'S FAVORITE
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Interior
Mrs. Sarkes Tarzian, Indiana
ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Mrs. Fannie T. Taylor, Wisconsin
Restaurant
Gary E. Everhardt
and
Dir., National Park Service
Mrs. Wayne Vetterlein, Maine
ROMAN TORCH LOUNGE
Mrs. Dan Weinberg, Maryland
Manus J. Fish
French Cuisine Served After Theatre
SIDEWALK CAFE
Mrs. C. Taylor Whittier, Texas
19TH & M STS., N.W. 331-9444
Dir., National Capital Parks
Mrs. Timothy Wirth, Colorado
in historic Georgetown setting
Complimentary Dinner Parking
Olof R. Anderson
Mrs. Joseph S. Wolff, Montana
Directly Across the Street
General Manager
Mrs. T. Evans Wyckoff, Washington
Valet Parking
Open Sundays
1226 36th St. N.W. 965-1789
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HANDICAPPED PATRONS: Kennedy Center issues a
special identification card to assist handicapped patrons
in purchasing tickets by phone. Information regarding
the issue of this card may be obtained by writing the
Friends of the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. 20566.
The chairman of th
Home and office phone numbers should be included on
all requests.
A special box is reserved in the Eisenhower Theater,
the Opera House and the Concert Hall for the use of pa-
trons in wheelchairs. Aisle seats in the orchestra may al-
so be purchased by those patrons who are able to trans-
fer from wheelchair to theatre seat,
Elevators within each theatre serve orchestra, box and
balcony levels. At each theatre, the head usher will ar-
range, upon request, for a wheelchair patron to enter
through a side entrance to avoid stepsat the main entrance.
Special restroom and telephone facilities for wheel-
chair patrons are available on the orchestra level of each
theatre.
A Taste
Parking arrangements may be made in advance by tel-
ephoning the garage at (202) 659-9620.
of History
BOX OFFICES: Hall of Nations (Concert Hall tickets);
Hall of States (Eisenhower Theater & Opera House tic-
In the Capital's
kets). Hours: 10:00 am-9:00 pm Monday through Sat-
urday: 12 noon-9:00 pm Sunday and holidays. Thirty
liveliest monument,
minute free parking for ticket buyers prior to 6:00 pm.
where dining becomes history.
Box offices will validate parking stubs.
GROUP SALES, BENEFIT, DINNER-LUNCHEON/
THEATRE, HOTEL PACKAGE ARRANGEMENTS:
Before or after the performance,
Group Sales Manager: Nancy Gasper. For information
phone (202) 254-3626 or toll-free (800) 424-8504.
join us at
INSTANT CHARGE: Phone (202)466-8500. Tickets for
La Grande
most attractions can be charged by telephone. Tickets
go on sale on Instant Charge approximately two weeks
with special
prior to performance date. Hours: every day including
Scène
Sundays from 10:00 am-9:00 pm, and holidays from
pre-theater
12 noon-6:00 pm. American Express, Bank Americard,
Diners Club, Central Charge or Master Charge credit
and after-theater selections
cards are accepted.
in one of the world's great
PARKING FACILITIES: Enter South from Entrance
restaurants. Sumptuous
Plaza, Rock Creek Parkway or Expressway, Exit North to
Rock Creek Parkway or New Hampshire Ave. Additional
dining from noon till
parking at nearby Watergate & Columbia Plaza garages.
2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. until
CHECK ROOMS: Hall of Nations and Hall of States.
Check roomsclose 15 mins. after end of last performance.
a half hour after the
LOST AND FOUND: Please telephone (202) 254-3676.
closing curtain. Relax in
LOUNGES AND RESTROOMS: Found on all seating
the Cocktail Lounge.
and parking levels and on Roof Terrace.
Open from 5:30 p.m. until
PUBLIC TELEPHONES: Located in box office alcoves
and on all parking, seating and roof levels.
as long as you linger.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: METRO buses to and
from Penn. Ave., routes 80 & 81, route R2 to and from
The Gallery
18th St., Conn. Ave., Columbia Rd., Catholic Un., Un.
of Md.-route R5 at rush hour. Taxi stand located at the
Our informal and intimate
Hall of States entrance.
cafe with an enticing array
WHEELCHAIRS: Reserve in advance by calling (202)
254-3718. Garage parking arrangements for the disabled
of delectables such as Crepes
may be made by calling the garage management at (202)
659-9620.
and Quiche Lorraine. Service
INCOMING CALLS: One can be reached by phone at
Monday-Saturday from
(202)254-3624 if name & seat no. are left with an usher.
