Group portrait of the Glee Club, 1928
The Virginia Glee Club 1928-1929 season was under the direction of Arthur Fickenscher. Officers included E. D. Brooke, president and business manager, and Henry Ayers, advertising manager.[1]
The Glee Club held a number of performances in the greater Washington area, achieving some press coverage in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Washington Evening Star, and Baltimore Sun.[2] They also appeared in a Fox Movietone newsreel performance.[3] The final concert of the season, held April 13, 1929, was a joint concert with the Harrisonburg State Teachers' College Glee Club.[4]
Roster[]
This roster is complete as of the 1929 Corks and Curls and may not include all who participated in the season.
First tenors: Henry Ayers, J.J. O'Donnel, Freyhan Odenheimer, H.B. Price, Jr., W.E. Lloyd, J.R. Treganza, E.A. Powell, Jr.
Second tenors: E. D. Brooke, J.L. Ellis, L.C. Mattison, Rodgers Meyer, F.E. Beachley, R.A. Newman, E.M. Struhan
First bass: E.V. Benjamin, Jr., W.D. Cabell, B.S. Davis, Gerald Flaum, J.R. Leatherbury, C.G. Harris, G.E. Fogg, G.R. McMahon, H.L. Morganroth, Harry Barsky, F.W. Smith
Second bass: F.S. Hilder, W.R. Holmes, D.R. Creecy, Jr., S.R. Tyler, Jr., Winston Phelps, J.F. Anderson, W.W. Clem, W.C. Dowden, G.A. Penick Jr., G.P. Wertenbaker, M.P. Williams
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Glee Club Holds Initial Workout". College Topics: p. 1. 1928-09-26. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vQstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4139%2C135983.
- ↑ "Virginia Singers Talented Group". Free-Lance Star. 1929-01-30. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pNdNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x4oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=virginia-glee-club%20president&pg=4920%2C3729.
- ↑ "A Growth in Power". Virginia Reel 9 (77): 12. November 1928.
- ↑ "Glee Club Concert Postponed a Week". College Topics: p. 1. April 1, 1929. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ygstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2579%2C1416301.
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