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The Postcard
A postcard that was published by F. F. & Co.. It was posted in Bideford, Devon on Saturday the 9th. June 1906 to:
Mrs. C. H. Poole,
55 Upper Kincraig Street,
Roath,
Cardiff.
The message on the divided back was as follows:
"Moorhead.
Dear Nellie,
Have you received
the basket we sent
on Tuesday?
We have not heard
from you, so don't
know if you had it or
not.
Please write.
Hope you are all well
as it leaves us for the
present.
Goodbye from
Ethel".
The Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the United Kingdom's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no government funding. It can seat 5,272 people.
The Royal Albert Hall has been affectionately named "The Nation's Village Hall".
Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941.
It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium areas.
The hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert, who had died six years earlier.
History of The Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall in the 1800's
In 1851 the Great Exhibition, organised by Prince Albert, was held in Hyde Park, London. The Exhibition was a success, and this led Prince Albert to propose the creation of a group of permanent facilities for the public benefit, which came to be known as Albertopolis.
The Exhibition's Royal Commission bought Gore House, but it was slow to act, and in 1861 Prince Albert died without having seen his ideas come to fruition. However, a memorial was proposed for Hyde Park, with a Great Hall opposite.
The proposal was approved, and the site was purchased with some of the profits from the Exhibition. The Hall was designed by civil engineers Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers, and built by Lucas Brothers.
The designers were heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres, but had also been exposed to the ideas of Gottfried Semper while he was working at the South Kensington Museum.
The recently opened Cirque d'Hiver in Paris was seen in the contemporary press as the design to outdo.
The Hall was constructed mainly of Fareham Red Brick, with terra cotta block decoration made by Gibbs and Canning Ltd. of Tamworth.
The dome (designed by Rowland Mason Ordish) was made of wrought iron and glazed. There was a trial assembly of the dome's iron framework in Manchester; then it was taken apart and transported to London by horse and cart.
When the time came for the supporting structure to be removed from the dome after reassembly in situ, only volunteers remained on-site in case the structure collapsed. It did drop – but only by five-sixteenths of an inch (8 mm).
The Hall was scheduled to be completed by Christmas Day 1870, and Queen Victoria visited a few weeks beforehand to inspect.
The official opening ceremony of the Royal Albert Hall was on the 29th. March 1871. A welcoming speech was given by Edward, the Prince of Wales because Queen Victoria was too overcome to speak;
"Her only recorded comment on the
Hall was that it reminded her of the
British constitution".
In the concert that followed, the Hall's acoustic problems immediately became apparent. Engineers first tried to remove the strong echo by suspending a canvas awning below the dome. This helped, and also sheltered concert-goers from the sun, but the problem was not solved - it used to be jokingly said:
"The Hall is the only place where
a British composer could be sure
of hearing his work twice".
In July 1871, French organist Camille Saint-Saëns performed Church Scene from Faust by Charles Gounod; The Orchestra described him as:
"An exceptional and distinguished
performer ... the effect was most
marvellous."
Initially lit by gas, the Hall contained a special system by which thousands of gas jets were lit within ten seconds. Though it was demonstrated as early as 1873 in the Hall, full electric lighting was not installed until 1888. During an early trial when a partial installation was made, one disgruntled patron wrote to The Times, declaring it to be:
"A very ghastly and unpleasant
innovation".
In May 1877, Richard Wagner conducted the first half of each of the eight concerts which made up the Grand Wagner Festival. After his turn with the baton, he handed it over to conductor Hans Richter and sat in a large armchair on the corner of the stage for the rest of each concert. Wagner's wife Cosima, the daughter of Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer Franz Liszt, was among the audience.
The Wine Society was founded at the Hall on the 4th. August 1874, after large quantities of cask wine were found in the cellars. A series of lunches were held to publicise the wines, and General Henry Scott proposed a co-operative company to buy and sell wines.
The Royal Albert Hall in the 1900's
In 1906 Elsie Fogerty founded the Central School of Speech and Drama at the Hall, using its West Theatre, now the Elgar Room. The school moved to Swiss Cottage in north London in 1957. Whilst the school was based at the Royal Albert Hall, students who graduated from its classes included Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Harold Pinter, Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft.