Seagrams
11:30 a.m. until a half hour
FREE TOURS: For information call (202) 254-3643.
after the closing curtain.
Free tours are available daily from 10:00 am - 1:15 pm.
Sundays and holidays
FREE EXHIBITION: America on Stage 200 Years of
Performing Arts. Enter elevators in the Hall of States.
Crown Royal
11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Daily 10:15 am to 8:15 pm.
Blended Canadian Luxe Whisky
Fine
De
RESTAURANTS: On the Roof Terrace:
The Promenade
La Grande Scene-Mon. thru Sat., 12 noon to 2:30 pm
and 6:00 pm until half hour after the last curtain. Clo-
Jeseph E Seagram E Sons Limited
Offering selection and
sed Sundays and holidays. Reservations accepted. Cock-
WATERLDO ONTARIO CANADA
tail lounge. Mon. thru Sat., 5:30 pm to midnight.
80
PROOF
economy with self-service,
The Promenade-Cafeteria and outdoor terrace: 11:30
combined with a beautiful
am to 8:00 pm daily.
Fifth 4/5 QUART
view of the Capital's monu-
The Gallery Cafe-Mon. thru Sat., 11:30 am until half
OFFICE
hour after the last curtain. Closed Sundays and holidays.
ments. 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 833-8870.
Ticket information: 254-3600. Emergencies: 254-3676.
The Filene Memorial Organ in the Concert Hall contrib-
John F. Kennedy Center
uted by Mrs: Jouett Sbouse. The Sound Systems con-
tributed by the RCA Corporation. Baldwin is the offi-
For The Performing Arts
cial piano & electronic organ of the Kennedy Center. Pan-
el truck courtesy of Sheeby Ford, Marlow Heights, Md.
TELEPHONE
833-8870
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2 hrs.
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R. FORD E E
IN CELEBRATION
TENTATIVE ORDER OF
CAST
1:
NANETTE FABRAY
2:
STAR SPANGLED BANNER - GALLAUDET DANCERS
3:
TOM SULLIVAN
4:
RAY CHARLES
5:
HELEN HAYES
6:
BURL IVES - AND KENDALL SCHOOL
7:
LOUISE FLETCHER
8:
LITTLE THEATRE OF THE DEAF
9:
ITZHAK PERLMAN
10:
TOM SULLIVAN
11:
PEARL BAILEY
12:
HAROLD RUSSELL
13:
CREDO
14:
NANETTE FABRAY
FINALE
april 28
Wed.
Advance - Don 961.8637 Cleary
9 pm
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Harriett 254-3696 Stem
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UP-071
(PEARL)
WASHINGTON ( UP D -- PEARL BAILEY CAME OUT OF TWO MONTHS OF
"RETIREMENT" LAST NIGHT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER TO JOIN OTHER STARS IN
A BENEFIT SALUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN THE
ARTS
FIRST LADY BETTY FORD, WHO WATCHED FROM THE PRESIDENT' S BOX AT THE
EISENHOWER THEATRE, SPENT 15 MINUTES BACKSTAGE AFTER THE SHOW SIGNING
AUTOGRAPHS AND MEETING THE CAST, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED HELEN HAYES,
SINGERS BURL IVES AND RAY CHARLES, TOM SULLIVAN, OSCAR WINNING
ACTRESS LOUISE FLET CHER, ISRAELI VIOLINIST ITZHAK PERLMAN AND THE
PAUL HILL CHORALE
MISS BAILEY, WHO SAID SHE WAS RETIRING FROM 40 YEARS ON STAGE IN
FEBRUARY, SANG TWO SONGS AT THE END OF THE SHOW, WITH NANETTE FABRAY
-- WHO OVERCAME A HEARING LOSS IN MID- CAREER -- TRANSLATING IN SIGN
LANGUAGE FOR THE DEAF AMONG THE 1,200 PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE.
THE SALUTE, STAGED BY JOSHUA LOGAN, WAS HELD BY THE PRESIDENT' S
COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED, WHICH IS HOLDING ITS
ANNUAL MEETING HERE.
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GENELO FORD LIBRARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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mss u.s. Whulchair
america
Tinothy Murphy
347. 1124
as Paplin
- -254.3666-
Cartty Retrie
Stars Shine for Handicapped
Betty Ford attended "In
Celebration,' the unique
Quotes and notes from Washington parties uncov-
Cattos; Abigail McCarthy
and Mrs. Philip Buchen.
