The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-07-10
SIX PROGRAMS
OF CHAUTAUQUA
DURING JULY
Two Outstanding Presentations
Week END of July 10 and 20,
And July 26 and q
FOLK DRAMA DIRECTOR
NAMED FOR AUGUST 81

Lillian Hooper Dorsey, Roland
Park, Baltimore, who is graduate
with B. A. Degree from the School
of Drama of Carnegie Tech, Pitts
burgh, has been selected by The
Maryland Chautauqua Association to
direct it's Folk-Drama, which will be
the closing program of the season at
Mt Lark Park August 81.
Miss Dorsey arrived the first of
this week, and will remain for the
rest of the summer. She was, during
the past season, one of the directors
of the Faculty Club play at Carnegie
Tech. This school has one of the fin
est departments of drama in the
country and was the first university
to give a degree for such course.
Miss Dorsey has also held leading
roles with the Town Players in Balti-
more and the Severn River Players at
Annapolis. She is a craftswoman in
the designing of scenes and cos
tunes, and the execution of stage
sets. Her plan is to create a program
of Folk-Drama representative of the
traditions of the Tableland. Several
of the younger set have already vol
unteered their services.
Six Programs Yet
Maryland Chautauqua will present
six programs yet this month. The
Mountain Choir Festivals eighth sea-
son will be held Saturday and Sunday,
July 10 and 20 with afternoon and
evening sessions. The Johnstown
Symphony Orchestra will give two
performances, one Saturday evening,
July 26, and the other Sunday after
noon, July 27.
The Mountain Choir Festival will
present greater variey of choral mu-
sic than any previous season. Its Fes-
tival choir will break all former rec
ords for size as reports are coming
in daily of additional choirs, according
to Rev. Felix G. Robinson, director.
Following is the list to date of
choirs that will sing either separately
or in the Festival Choir: Clarksburg
Symphonic Choir, Clarence Arms, di-
rector; Civic Choral Society of Con-
nellsville, Pa, Helen Keil, director;
The Allied Chorus of Uniontown, Da-
vid Martin, director; The Asbury
Methodist, Uniontown, Ornan Nor
gan, director; The Baltimore Hebrew
Congregation, Abram Moses, director;
The Martin Luther Church Choir,
Baltimore, Lawrence Wenchel, direc-
tor; Trinity Lutheran, Keyser, Mrs.
Virginia Kolkhorst, director; Trinity
Junior Choir, Nyta Greenwade, direc-
tor; Simpson Methodist Moundsville,
W. Va, Margaret Sigafoose, director;
Russian Orthodox Holy Ghost Choir,
Ambridge, Pa, Michael Holovach, di-
rector; Christ Episcopal Church,
Fairmont, Roy Peterson, director;
Schola Cantorum, Capuchin Monas-
terry, Cumberland, Father Leander, di-
rector; Chestnut Ridge Recreational
Group, Rev. Alfred Lee Klaer, direc-
tor; The Homemakers Chorus, COM
prised of choral leaders from various
parts Of Garrett County, Rev. Felix
G. Robinson, director; Negro Spirit
ual Choir, Fairmont, w. Va; and
Trinity Lutheran, Johnstown, Pa,
Fred Baumgardner, director. This last
choir alone contains seventy-five
voices.
Marjorie Lehman of Baltimore,
Lyric Soprano, will sing "The Lords
Prayer" by Malotte and "Alleluia" by
Mozart at the fourth session, Sun
day evening, July 20.
Prof. Mutchler of Miami, Fla, who
with his family are here for the sum-
mer having renovated Hamilton Hall,
will present one Of his Accordion En-
sembles of ten players Saturday aft