In 1911 Russian pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff performed at the Hall. The recital included his 'Prelude in C-sharp minor' and 'Elegie in E-flat minor'.
In 1933 German physicist Albert Einstein led the 'Einstein Meeting' at the hall for the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, a British charity.
In 1936, the Hall was the scene of a giant rally celebrating the British Empire on the occasion of the centenary of Joseph Chamberlain's birth.
In October 1942, the Hall suffered minor damage during World War II bombing, but in general was left mostly untouched as German pilots used the distinctive structure as a landmark.
In 1949 the canvas awning was removed and replaced with fluted aluminium panels below the glass roof, in a new attempt to cure the echo. However the acoustics were not properly tackled until 1969 when large fibreglass acoustic diffusing discs (commonly referred to as "mushrooms" or "flying saucers") were installed below the ceiling.
In 1968, the Hall hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, and from 1969–1988 the Miss World contest was staged at the venue.
In 1995, Greek keyboardist Yanni performed a concert there for his World Tour; the concert was recorded under the name of Live at Royal Albert Hall.
From 1996 until 2004, the Hall underwent a programme of renovation and development supported by a £20 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £20m from Arts Council England to enable it to meet the demands of the next century of events and performances.
Thirty "discreet projects" were designed and supervised by the architecture and engineering firm BDP without disrupting events. These projects included improved ventilation to the auditorium, more bars and restaurants, improved seating, better technical facilities, and improved backstage areas. Internally, the Circle seating was rebuilt during June 1996 to provide more legroom, better access, and improved sightlines.
The Royal Albert Hall in the 2000's
The largest project of the ongoing renovation and development was the building of a new south porch – door 12, accommodating a first-floor restaurant, a new ground floor box office and a below-ground loading bay.
Although the exterior of the building was largely unchanged, the south steps leading down to Prince Consort Road were demolished to allow the construction of underground vehicle access and a loading bay with accommodation for three HGVs carrying all the equipment brought by shows.
The steps were then reconstructed around a new south porch, named The Meitar Foyer after a significant donation from Mr & Mrs Meitar. The porch was built on a similar scale and style to the three pre-existing porches at Doors 3, 6 and 9: these works were undertaken by Taylor Woodrow.
The original steps featured in the early scenes of the 1965 film The Ipcress File. On the 4th. June 2004, the project received the Europa Nostra Award for remarkable achievement.
The East (Door 3) and West (Door 9) porches were glazed, and new bars opened along with ramps to improve disabled access. The Stalls were rebuilt in a four-week period in 2000 using steel supports, thereby allowing more space underneath for two new bars.
1,534 unique pivoting seats were installed, with an addition of 180 prime seats. The Choirs were rebuilt at the same time.
The whole building was redecorated in a style that reinforces its Victorian identity. 43,000 sq. ft (4,000 m2) of new carpets were laid in the rooms, stairs, and corridors – specially woven with a border that follows the oval curve of the building.
Between 2002 and 2004, there was a major rebuilding of the great organ (known as the Voice of Jupiter), built by "Father" Henry Willis in 1871 and rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1924 and 1933.
The rebuilding was performed by Mander Organs, and it is now the second-largest pipe organ in the British Isles with 9,997 pipes in 147 stops. The largest is the Grand Organ in Liverpool Cathedral which has 10,268 pipes.
The Royal Albert Hall in the 2010's
During the first half of 2011, changes were made to the backstage areas in order to relocate and increase the size of crew catering areas under the South Steps away from the stage and to create additional dressing rooms nearer to the stage.
During the summer of 2012, the staff canteen and some changing areas were expanded and refurbished. From January to May the Box Office area at Door 12 underwent further modernisation to include a new Café Bar on the ground floor, a new Box Office with shop counters, and additional toilets.
Upon opening it was renamed 'The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Porch and Foyer.' owing to a large donation from the couple.
In Autumn 2013, work began on replacing the Victorian steam heating system over three years and improving and cooling across the building. This work followed the summer Proms season during which temperatures were unusually high.
From January the Cafe Consort on the Grand Tier was closed permanently in preparation for a new restaurant at a cost of £1 million. Verdi – Italian Kitchen was officially opened on the 15th. April with a lunch or dinner menu of stone baked pizzas, pasta, and classic desserts.