Bicentennial festival
ered for The Washington Star by Ymelda Dixon.
presented by the Presi-
A sure fire, if expensive,
dent's Committee for the
tham, wife of the British
Embassy, who footed the
way to get instant social
Handicapped last night at
ambassador, and Frances
the Kennedy Center, and
bill for the party, did.
identity in our town is to
was one of the few present
Humphrey Howard, sister
live and entertain in a
who has no member of the
of Sen. Hubert Humphrey,
A silver Mercedes
Georgetown showplace.
have relatives who are
Dr. and Mrs. Michael
family who is handicap-
blocked the driveway of
feu ped.
handicapped, in the case
the Martin Malarkey's
Lapadula he's a sur-
of the Humphreys
yellow antebellum George-
geon and cancer specialist
grandchildren.
- attained status when
Harold Russell, chair-
town residence Tuesday
man of the President's
night while a party was
they bought the former
With the First Lady was
Committee on Employ-
Jayne Spain, a former
going on in honor of Sen.
palatial residence built by
the Count and Countess
ment of the Handicapped,
vice chairman of the Civil
and Mrs. Robert Dole of
Andre de Limar on R
is a disabled war veteran
Service Commission and
Kansas.
Street.
who starred in "The Best
now senior vice president
Years of Our Lives" and is
"Say, Hartmann," said
of Gulf Oil; Ruth Mond-
Tomorrow night, the
Frank Ikard to the Presi-
now a successful business-
schein, well known
Lapadulas will have a
man. Among the guest
dent's counsel, Robert
producer of international
housewarming and anni-
stars were blind singer-
Hartmann, "Do you own a
youth and art festivals,
versary celebration at a
silver Mercedes?" "I
pianist Ray Charles; vio-
and Russell.
seated black tie dinner.
linist Itzhak Perlman, a
don't even own a gold
May 14 they will lend their
victim of polio; Tom Sulli-
Other well known per-
Cadillac," returned Hart-
house for the 25th anniver-
mann.
van, young blind singer;
sons in the audience,
sary ball of the Black Tie
Oscar-winning actress
where much of the conver-
The Dole party (they
Group with proceeds going
Louise Fletcher, whose
sation was in the sign lan-
were married a few
to a medical mission in
parents are deaf; Pearl
guage of the deaf and
months ago) had original-
India where Lapadula has
Bailey and Helen Hayes,
dumb, included seeress
ly been planned by the
taught.
who have given hundreds
Jeane Dixon, Ambassador
Ikards for their new 28th
of performances for the
Sevilla Sacasa and Father
Street residence. When the
benefit of the handicap-
Gilbert Hartke.
house was not completed,
ped.
Mrs. Ford did not stay
the Malarkeys offered
for the reception in the
their plush pad. Not only
Many in the audience in-
Atrium, but 16 staff mem-
that, the Malarkeys exited
cluding, Lady Ramsbo-
bers of the Iranian
from a back stairway and
arrived late through the
front door along with other
Her Family Doesn't
guests. "I always wanted
to go to someone else's
party in my own home,"
said Betty Malarkey.
Make Passing Grade
On the guest list Ar-
thur Burns and Mrs. Taze-
well Shepard, who have an
By Abigail Van Buren
age discrepancy but cele-
DEAR ABBY: I am a black woman married to a
brate their birthdays
black man who has very light skin. Nearly everyone in
together; Alan Green-
his family is light-skilled, and their hair is thin, like
Caucasians'.
span; Robert Finch, in
from California and busy
Some of my husband's relatives are trying to pass as
that night keeping tabs on
Indians. They go around with their hair parted in the
the Democratic primary in
middle wearing headbands. They look ridiculous be-
Pennsylvania; the Henry
Dear Abby
SERIO
Celebration
Sounds
CELEBRATE, From B1
had been purchased by some of the
3,500 delegates to the conference
here.
"In Celebration" was performed as
a tribute to the achievements of thou
sands of disabled who have overcome
handicaps in their lives. Among them
were many of the performers the
stage-Ray Charles, the planist who
also "happens" to be blind as Sullivan
said he liked to put it; Itzhak Perl-
man, the concert violinist and a vic
tim of polio; Nanette Fabray, the
star of Broadway musicals who over-
came a hearing loss in mid career
and the actors of the National Theater
of the Deaf, who performed last night
under the direction of David Hays.
