Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-02-05 | Page 11 | Glee Club to Give Concert

Glee Club To Give Concert As a benefit to raise funds for tor their forthcoming Young Artist and Student Musician contests members of the Utah Federation of Music Clubs are presenting the theMen's theMen's theMen's Mens Men's and Women's Combined Glee Clubs from Occidental college in Los Angeles in concert Feb 9 The noted college singers will appear at the thc First Presbyterian church under the directorship of Howard S. S Swan and their program program program pro pro- gram will include both classic and contemporary selections with special special special cial emphasis on early American folk tunes Salt Lakers will be especially interested in early Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon pioneer songs which have been adopted for the group Past presidents of the Utah music organization under Mrs George B. B Veasy are making arrangements ar ar- ar- ar for the concert Assisting Assisting As As- I Mrs Veasy are Mrs rs Pauline Yard and Mrs O. O R. R Dib- Dib I Dib-I blee bleep This concert will be one of ot a series senes included in the Glee clubs' clubs 1949 annual tour Other concerts are sched scheduled lcd in San Francisco Berkeley Boulder City Nev Ne' and Sacramento Both clubs have won the southern south south- em ern California Glee club championships championships championships champion champion- ships several times taking the themen's themen's themen's mens men's and women's honors in 1942 the last time the contest was held In 1942 mens men's Glee club was also one of three sectional finalists in inthe inthe inthe the Fred Waring National Collegiate Collegiate Collegiate Col Col- Glee club competition On the air the Glee clubs have been heard in programs with many motion picture and radio personalities personalities personalities person person- including Bob Hope Dick Powell Edward Arnold Melvyn Douglas and Virginia Bruce The choruses have also presented programs programs programs pro pro- grams at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles the Coronado hotel in San Diego and the thc St. St Francis and Palace hotels in San Fran Fran- cisco Soloists appearing with the group are Patricia Beems Leslie Bennett Else Jean Demar e eVar Warren Var War ren Hartwell Hart Alberta Holter Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Lawrence Lynne Grace-Lynne Martin Martin Mar far tin and William Olvis