Glee Club 1897-1898 (Corks
The 1897-1898 season of the Virginia Glee Club, operating as the University of Virginia Glee and Mandolin Clubs, was conducted by George Latham Fletcher, a student. The Glee Club numbered 21 singers. Officers included John Lawrence Vick Bonney, president; Elbert Lee Trinkle, manager; and Douglass McCormick, assistant manager.[1]
During the season, the Glee Club planned a tour that would take them to Alexandria, Virginia, as well as out of state destinations.[2]
Roster
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First Tenors: George Latham Fletcher, John Lawrence Vick Bonney, Walter Meade Antrim, William Allen Perkins, Norborne Robinson, Jr.
Second Tenors: Douglass McCormick, John Randolph Page, Jr., W. Douglas Gordon, Charles Archibald Clunet, John Henry Chapman
First Bassos: Francis Harris Abbot, Edward Callahill Burks, James Adair Lyon, Jr., William James Way, John Whiton Woodworth
Second Bassos: Rockwell Smith Brank, Edmund Bradford Burwell, Charles Hancock, Thomas Gardner Foster, Edw. Reinhold Rogers, Ernest Alphonso Gray
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 11. 1898. pp. 190-191. http://books.google.com/books?id=6ahVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA190#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Editorial". Roanoke Times: p. 2. 1897-12-22. https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRT18971222.1.2&srpos=48&e=-------en-20--41--txt-txIN-glee+club+%22university+of+virginia%22------.
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