Design of The Royal Albert Hall
The Hall, a Grade I listed building, is an ellipse in plan, with its external major and minor axis of 272 and 236 feet (83 and 72 meters. The great glass and wrought-iron dome roofing the Hall is 135 ft (41 m) high.
Below the Arena floor there is room for two 4000 gallon water tanks, which are used for shows that flood the arena like Madame Butterfly.
The Hall was originally designed with a capacity for 8,000 people, and has accommodated as many as 12,000 (although present-day safety restrictions mean the maximum permitted capacity is now 5,272, including standing in the Gallery.
Around the outside of the building is an 800–foot–long terracotta mosaic frieze, depicting "The Triumph of Arts and Sciences", in reference to the Hall's dedication. Above the frieze is an inscription in 12-inch-high (30 cm) terracotta letters that combine historical fact and Biblical quotations:
"This hall was erected for the advancement
of the arts and sciences and works of industry
of all nations in fulfilment of the intention of
Albert Prince Consort.
The site was purchased with the proceeds of
the Great Exhibition of the year MDCCCLI.
The first stone of the Hall was laid by Her
Majesty Queen Victoria on the twentieth day
of May MDCCCLXVII and it was opened by Her
Majesty the Twenty Ninth of March in the year
MDCCCLXXI.
Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the victory and the majesty.
For all that is in the heaven and in the earth is
Thine. The wise and their works are in the hand
of God. Glory be to God on high and on earth
peace".
Events at The Royal Albert Hall
The first concert at the Hall was Arthur Sullivan's cantata On Shore and Sea, performed on the 1st. May 1871.
Many events are promoted by the Hall, and since the early 1970's promoter Raymond Gubbay has brought a range of events to the Hall including opera, ballet and classical music.
Events also include rock concerts, conferences, banquets, ballroom dancing, poetry recitals, educational talks, motor shows, ballet, opera, film screenings and circus shows.
The Royal Albert Hall has hosted many sporting events, including boxing, squash, table tennis, basketball, wrestling (including the first Sumo wrestling tournament to be held in London) as well as UFC 38 (the first UFC event to be held in the UK), tennis, and even a marathon.
The Hall first hosted boxing in 1918, when it hosted a tournament between British and American servicemen. There was a colour bar in place at the Hall, preventing black boxers from fighting there, between 1923 and 1932.
Greats of British boxing such as Frank Bruno, Prince Naseem Hamed, Henry Cooper and Lennox Lewis have all appeared at the venue. The Hall's boxing history was halted in 1999 when a court ordered that boxing and wrestling matches could no longer be held at the venue. In 2011 that decision was overturned. In 2019 Nicola Adams won the WBO Flyweight title which was the first fight for a world title at the venue since Marco Antonio Barrera took on Paul Lloyd in 1999.
On the 6th. April 1968, the Hall hosted the Eurovision Song Contest which was broadcast in colour for the first time. The first Miss World contest broadcast in colour was also staged at the venue in 1969, and remained at the Hall every year until 1989.
One notable event was a Pink Floyd concert held on the 26th. June 1969. On that night they were banned from ever playing at the Hall again after shooting cannons, nailing things to the stage, and having a man in a gorilla suit roam the audience.
At one point, Rick Wright went to the pipe organ and began to play "The End of the Beginning", the final part of "Saucerful of Secrets", joined by the brass section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (led by the conductor, Norman Smith) and the ladies of the Ealing Central Amateur Choir. A portion of the pipe organ recording is included on Pink Floyd's album The Endless River.
On the 18th. June 1985, British Gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy recorded their live video album Wake at the Hall.
Between 1996 and 2008, the Hall hosted the annual National Television Awards, all of which were hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald.
Benefit concerts include the 1997 Music for Montserrat concert, arranged and produced by George Martin. The event featured artists such as Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Elton John, Eric Clapton, and Paul McCartney.
In 2006, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour performed at the Hall for the first time since Pink Floyd's 1969 ban. He performed as part of his On an Island Tour. The shows were filmed and used for the live video release, Remember That Night (2007).
Rock band The Killers recorded their first live album, Live from the Royal Albert Hall in July 2009.
On the 5th. April 2010, Swedish progressive metal band Opeth recorded In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, as they became the first Death metal band ever to perform at the Hall. The concert was part of the band's Evolution XX: An Opeth Anthology tour, made in celebration of their 20th. anniversary.
