price of 50 pfennigs. Strength through Joy
also has agreements with the various State orchestras similar to those it concludes with theater managers, The State orchestras of Bavaria,
Saxony and Wurttemberg regularly perform for
Strength through Joy as does also the Berlin
Philharmonic under such eminent conductors as
Furtwangler and Schuricht (admission price RM 1).
The Office for Leisure Time encourages particularly workers' concerts given during the noon-rest
period by amateur musicians among the employees.
Military bands of any army unit stationed in a
particular district have a standing invitation to
play for Strength through Joy audiences. Amateur
hours on the radio have long been a feature with
the Office for Leisure Time, the participating
workers being glad to offer their services in return for the honor and for a good dinner following the performance. Vanity and the urge toward
Self-expression stand Strength through Joy in good
stead and its versatile officials are ever ready
to exploit these human qualities to arrange innuruerable community singing evenings, string quartettes, costume and folk-dancing festivals, all
performed by amateurs for their less talented fellows. The getting of the most for nothing seems
to be an art with Strength through Joy as is