Students gathered in the HUB to plan a fundraising concert for victims of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, where it was decided the money would be donated to the Red Cross and EcoFiltro. The meeting was led by students of the Dickinson Haiti Relief Student Senate committee.
A concert to benefit survivors of the January 2010 Haitian earthquake raised $17,124.42. Performers included the D-Tones, Infernos, Octals, Syrens, Dance Theater Group, Synergy, Hypnotic, Third Degree, Run With It, and local groups REACH! and the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.
The Howard University Choir, which was the first choir to perform black music on tour, performed Religious Cultural Music during the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. This event was organized by the Congress of African Students.
Hamilton Bohannon, a leading musician in 1970s Disco, performed during a concert that was part of the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. The Congress for African Students organized this event.
Olu Funmilayo, the African Dance Ensemble in residence, performed on Friday, April 11 during the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. The Congress of African Students organized this event.
Don L. Lee, a poet, essayist, critic, and editor/publisher of Chicago's Third World Press, gave a poetry reading in Drayer Lounge during the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival. This event was organized by the Congress of African Students.
The Congress of African Students organized a screening of the film Claudine at the Carlisle Movie Theater as part of the Fifth Annual Black Arts Festival.
Maya Angelou performed a dramatic interpretation and a poetry reading in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on April 5 during the Congress of African Student's annual Black Arts Festival.
Billy Stewart and The Capitols performed in the Alumni Gymnasium on Friday, May 10 as part of an event sponsored by Interfraternity Council (IFC). The Capitols were a group composed of Sam George, Don Storball, and Richard Mitchell.
The Modern Jazz Quartet, which was composed of John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kay, performed in the Dining Hall on Friday December 11. The Cultural Affairs Committee organized the concert.
Martha and the Vandellas performed in a concert held on Saturday, March 8 in the Holland Union Building.
Through a combined effort of Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies, "Honorable Men" was performed in Bosler Hall to an "enthusiastic" crowd. This play was a satiric production written by Dickinsonians Martin O. Kahn and William R. Woodward. The satire was about a Dickinson faculty meeting with eighteen professors. Woodward also played Dr. Gorman, the president of "Drinkinson College."
The Dickinson Players' presentation of "The Dover Road" at the Carlisle High School auditorium was well received by students, faculty, and Carlisle residents. The lead role of Mr. Latimer was interpreted by James W. Nelson. Helen Baker played Anne and Robert Miller played Leonard. In addition, James Taylor and Ruth LaBar played the characters Nicholas and Eustasia.
Directed by W. H. Henderson and written by Pultizer price winner Owen Davis, Dickinson players performed the three-act drama, "Icebound" in Bosler Hall. The play was positively received by an audition of 250 people. The cast included : Eleanor Waugh, Elizabeth Ralston, Don Rust, Olive Fitzgerald, LeRoy Trayer, Helen O'Hara, Leora Williams, Barbara Harris, Fred McDonnell, Bruce Wagner, Richard Hunter and Edward Blessing . The stage manager was Lockwood Fogg with his assistants Harold Missal, Samuel Spragins, James Clune and Jack Evans. Willard Fohl was the business manager.
The College Orchestra performed during the Friday morning optional chapel period in front of "a fairly large, but appreciative audience." The college orchestra, directed by Mr. Ralph Schecter, performed Beethoven's "First Symphony," "Minuet" and Trio by Schubert.
The Glee club performed during the first optional chapel service at Dickinson under the direction of Mordeen Plough. The club performed "On the Old Stone Steps," "Song by the Fire," as well as three other songs.
Dickinson's Glee club performed their musical program composed of songs such as "Victory by Jenkins," "The Bells of St. Mary's by Adams," "The Phantom Legion by Ward-Stephens" and much more at Bosler Hall. Despite the small attendance, the Glee Club, received many applauses from the student body. .
The Women's Chorus traveled from Dickinson to Boiling Springs for a performance at the Methodist Episcopal Church on May 8, 1929. Members of the Women's Chorus included Marion Baker, Flora Lynch, Katharine Morris, Evelyn Groves, Sara Lukens, Amelia LeFevre, Patience Hartman, Elizabeth Tipton, and Elsie Ferriss. Bessie Baker was the accompanist. They performed songs such as "Sunshine in Rainbow Valley" by Hamblen, "Night Divine" by Offenbach-Bliss, "Dreaming of My Old Home, Sweet Home" by O'Hara and many more.
The Dramatic Club gave their first performance of the play "Children of the Moon," in Bosler Hall. The cast featured Catherine Armstrong, Laura Atherton, Frank McCrea, Elinor Green, Arlene Reed, J. Morgan Read, Edward E. Johnson, Wesley Ruffel, and Paul Irwin.
Dickinson held a special Armistice Day program on November 12. This program featured a presentation of "Asa's Death" by the college orchestra followed by several hymns and a moment of silence for all the Dickinsonians who were killed during World War I.
For their second concert of the season, The Combined Musical Clubs performed at Shippensburg University. The clubs included the Glee Club, Mandolin Club, and a number of solo performances by students.
The Combined Music Clubs at Dickinson performed in the first concert of the season at the Board of Trade auditorium in Harrisburg. Those who performed included the Glee club, Mandolin Club, and some soloists with violin, voice, and reading solos.
Professor Svangali, a hypnotist, appeared before the Junior and Senior classes as well as some faculty members in the Union Philosophical Society hall in Denny Hall. Many students volunteered and were put under his hypnotic spell.
The Wyomissing Trio, which included violinist Hans Nix, cellist John Meyer, and pianist Willy Richter, performed for the Dickinson student body. The trio performed Beethoven's "Piano Trio in B flat major," as well as other songs by various European composers.