In July 2011, Janet Jackson performed three sold-out shows as part of her Number Ones, Up Close and Personal World Tour.
On the 2nd. October 2011, the Hall staged the 25th.-anniversary performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, which was broadcast live to cinemas across the world and filmed for DVD.
Lloyd Webber, the original London cast including Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, and four previous actors of the titular character, among others, were in attendance – Brightman and the previous Phantoms (aside from Crawford) performed an encore.
On the 22nd. September 2011, Adele performed a one-night-only concert as part of her tour. The concert was filmed for DVD, and screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world.
Her performance debuted at number one in the United States with 96,000 copies sold, the highest one-week tally for a music DVD in four years. After one week, it became the best-selling music DVD of 2011. As of the 28th. November 2012, it had surpassed sales of one million copies in the United States and sales of three million copies worldwide.
It was the first music DVD to surpass sales of one million in the USA since the Eagles' Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne in 2005.
The 2012 Sunflower Jam charity concert featured Queen guitarist Brian May performing alongside bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple, and vocalists Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, and Alice Cooper.
On the 24th. September 2012, Classic FM celebrated the 20th. anniversary of their launch with a concert at the Hall. The program featured live performances of works by Handel, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky and Karl Jenkins who conducted his piece The Benedictus from The Armed Man.
On the 19th. November 2012, the Hall hosted the 100th.-anniversary performance of the Royal Variety Performance, attended by the HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Duke of Edinburgh, with boy-band One Direction among the performers.
During his Rattle That Lock Tour, David Gilmour performed at the Royal Albert Hall eleven times between September 2015 and September 2016, once in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
On the 13th. November 2015, Canadian musician Devin Townsend recorded his second live album Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
Kylie Minogue performed at the Royal Albert Hall on the 11th. December 2015 and the 9th. - 10th. December 2016 as part of her "A Kylie Christmas" concert series.
On the 3rd. May 2016, singer-songwriter and Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell played at the Hall in what would become the last UK show of his life as part of his "Higher Truth" European tour.
Cornell performed stripped-back acoustic renditions from his back-catalogue to rave reviews, including songs from the likes of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave and his solo work. Cornell died on the 18th. May 2017.
On the 22nd. April 2016, British rock band Bring Me the Horizon performed and recorded their Live at the Royal Albert Hall album, with accompaniment from the Parallax Orchestra conducted by Simon Dobson.
At a press conference held at the Hall in October 2016, Phil Collins announced his return to live performing with his Not Dead Yet Tour, which began in June 2017. The tour included five nights at the Hall which sold out in fifteen seconds.
In October 2017, American rock band Alter Bridge also recorded a live album accompanied by the Parallax Orchestra with Simon Dobson.
Also in 2017, the Hall hosted the 70th. British Academy Film Awards, often referred to as the BAFTAs, for the first time in 20 years, replacing the Royal Opera House at which the event had been held since 2008.
In 2018, WWE held its second United Kingdom Championship Tournament on the 18th. and 19th. June.
Also in 2018, the world premiere of PlayStation in Concert was organised at the Hall. It featured PlayStation game music from the 1990's up until then. It was arranged by Jim Fowler and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In May 2019, Mariah Carey performed 3 shows as part of her Caution World Tour. Comedian Bill Burr filmed his 2019 special Paper Tiger at the Hall. In November 2020, One Direction member Niall Horan performed a one off live-streamed show in an empty Hall (during the COVID-19 pandemic) to raise money for charity.
Regular Events at the Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Choral Society
The Royal Choral Society is the longest-running regular performer at the Hall, having given its first performance as the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society on the 8th. May 1872. From 1876, it established the annual Good Friday performance of Handel's Messiah.
BBC Proms
The BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, known as "The Proms", is a popular annual eight-week summer season of daily classical music concerts and other events at the Hall.
In 1942, following the destruction of the Queen's Hall in an air raid, the Hall was chosen as the new venue for the proms. In 1944 with increased danger to the Hall, part of the proms were held in the Bedford Corn Exchange.
Following the end of World War II the proms continued in the Hall, and have done so annually every summer since. The event was founded in 1895, and now each season consists of over 70 concerts, in addition to a series of events at other venues across the United Kingdom on the last night.
