The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra performed a concert of twelve pieces in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
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Wed., Apr. 7, 1954
The Juilliard String Quartet performed a program of three pieces in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
Thu., Apr. 29, 1954
The College Choir and the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra performed for the 1954 Founders' Day Celebration. The show program included Gluck's "Overture, Iphigenie en Aulide", Franck's "Psaume CL (Psalm 150)", Saint-Saens' "Le Deluge", Rubinstein's "Kamennoi-Ostrow", Mendelssohn's "Festival Song of...
Mon., May 3, 1954
The Freshman Plays, an annual event featuring a series of one-act plays produced and performed by Dickinson freshmen, was on May 3 at 8:30pm in Meztger Hall. For this production, The Long Voyage Home by Eugene O'Neill and Hello Out There by William Saroyan were performed.
Thu., May 13, 1954
The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by William Shakespeare, opened. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran from May 13-15 as the group's annual outdoor theatre production.
Mon., May 17, 1954
The Men's Glee Club presented their Spring Music Festival, featuring a program of fourteen songs, at 8:30pm. The concert was scheduled to take place in Bosler Hall, or, weather permitting, Rush Campus. They began their show with Rogers and Hammerstein's "It's a Grand Night for Singing"...
Thu., Oct., 14, 1954
Lo and Behold, a comedic play by John Patrick, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran from October 14-16.
Sun., Nov. 7, 1954
The College Choir gave a concert of sacred music at 7:30pm at the Centenary Methodist Church in Littlestown, Pennsylvania for their Homecoming Service.
Tue., Nov. 23, 1954
Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn performed Face to Face, a program of dramatic readings, on November 23 at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. Face to Face featured excerpts from various plays, along with classic and popular poetry and prose. In this show, most pieces were performed by just...
Wed., Dec. 1, 1954
Our Town, Thornton Wilder's hit play about American small town life, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the show ran from December 1-3. The cast of this production featured mostly freshman and sophomore actors.
Tue., Dec. 7, 1954
The de Paur Infantry Chorus performed in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm. The program was divided into three sections: secular, religious and folk music.
Tue., Jan. 11, 1955
Angel Street, a Victorian thriller by Patrick Hamilton, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, this play was the first laboratory theatre production by the organization. A project in experimental theater, the Lab Theatre intended to present a wider variety of plays...
Thu., Jan. 13, 1955
Societa Corelli performed a program of seven pieces in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
Wed., Feb. 16, 1955
Mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel, accompanied by Robert Evans at the piano, gave a concert in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
Thu., Mar. 3, 1955
Two on an Island, a play by Elmer Rice, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, sponsored by the Mary Dickinson Club, the production ran from March 3-5.
Fri., Mar. 11, 1955
Bachelor's Bend, an original musical by the Dickinson Follies, opened in the Carlisle High School Auditorium. A comedy set in the Wild West, the show ran March 11-12.
Fri., Apr. 15, 1955
A memorial exhibition of etchings from the collection of President Eugene Allen Noble was on display from April 15th through Commencement, 1955. The exhibit featured fifty etchings selected to span the course of art history.
Thu., Apr. 21, 1955
The Juilliard String Quartet gave a concert of three pieces in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm.
Thu., Apr. 28, 1955
The annual Founders' Day Concert was presented by the College Choir at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. They were joined by Conway Hall alumnus John Charles Thomas and members of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra opened the concert with Mozart's "Overture" from The Marriage of Figaro....
Wed., May 4, 1955
The Men's Glee Club presented their Spring Music Festival, featuring seventeen songs, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. The men sang Bernard Fitzgerald's "Fratres in Unum", Marshall Bartholomew's arrangement of "De Animals A' Coming", Will Jason and Val Burton's "When We're Alone (Penthouse...
Thu., May 5, 1955
Volpone, a play by Ben Jonson, opened in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from May 5-7. In this show, the title role of Volpone was played by Cody Brooks.
Thu., Oct., 20, 1955
The Mikado, a play by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, opened at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran from October 20-22. In this show, the title role of the Mikado was played by Murray S. Eckell.
Tue., Dec. 13, 1955
The College Choir, under the direction of Nancy Page Smith, performed their annual Christmas concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. Their program of fifteen songs included Palestrina's "We Adore Thee", Bach's "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light", Handel's "And the Glory of the Lord" from The...
Thu., Jan. 12, 1956
The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, opened in the Belles Lettres Room in Denny Hall. Presented by the Mermaid Players as one of their laboratory productions, the show ran January 12-14.
Fri., Feb. 24, 1956
The American Chamber Orchestra performed in Bosler Hall at 8:00pm. Under the direction of Robert Scholz, the orchestra performed six pieces.
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