Festival of Lithuanian Art and Music

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
1. "Star Spangled Banner"
2. 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
1. "By the Green Forest"J. Gudavicius
2. "The Goat Song"S. Simkus
3. "Shepherd's Song"J. Svedas
4. "On the Shore"A. Mikulskis
  Soloists—R. Malcanaite and A. Kavaliunas
5. "The Ring of the Kankles"A. Mikulskis
6. "Reaping the Flax"A. Mikulskis
  Soloists—Vince Jonuskaite and V. Giedraitis
7. "Over the Seas and the Oceans"A. Mikulskis
  Soloist—Vince Jonuskaite
8. "The Blacksmith"A. Mikulskis
Andrius Kuprevicius, pianist.
1. PreludeCiurlionis
2. NocturneCiurlionis
3. Etude in C Major, Op. 25Chopin
4. "The Gate of Heroes"Moussorsky
70 Members of the National Symphony Orchestra
Jeronimas Kacinskas—Director
1. "Legend"V. Jakubenas
2. "In Lithuania"Gruodis
Ciurlionis Ensemble and Orchestra
1. "Freedom for Lithuania"J. Zilevicius
2. "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