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The 1941 Benefit Concerts for Queen Charlotte's Hospital (London) featured the Virginia Glee Club and was a fundraiser for war relief held February 24 and May 9, 1941 at Lane High School. The concerts were conducted by Harry Rogers Pratt as previously unscheduled concerts of the Glee Club 1940-1941 season. The concerts also included performances by the Lane High School Glee Club, the Tin Can Quartet, and a solo by Albert Cocke.

Program (February 25)[]

Virginia Glee Club[]

Braxton Bryan[]

  • Piano solos (original compositions) (Braxton Brian)

Virginia Glee Club[]

Albert Kirven Cocke[]

Tin Can Quartet[]

Virginia Glee Club[]

Winifred Bogert, soprano[]

Braxton Bryan[]

  • Piano solos

Nurses Glee Club[]

  • Wings (Fibich)
  • Love Song (Harris)

Combined glee clubs[]

  • Gallia (Gounod) - Winifred Bogert, soloist

Program (May 9, 1941)[]

Part 1: Lane High School Glee Club[]

  • Ave Maria (Arcadelt)
  • Were You There (arr. Burleigh)
  • Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Praetorius)
  • Sing We All Noel (Curtis/York)
  • Life (Pearl Curran) — Frances Clinch, soprano; Catherine Martin, accompanist
  • American Lullaby (Gladys Rich) — Charlotte Warwick, Ann Warrick, Lucille Mickey
  • Selections from the Operetta "Harmony Hall" (Geoffrey O'Hara)

Part 2: University of Virginia Glee Club[]

Part 3: "Thumbs Up" - British War Relief Society movie[]

Gallery[]

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