In 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. Jiří Bělohlávek described The Proms as:
"The world's largest and most
democratic musical festival".
Proms is a term which arose from the original practice of the audience promenading, or strolling, in some areas during the concert. Proms concert-goers, particularly those who stand, are sometimes described as "Promenaders", but are most commonly referred to as "Prommers".
Tennis
Tennis was first played at the Hall in March 1970, and the ATP Champions Tour Masters has been played annually every December since 1997.
Classical Spectacular
Classical Spectacular, a Raymond Gubbay production, has been coming to the Hall since 1988. It combines popular classical music, lights and special effects.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil has performed annually, with a show being staged every January, since 2003. Cirque has had to adapt many of their touring shows to perform at the venue, modifying the set, usually built for arenas or big top tents instead.
Classic Brit Awards
Since 2000, the Classic Brit Awards has been hosted annually in May at the Hall. It is organised by the British Phonographic Industry.
Festival of Remembrance
The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance is held annually the day before Remembrance Sunday.
Institute of Directors
For 60 years the Institute of Directors' Annual Convention has been synonymous with the Hall, although in 2011 and 2012 it was held at indigO2.
The English National Ballet
Since 1998 the English National Ballet has had several specially staged arena summer seasons in partnership with the Hall and Raymond Gubbay. These include Strictly Gershwin, June 2008 and 2011, Swan Lake, June 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013, Romeo & Juliet, June 2001 and 2005, and The Sleeping Beauty, April - June 2000.
Teenage Cancer Trust
Starting in the year 2000 the Teenage Cancer Trust has held annual charity concerts (with the exception of 2001). They started as a one-off event, but have expanded over the years to a week or more of evening events. Roger Daltrey of the Who has been intimately involved with the planning of the events.
Graduation Ceremonies
The Hall is used annually by the neighbouring Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art for graduation ceremonies. For several years the University of London and Kingston University also held their graduation ceremonies at the Hall.
Films, Premières and Live Orchestra Screenings
The venue has screened several films since the early silent days. It was the only London venue to show William Fox's The Queen of Sheba in the 1920's.
The Hall has hosted many premières, including the UK première of Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen, 101 Dalmatians on the 4th. December 1996, the European première of Spandau Ballet's Soul Boys of the Western World, and three James Bond royal world premières - Die Another Day on the 18th. November 2002 (attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip), Skyfall on the 23rd. October 2012 (attended by Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall), and Spectre on the 26th. October 2015 (attended by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge).
The Hall held the first 3D world première of Titanic 3D, on the 27th. March 2012, with James Cameron and Kate Winslet in attendance.
Since 2009, the Hall has also curated regular seasons of English-language film-and-live-orchestra screenings, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gladiator, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Interstellar, The Matrix, West Side Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Back to the Future, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and the world première of Titanic Live in Concert.
The only non-English-language movie to have been screened at the Hall is Baahubali: The Beginning (an Indian movie in Telugu and Tamil, but premiered with the Hindi dubbed version).
National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
The National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, one of the most prestigious prizes in the annual brass band contesting calendar, holds the Final of the Championship section at the Royal Albert Hall each October.
Beyond the Main Stage
The Hall hosts hundreds of events and activities beyond its main auditorium. There are regular free art exhibitions in the ground floor Amphi corridor, which can be viewed when attending events or on dedicated viewing dates.
Visitors can take a guided tour of the Hall on most days. The most common is the one-hour Grand Tour which includes most front-of-house areas, the auditorium, the Gallery and the Royal Retiring Room.
Other tours include Story of the Proms, Behind the Scenes, Inside Out and School tours.
Children's events include Storytelling and Music Sessions for ages four and under. These take place in the Door 9 Porch and Albert's Band sessions in the Elgar Room during school holidays.
"Live Music in Verdi" takes place in the Italian restaurant on a Friday night featuring different artists each week.
"Late Night Jazz" events in the Elgar Room, generally on a Thursday night, feature cabaret-style seating and a relaxed atmosphere with drinks available.
"Classical Coffee Mornings" are held on Sundays in the Elgar Room with musicians from the Royal College of Music accompanied with drinks and pastries.
Sunday brunch events take place in Verdi Italian restaurant and feature different genres of music.
