1920-1921 Glee Club (Corks
The 1920-1921 season of the Virginia Glee Club was conducted by Nevil Henshaw.[1] The season saw the performance of a musical comedy, The Visiting Girl.[2] Officers included John Koch, president; Thomas Munford Boyd, vice president; Robert Allen Gibbons, business manager; Francis Harcourt Parrish, advertising manager; and Harry Colton McKee, Jr., stage manager.
The focus of the season was the production of a musical comedy, The Visiting Girl, that had previously been performed by the Arcadians in 1909. The show was booked for 16 performances across Virginia and West Virginia during the season.[3]
Concerts[]
- Concert in Culpeper (1920) - November 30
- Concert in Charlottesville (1920) - December 3
- Concert in Lynchburg (1921) - January 12
- Concert in Winchester (1921) - January 12
- Concert in Harrisonburg (1921) - January 13
- Concert in Staunton (1921 ) - January 14
- Concert in Roanoke (1921) - January 22
- Concert in Richmond (1921) - February 10
- Concert in Suffolk (1921) - February 11
- Concert in Petersburg (1921) - February 12
- Concert in Charlottesville (1921) - April 1
- Concert in Hot Springs (1921) - April 4
- Concert in White Sulphur Springs (1921) - April 5
- Concert in Charleston (1921) - April 6
- Concert in Huntington (1921) - April 7
- Concert in Covington (1921) - April 8
Roster[]
This roster is as listed in the 1921 Corks and Curls and may not include all participants in the season.
Norman Coleman Nicholson, Thomas Gibbs Akeley, Robert Watson Sadler, Arch John Riggal, Jere Malcolm Harris Willis, Fred B. Greear, Thomas Leigh Williams, William Franklin Cox, Jr., John Pier Roemer, Frederick R. Westcott, Thomas Austin Sydnor, James Hannan Hennelly, Henry Jefferson Lawrence, John James Morris, Jr., John Cromwell Parrott, Charles Venable Minor, Willis Todd Carey, Robert Wall Taylor, Elijah Fletcher Kahle, Jr., Morgan Birge, Randolph Fitzhugh Carroll, Albert Wilson Walker, Charles Marion Love, John Dismukes Green, Harry Glenn Kaminer, Jr., Joseph Lewis Mulford, Jesse Cox Beesley, Jr., Charles Greene Andrews, David Louden Black, John Conway Fox, Arthur James Ogle, John Emerson Gibbs, Harold Matthews Shuff, Alvin Friedlander, Solomon Barth Weinberg, Edward Wellford Withers, Fred B. Gentry, Fulton Lewis, Jr.
External links[]
This article has more context at Jarrett House North, the blog of the historian of the Virginia Glee Club Alumni and Friends Association.
References[]
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 34. pp. 308-309. http://books.google.com/books?id=xqZVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "C.Y.J. Goes to the Show: "The Visiting Girl"". The Yellow Journal. 1921-04-01. http://www.jarretthousenorth.com/the-yellow-journal-april-1921/.
- ↑ "U.VA Glee Club Has 16 Bookings: "The Visiting Girl" Will Appear in Richmond Night of Feb 10". News Leader (Richmond) (7355): p. 19. 1920-11-16. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NEL19201116.1.19&srpos=116&e=-------en-20--101--txt-txIN-%22university+of+virginia%22+%22glee+club%22-------. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
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