A musical convention and concert was held in Marion Hall on Jan. 17 and 18.
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A musical convention and concert was held in Marion Hall on Jan. 17 and 18.
A number of students performed a concert of vocal and instrumental pieces at the Second Presbyterian Church in Dillsburg the day before Thanksgiving. Due to rain and snow, a small audience of 16 people attended.
A choral performance to benefit the Hamilton Library Association was held at the Sentinel Opera House. The chorus was directed by Professor A. Newberry in a two-part "grand concert". The singers performed Bishop's "Hark Apollo Strikes his Lyre", Wallace's "Holy Mother Guides his Footsteps",...
A choral concert was given on the evening of April 20 in the Sentinel Opera House. Twelve pieces were performed with one intermission. The first half of the program included such pieces as Ciro Pinsuti's "A Spring Song", Luigi Bordese's "The Last Hours of Joan of Arc", Geibel's "The Watcher",...
The Glee Club's performance for the 1887-1888 academic year was held in the Carlisle Opera House.
The Dickinson College Men's Glee Club opened their 1890 season with a performance at the Opera House. Their program included Moore's "We Meet Again to-night", Bishop's "Chough and Crow", Moore's "Oft in the Stilly Night", Becker's "Vocal Marche", Kochner's "Bill of Fare", Shepard's "Vocal...
After returning from their winter tour, the Glee and Banjo clubs performed their 1891-1892 program in Carlisle. They performed such pieces as Smart's "A Capstan Chorus", Armstrong's "Normandie March", Honore's "Alikanzander", Zikoff's "Coeur Atout Polka", Eno's "Piccaninny Dance", Macy's "Simple...
The College Orchestra and the Dickinson Quartette performed twelve pieces in Bosler Hall for the 1893 commencement. The musicians played "Dickinson Overture", Adam's "Comrades in Arms", Singelee's "Pastorale", Smith's "Creole Love Song", Yale's "Matin Bell", Herman's "Salvation Army Patrol" and...
After their Central Pennsylvania winter tour, the College Orchestra and the Glee Club performed their 1893-1894 program in the Carlisle Opera House.
Miss Barbour and Carlisle Young Ladies, assisted by the Dickinson College Quartette, performed a two-part program in Bosler Hall. The first part of the program featured three musical numbers while the second featured demonstrations Delsarte Aesthetic Gymnastics and Tableaux Mouvant.
The Dickinson Musical Association presented their first production, Sir John Stainer's "Daughter of Jairus", in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm. The two-part program featured members of the orchestra and chorus.
The Music Association, consisting of the College Orchestra and Men's Glee Club, performed their 1899-1900 program during commencement weekend. The Orchestra opened the show with Holzmann's "A Bunch of Blackberries". They played several other songs throughout the show including Herbert's "...
The Glee, Mandolin, and Guitar Clubs performed a program of thirteen numbers for the 1901 commencement concert. The Glee Club sang King's "Noble Dickinsonia", Kremser's "Mistress Dorothy", Vogrich's "Jobberwock Ballad", Hawley's "They Kissed, I Saw Them do it", Shattuck's "Negro Medley", and...
The Dickinson Dramatic Company performed a selection of three short plays at the Carlisle Opera House on January 31. The pieces making up this show were The Wreck of Stebbin's Pride by Louise Latham; William Tell, a classic German burlesque; and Turn Him Out, a one-act...
She Stoops to Conquer, a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, opened at the Carlisle Opera House. Presented by the Dickinson College Dramatic Company, the show ran April 16 and 17.
The Dramatic Club performed A Tramp's Reward, a short play by Dickinson student W. L. Stanton, and Charley's Aunt, a play by Brandon Thomas, at the Carlisle Opera House. In the first play, the title character of the tramp was played by Stanton.
The Dickinson College Combined Musical Clubs performed a program of twelve numbers for the 1903 commencement concert in Bosler Memorial Hall. The Glee Club sang such songs as King's "Noble Dickinsonia", Atkinson's "Medley", Malmene's "Tubal Cain", Geibel's "Little Cotton Dolly", Conchois' "...
Lyman Howe presented "America's Greatest Exhibition of Moving Pictures" in Bosler Hall, including images from around the world.
The Glee and Mandolin Clubs performed a program of twelve pieces for the 1904 commencement concert. Their program featured such songs as King's "Noble Dickinsonia", Melville's "The Darkies Drill", Tours' "Symphonique", Rycroft's "Dear Old Pipe", Keller-Bela's "Lustspiel Overture", Stauffer-...
The Lyric Club, under the direction of John Craig King, performed in Bosler Hall. The vocalists were accompanied by a violinist, a cellist and, a pianist. In the first half of the program, they sang Donzetti's "Italia, Italia, Beloved", Weiss' "Horst du das Machtige Klingen", Grieg's "Einsamer...
The Glee and Mandolin Clubs performed a program of sixteen pieces for the 1905 commencement concert in Bosler Hall. Their program featured such pieces as Hinchman-Gill's "Evening Song", Bendix's "Smiles and Caresses", Edwards' "Sweet Thoughts of Home", Samuels' "A Day in Acadia", Gibson's "...
The Lyric Club performed a concert of sacred music at the Allison Methodist Episcopal Church at 7:00pm as a part of the dedication services for the church's new organ.
The Glee and Mandolin Clubs performed a program of fourteen pieces for the 1906 commencement concert in Bosler Hall. Their program featured such pieces as Hinchman and Gill's "Evening Song", selections from The Isle of Spice, Tosti's "Good-bye", Stauffer and Hinchman's "Hurrah for Our...
The New York Symphony, a fifty piece orchestra under the direction of Walter Damrosch, played at the Carlisle opera house. Walter Dramrosch was famous for his opera, “The Scarlet Letter” based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book of the same name. A large number of Carlisle town members and students...
The Varsity Show, Business Men's Carnival, was performed in the Carlisle Opera House for the benefit of the Dickinson College Athletic Association.