Volume 7 , Issue 15

March, 1938 - A Cappella Choir...

The A Cappella Choir was organized in 1929 by E. B. L. Hardy, the conductor in 1938. It was the earliest collegiate organization f its kind in Oklahoma. The first of its annual tours was made in March, 1929. The Choir was in its tenth sesson, and had made steady progress in musical accomplishment. It had taken its place as one of the finest singing groups of the entire Southwest, receiving much praise for its precision, unity of interpretation, purity of tone and skill in legato singing. Professor Hardy, leader of the choir, was a skilled choral conductor, and was esteemed as an authority on the interpretation of the various choral styles. The repertoire of the Choir included selections from early church and Russian liturgical music as well as Negro spirituals and modern English and American sacred and secular part songs. The Male Quartet and the Ladies Trio, which appeared often in conjunction with the Choir, offered lighter selections as well as standard music classics. The touring Choir consisted of forty-five voices chosen from the entire membership. This is a PDF file of A Cappella Choir, March, 1938 Program. It was the Tenth Annual Tour of the A Cappella Choir of Northwestern State Teachers' College, Alva, Oklahoma. It was conducted by E. B. L. Hardy. Soloists: Miss Margery Smith, pianist; Prof. W. F. Deusinger, violinist; Mr. Edward Leighton, flutist.
A Cappella Choir Officers: Floyd Carpenter, pres.; Gerna Lee Stambaugh, sec; Edward Leighton, bus. manager; John McDaniel, Charles Mitchell, transportation managers; Marjorie Rodkey, wardrobe manager; Mildred Marie George, librarian; Mrs. E. B. L. Hardy, sponsor.
Sopranos: Phyllis Card, Doreen Cates, Edith Conrad, Bonita Davis, Esther Dennis, Pauline Dennis, Lodena Ellison, Willa Mae Fox, Helene Fuller, Mildred Marie George, Faye Huff, Leta Ellen McDonald, Francis Norman, Ava Poole, Gerna Lee Stambaugh, Idell Taylor, Mildred Thompson, Agnes Torrance, Ruby Wright, Ruth Yeoman
Mezzos & Contraltos: Ollie Bowers, Waneta Bristow, Marguerite Craig, Margery martin, Dorothy Oblander, Sadie Pope, Irene REstine, Marjorie Rodkey, Mary Beth Shearer, Margery Smith, Lois White, Betty Wright
Tenors: Jeff Bower, Lewis Cleveland, Jay Davis, Scott Harmon, Lawson Lee, Edward Leighton, Lewis Wayne, Otho McGuffee, Charles Marsh, Charles Mitchell, Doyle Presnall, Du Mars Seeger
Baritones & Basses: James Barron, Cecil Beck, Jack Blackwell, Floyd Carpenter, Ted Clothier, Floyd Darr, Herman Ging, Donald Harvey, Gideon LaPlante, John McDaniel, Blaire Nelson, Victor POwers, Wilbert Ridgway, Harry Wagner
Ladies Trion: Mildred Marie George, Gerna Lee Stambaugh, Ollie Bowers. Male Quartet: Otho McGuffee, John McDaniel, Floyd Carpenter, Herman Ging.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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