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| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Civic Symphony woodwinds section members pose for a portrait. They are: Robert Woollen, clarinet; Esther Sadowsky, oboe; Donald Kirkpatrick, first ... |
| Date: | 01 23 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Madison playwright Mary-Kate Lorenz. Her play, "Beauty and the Beast", will be performed by the Madison Theater Guild at the Central High Schoo... |
| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of Phi Beta Speech Sorority rehearse a play reading they will be putting on for patients in Madison hospitals. Left to right: Jean Day, Madison; Ev... |
| Date: | 04 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fern (Mrs. D.L.) Kirkpatrick, trumpet soloist with the Madison Civic Symphony. |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Jim Bidgood, Lester Levine, and Charle Schaefer act in the play "Illusions," one of three one-act plays presented by the Madison Youth Summer Theater which... |
| Date: | 10 02 1957 |
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| Description: | A violinist's view of conductor Walter Heermann leading the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra during rehearsal at Scanlan Hall, which occurred Tuesday eveni... |
| Date: | 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Walter Heerman conducting the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra at the opening concert of its 30th season. |
| Date: | 08 25 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Theater rehearse for the one-act play, "Over the Teacups." Shown are Connie Connor, Lois Shoemaker, Ruth Bergum (standing in back), ... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Kathy McCloskey, at the piano, and Andy Rothblatt, with a guitar, rehearse a Civil War ballad for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Madison Youth Su... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Mary Kate Lorenz and Mrs. Arthur F. Carey reflected in a mirror, holding two season tickets for the Madison Theatre Guild. |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | A chamber drama, "Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer," was one of the features planned for the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater. M... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst... |
| Date: | 10 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Conductor Walter Heermann leading the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra of 75 members during a rehearsal at Scanlan Hall. The group rehearsed every Tuesday ... |
| Date: | 09 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Civic Chorus members to participate in performance of The Messiah posing for a group portrait. They are, from left to right: (standing) Ralph James... |
| Date: | 02 12 1952 |
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| Description: | The Madison Philharmonic Chorus under the direction of Robert Petzold holds a reception and rehearsal for its patrons at the YMCA to acquaint the patrons w... |
| Date: | 01 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Students at Madison Edgewood High School act out a scene from the play "The Marriage Proposal". Peggy Forster and Michael Kretschman are in the scene and d... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The former Broadway smash hit, "Glass Menagerie," was presented at the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater at the Washington Scho... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Two women are sitting behind piles of printed bulletins and a typewriter, woring at addressing each one. Jane Gintz (right) was Madison Theatre Guild's box... |
| Date: | 10 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Members of the percussion section of the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra at rehearsal in Scanlan Hall. Helen Dahm (right) is playing the tympani, Marian K... |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Carol Jack, Janet Saevre, and Gilman Voss are among the 5,000 high school musicians at the State Solo-Ensemble Festival held in Madison. |
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