The Eagle Eye (Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944 Page: 24 of 26
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Tonight is the big night for the concert
band* The first of the Summer Series of
open-air concerts will be presented at
8:00 PoMo tonight at the San Juan Plaza
in Eagle Pass- M/Sgt. Scargall, who has
been in complete charge of all arrange-
ments and publicity, states that he be-
lieves a record crowd will attendo If
you have no other engagement for tonight
come down and enjoy 90 minutes of good
music, both classical and popular, by one
of the best concert bands in this section
of the countryo There will be a cool
breeze blowing this eveningo Featured
for variety will be a saxophone choir and
trumpet and trombone trios* Heavy num-
bers will include Tchaikowsky's ’Finale
from his 4th Symphony and Korsakov’s
’Flight of the Bumblebeeo’ Interspersed
will be popular swing numbers and march-
es, including the popular march from
across the border, ’Zacatecas** Music
for every taste, is the keynote*
During the past week the concert band
played the usual Cadet Graduation concert
at the Post Theater while the Skyliners
as usual entertained the graduates at
their graduation dance at the Officers
Club Tuesday night* Wednesday night they
helped morale by playing the McCloskey
Hospital at Temple, Texas* Colonel Bundy
attended this session* Thursday night
they played the Kelly Field Service Club,
jammed with 2500 GIs* Sunday afternoon
they swung at the Jewish US0 in San An-
tonio, with a half-hour radio broadcast
here too, thus winding up a very hectic
week and weekend, having played nightly—
and daily—for almost two weeks*
There is more than rumor to what we hear
about Cplo Millstein trying to get out of
his extra duties as manager of the high-
flying Skyliners* Due to his coming mar-
riage in the very near future—during his
furlough, if and when—it is anticipated
that the traveling jivers will cease
traveling, and play the local joints al-
most to exclusion, except when there is
no way to get out of overnight trips.
Orchestra wives are against that over-
night business; it's not only a young
man’s game, but also a single man’s game*
Witness the cases of Stiman and Aldy,
lead men* Altho the Skyliners never did
play in Carrizo Springs, it is a fact
that the 'Carrizo Twins’ are going to
work right on the Field; makes it nice
for those two Adonis-like Don Juans*
Wendrick, however, is wearing a big grin
nowadays over a Big Wells chick* The
summer school vacation season helps to
keep these band boys happy, and that one
occasional night off will be utilized,
moon and all*
The new Skyliner vocalist, Lt. Wally
Imes, is wowing the chicks wherever the
band goes with his personality and fine
voice* He’s gradually taking away the
Sinatra fans who have been squealing over
Aldhizer—pull that stomach in, Aldy*
Millstein is being left out in the cold,
too*
Successor to the duties formerly held by
Fike is Pvt* Greer, who is doing a cap-
able job* On top of that, he arranges
for the band, which is getting the bene-
fit of the experience he had with Charlie
Barnet, Alvino Rey, and Fletcher Hender-
son o Rumor has it too that he and Jack-
son, the band’s sepia vocalist, are well
established in San Antonio in the beauty
shop business with a couple of beauties*
These bandsmen and accompanying court-
esans sure do get around in more ways
than one*
As always, holidays and Sundays don’t
mean a thing to a musician* On the 4th
of July the complete concert band will
play a concert for the holiday-ing GIs at
the big Field Picnic, while in the even-
ing the Skyliners will play for dancing*
Food will undoubtedly be uppermost in
the minds of the boys, in between blowing
their brains out in the hot sun* The
Gremlins will be on hand too, alternating
at dance time to give the sweating cats a
breather, and also to provide some soft
sweet melodies for those that like them
that way* It promises to be a gala Fourth
of July this year at EPAAF again*
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Shank, Albert. The Eagle Eye (Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944, newspaper, June 30, 1944; Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974885/m1/24/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .