THE FESTIVAL OF LITHUANIAN ART AND MUSIC
Lithuanian Art Exhibition — Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21, 1953
(Under Direction of Vytautas Jonynas)
Hotel Statler — Federal Room — Washington, D. C.
Banquet and Concert — Saturday, June 20, 1953 — 8:00 P. M.
Hotel Statler — Presidential Ballroom — Washington, D. C.
P R O G R A M
- Invocation
- Dinner
- "Star Spangled Banner"
- Lithuanian National Anthem
- Anthony L. Lapinskas, President, National Lithuanian Society of America
- Lieutenant-General Albert C. Wedemeyer, U. S. A. (ret.)
- The Ciurlionis Ensemble
Alfonsas Mikulskis—Director
Ona Mikulskiene—Director of Kankles Orchestra
Regina Malcanaite—Announcer
Antanas Kavaliunas—Scenario Director
Edwardas Karnenas—President- "By the Green Forest"J. Gudavicius
- "The Goat Song"S. Simkus
- "Shepherd's Song"J. Svedas
- "On the Shore"A. MikulskisSoloists—R. Malcanaite and A. Kavaliunas
- "The Ring of the Kankles"A. Mikulskis
- "Reaping the Flax"A. MikulskisSoloists—Vince Jonuskaite and V. Giedraitis
- "Over the Seas and the Oceans"A. MikulskisSoloist—Vince Jonuskaite
- "The Blacksmith"A. Mikulskis
- Andrius Kuprevicius, pianist.
- PreludeCiurlionis
- NocturneCiurlionis
- Etude in C Major, Op. 25Chopin
- "The Gate of Heroes"Moussorsky
- 70 Members of the National Symphony Orchestra
Jeronimas Kacinskas—Director- "Legend"V. Jakubenas
- "In Lithuania"Gruodis
- Ciurlionis Ensemble and Orchestra
- "Freedom for Lithuania"J. Zilevicius
- "God Bless America"I. Berlin
Anthony Olis — Toastmaster
THE FESTIVAL OF LITHUANIAN ART AND MUSIC
Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C. June 20, 1953
under the auspices of
The National Lithuanian Society of America, Anthony L. Lapinskas, President
in cooperation with
The National Arts Foundation, Carleton Smith, Executive Director