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Show President Will Attend Balls at Three Different Sites Tonight " ftift Meyer Davis orchestra the following fol-lowing orchestras will play: Count Basie, Howard Devron, and Henry King, Lester Lanin and Sidney. Included in the repertory of ball music are two songs especially espe-cially written for Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Johnson. "Jacqueline" was written by Mrs. Meyer Davis; Da-vis; and "Lady Bird" written by Mrs. Fort. A third special selection selec-tion will be "New Frontiers." At the National Guard Armory Ar-mory all the walls will be covered cov-ered with silver gray Egyptian rep cloth. On the wall at each end of the Armory will be a gold American eagle with a fifty foot wing span. On the balcony front will be the fifty state seals with draping of two-inch red, white and blue silk roping. The Presidential box will have a canopy of gold satin with four large drapes of royal blue satin at the front top held with gold tasselled ropes. On the face of the box, against royal blue satin, will be affixed the seals of the JOnN F. KENNEDY Fresident cf the United States Distinguished guests attending the Inaugural Ball tonight will be presented to the Presidential and Vice Presidential parties with pomp and ceremony at all three Ball sites the National Guard Armory, Sheraton Park Hotel and the Mayflower Hotel. Immediately following the arrival ar-rival of the official party, the national anthem will be sung by Broadway star Jack Irwin. Then the guests will promenade by a corridor formed of an honor guard in full dress uniform. At each Ball site the United States Marine band and the Army Herald trumpets will play for the arrival and departure of President and Vice Fresident. The circular bandstand, which is being specially constructed for the Ball, will be the world's largest larg-est revolving stage 40 feet in size. Ther will be a canopy over the bandstand of royal blue and red satin, lined with gold. The face of the canopy will be decorated deco-rated with a large gold eagle. Individual boxes will be lined in silver gray and faced with gold rope. At the Sheraton Hotel, the walls will be lined with silver gray Egyptian rep. The Presidential Presi-dential box will be formed by tremendous swags in red, white and blue satin falling from the ceiling of Sheraton Hall. It will be lined with royal blue satin and trimmed with gold ropes. Affixed to the front will be a ten foot seal of the U. S. The balcony will be faced with the fifty state seals and draped with red, white and blue tasseled ' roping. At the Mayflower Hotel the decorations will be similar to the other two locations with state flags and seals. the Official Presidential and Vice Presidential party. The President will go first to the Mayflower Hotel, then proceed pro-ceed to the Armory, where the activities will be televised for 45 minutes. The Sheraton Park Hotel will be the final stop. Mrs. Hankins Fort, chairman of the music committee of the Ball, announced that besides the |