Folder 17: Academic Departments: Music-Chorus

Chorus members rehearse in a classroom.

Chorus group portrait in front of the Administration Building, undated.

Chorus group picture, 1953-1954.

Chorus, 1954-1955. Members of the Chorus under the direction of Dr. Charles Vogan (not in picture) - from left to right, first row - Penny Johnston, Carolyn Pillsbury, Janet Ross, Fay Reams, Louise Compere, Nancy Newsome, Frances Conway, Jacqueline Anderson, Patti Thompson, Gwen Carter. Second row - Marvin Starr, Hunter Spence, Frank Johnston, Mary Nolley, Frances Jones, Ethel Nesson, Elizabeth McCloud, Eugene Steele, Peter Decker. Third row - Sandra Saunders, Betty Cootes, Lona Sherrick, Margaret Popejoy, Alice Ann Kirwan, Sandra Wilkinson. Fourth row - Marlin Swansan, Willie DeLara, John Hart, Robert Milner, Jack Dent, Donald Stewart.

Chorus Officers, 1951-1952. Left to Right: Eleanor Addison, George Sarantis, Margaret Christensen, and Lynanne Robinson.

Robert Sherwood (on left), Program Director for "Signposts," the College TV Program (WTAR-TV) explains the television camera to three members of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary's Chorus who performed during the December "Signposts" program. From left to right - Cynthia Moore, Hink Johnson, and Frances "Frankie" Jordan.

The Chorus of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary sings beside a Christmas tree in front of the Administration Building.

The College of William and Mary Norfolk Division's, 1950 Christmas Program.

Christmas Program, 1954. The Messiah was presented during the Christmas season. The performance was under the direction of Dr. Charles Vogan of the College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division's Music Department and the participating chorus' were the College of William & Mary Chorus, the Epworth Methodist Chorus and the Royster Memorial Presbyterian Chorus.

The Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary Concert Choir for 1957-1958. The Choir is under the direction of Willard Robb of the College Music Department.

The Choir of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, under the direction of Willard Robb of the Music Department, performs for the Kiwanis Club during their Christmas program in December 1956.

The College chorus performs for the Kiwanis Club in December 1956.

Officers of the Concert Choir talking over plans for Spring Concert: Frances "Frankie" Jordan, Frank Summers, Anne Casper, and Phil Hart.

Passing the Hat for Frank Summers is Buck Jordan. Seated, left to right, are Hobson D. Turner, Jr., Douglas Cannon and Quennon Hundley. Students of the college band gave a concert on the steps of the Administration Building for Frank Summers Day. Frank Summers is a member of the All American Chorus which will visit ten European countries this summer on a combination concert and friendship tour. He received a $300 scholarship given by the choral organization to persons with "extraordinarily fine solo voices." Since this was not enough to finance his entire tour abroad the college band sponsored a free concert and later "passed the hat" to help Frank on his way.

The Chorus of the College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division rehearses under the direction of Willard Robb, Music Department faculty member.

News clipping with caption: "The Chorus. They will give a concert at Center Theater, assisted by string section from the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, and a brass quartet from the William and Mary band. They combined with the band to present the music for the Camellia Show last Sunday. The chorus will also make up the cast of the "Pirates of Penzance" which will be performed on May 16 at the Center Theater."

The Chorus, March 24, 1952. First Row: Gabrielle Rice, Hope Stockton, Jacqueline Leonard, Lois Akers, Cookie Stovall, Suzanne Pierce, Iffie Vassos, Angie Rupert, Anne Uzzell. Second Row: Eleanor Addison, Joan Ero, Maeve Kipp, Joan Canais, Margaret Christensen, Joan Mandel, Celeste Hensley, Mary Roy Dawson, Eleanor Irvin, Joyce Hannon. Third Row: Carey Williams, Jacqueline McCarthy, Carlotta Duncan, Wesley White, Riley Johnson. Fourth Row: Robert Truitt, Robert Foust, George Sarantis, Marvin Amelson, James Smith, Frank Marchione, Bubba West, Woodrow Moore, Robert Kendall, Dewey Davis, William Gatling, Wiley Umphett, James Brinkley, Robert Randolph, and Dr. Charles Vogan.

The following picture was salvaged from the fire which destroyed the shack that housed the yearbook staff in May 1955. The picture is of the presentation of the Messiah by the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary Chorus and Norview High School Chorus at the Colonial Methodist Church on December 2, 1951.