Louise Fletcher, who thanked her
parents in sign language after win
By Gerald Martinean-The Washington Post
ning her Oscar during the recent
Academy Awards show, also was on
Harold Russell, chairman of The President's Council on the Employment of the Handicapped, left;
the program. Another performer was
Helen Hayes who said she had suf-
First Lady Betty Ford, center left; Jayne Spain, center right, chairperson of the council; and Ruth Mond-
fered a handicap in her acting career
schein, executive producer of the Kennedy Center benefit, "In Celebration."
that at the time seemed "terrific."
1 was told that I could never aspire
but a "handful" of nondisabled persons
ing for the disabled. But others joined
vitations in response to her com-
to high places in my profession be-
from the party last night. Linda Teix
Teixeira in anger over the party list
plaint. Teixeira sported as a peace of-
cause of my size," said the diminui
eira, a freelance writer with a visual
for the Iranian reception.
fering an Iranian brooch given to her
tive actress. Also appearing for the
handicap, arranged the reception on
Later, feeling that made my
some years ago by host absentia
"In Celebration" show were Burl Ives,
the Hill in the Rayburn Building and
point," Linda Teixeira showed up at
Ardishir Zahedi. She also came be-
Pearl Balley and the Gallaudet
invited representatives of disabled,
the post-concert party in the Kennedy
cause she wanted to talk to singer
Dancers with the Paul Hill Chorale
feminist and aged organizations along
Center Atrium. She had also gone to
Tom Sullivan, who had been a school-
After the show, Mrs. Ford spent
with some Senate and House members
the concert, having been handed a
mate of hers.
about 10 minutes backstage talking to
and some staff aides. "It is another
ticket by a friend from the Presi-
"It's really a more sensitive problem
members of the cast and signing auto-
case of socially prominent people find-
dent's committee who saw her when
then party invitations," said one of
graphs for the young people.
ing a reason for another party," Teix
she was contemplating crashing the
the nondisabled persons at the party.
Later. the Iranian Embassy was
eira said. Upwards of 150 persons turned
concert.
"All those performers on the stage
host for a reception in the Kennedy
out for the informal reception, includ
There were quite a few handi-
make us forget their disabilities because
Center Atrium,
ing Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), who
capped people at the party, and a
of their great talents. But then there
A counter party was held earlier in
made a brief appearance. For some it
member of the President's Committee
are all the handicapped who do not
the day on Capitol Hill to protest what
was a chance to be together with their
agreed with Teixeira that they were
have great talent and have to live out
an organizer called the exclusion of all
friends attending the committee meet-
there as a result of last minute in
their ordinary lives day by day."
Celebi
By Jean M. II hite and
The performers on the stag
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shared a common bond last n
had handicaps.
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"If You Could See What I C
(BETTY) (UPD -- BETTY FORD WILL BE AMONG THE STAR ATTRACTIONS EMPLOYMENT
Sullivan, the young singer and
TONIGHT WASHINGTON AT A BENEFIT GALA FOR THE PRESIDENT S COMMITTEE ON
to be blind, while two sign interj
OF HAND ICAPPED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER.
of the Eisenhower Theater stage
THE FIRST LADY ALSO HAS TWO APPEARANCES IN NEW YORK THURSDAY CHURCH WHEN
giving signs for the deaf in the
THE BY THE " ELLINGTON FOREVER™ CONCERT AT THE CATHEDRAL OF
In Celebration, a festival o
sented at the Kennedy Center la
SHE STOPS JOHN THE DIVINE AND LATER WHEN SHE ATTENDS A PERFORMANCE LADY BIRD
ing of entertainment before the
"1600 OF ST. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, A BENEFIT FOR THE LBJ GROVE
day conference of The Preside
Employment of the Handicappe
JOHNSON WILL BE HER HOSTESS
ON FRIDAY, MRS FORD WILL FLY TO INDIANA FOR A ONE- DAY ROUND OF
First Lady Betty Ford, attendi
last night, was welcomed to the
Mayor and Mrs. Walter Washir
CAMPAIGNING TUESDAY, MRS. FORD WILL STOP IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR A
for the event, and Harold Russe
FUNDRAISING NEXT LUNCHEON AND THEN FLY ON TO CALIFORNIA TO CAMPAIGN
President's Committee. In the bo
Ford, some of the members of
THROUGH FRIDAY.
their wheelchairs. All of the $10
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seat Eisenhower Theater for the
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