Regular Performers at the Royal Albert Hall
Eric Clapton is a regular performer at the Hall. Since 1964, Clapton has performed at the Hall over 200 times, and has stated that performing at the venue is: "Like playing in my front room".
In December 1964, Clapton made his first appearance at the Hall with the Yardbirds. It was also the venue for his band Cream's farewell concerts in 1968 and reunion shows in 2005. He also instigated the Concert for George, which was held at the Hall on the 29th. November 2002 to pay tribute to Clapton's lifelong friend, former Beatle George Harrison. Clapton passed 200 shows at the Hall in 2015.
David Gilmour played at the Hall in support of two solo albums, while also releasing a live concert on September 2006 entitled Remember That Night which was recorded during his three nights playing at the Hall for his 2006 On an Island tour.
Notable guests were Robert Wyatt and David Bowie (who sang lead for "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb"). The live concert was televised by BBC One on the 9th. September 2007.
Gilmour returned to the Hall for four nights in September 2016 (where he was joined on stage by Benedict Cumberbatch for "Comfortably Numb"), having previously played five nights in 2015, to end his 34-day Rattle That Lock Tour. He also made an appearance on the 24th. April 2016 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust event.
Shirley Bassey is one of the Hall's most prolific female headline performers, having appeared many times at the Hall since the 1970's. In 2001, she sang "Happy Birthday" for the Duke of Edinburgh's 80th. birthday concert. In 2007, she sang at Fashion Rocks in aid of the Prince's Trust.
On the 30th. March 2011, she sang at a gala celebrating the 80th. birthday of Mikhail Gorbachev. In May 2011, she performed at the Classic Brit Awards, singing "Goldfinger" in tribute to the recently deceased composer John Barry. On the 20th. June 2011, she returned and sang "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Goldfinger", accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, as the climax to the memorial concert for Barry.
James Last appeared 90 times at the Hall between 1973 and 2015, making him the most frequent non–British performer to have played the venue.
Education and Outreach Programme
The Hall's education and outreach programme engages with more than 200,000 people a year. It includes workshops for local teenagers led by musicians such as Foals, Jake Bugg, Emeli Sandé, Nicola Benedetti, Alison Balsom and First Aid Kit, innovative science and maths lessons, visits to local residential homes from the venue's in-house group, Albert's Band, under the 'Songbook' banner, and the Friendship Matinee: an orchestral concert for community groups, with £5 admission.
Mis-labellings
A famous and widely bootlegged concert by Bob Dylan at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on the 17th. May 1966 was mistakenly labelled the "Royal Albert Hall Concert".
In 1998, Columbia Records released an official recording, The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert. It maintains the erroneous title but does include details of the actual location.
Recordings from the Royal Albert Hall concerts on the 26th. and 27th. May 1966 were finally released by the artist in 2016 as The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert.
Another concert mislabelled as being at the Hall was by Creedence Clearwater Revival. An album by them entitled The Royal Albert Hall Concert was released in 1980. When Fantasy Records discovered the show on the album actually took place at the Oakland Coliseum, it retitled the album The Concert.
Pop Culture References
A large mural by Peter Blake, entitled Appearing at the Royal Albert Hall, is displayed in the Hall's Café Bar. Unveiled in April 2014, it shows more than 400 famous figures who have appeared on the stage.
In 1955, English film director Alfred Hitchcock filmed the climax of The Man Who Knew Too Much at the Hall. The 15-minute sequence featured James Stewart, Doris Day and composer Bernard Herrmann, and was filmed partly in the Queen's Box.
Hitchcock was a long-time patron of the Hall and had already set the finale of his 1927 film, The Ring at the Hall, as well as his initial version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best and Peter Lorre.
Other notable films shot at the Hall include Major Barbara, Love Story, The Seventh Veil, The Ipcress File, A Touch of Class, Shine, and Spice World.
In the song "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles, the Albert Hall is mentioned. The verse goes as follows:
"I read the news today, oh boy
four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
and though the holes were rather small
they had to count them all
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on".
The song "Session Man" by The Kinks references the Hall:
"He never will forget at all
The day he played at Albert Hall".
In the song "Shame" by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, Barlow mentions the Hall in his verse:
"I read your mind and tried to call,
my tears could fill the Albert Hall".
The Melbourne Glaciarium
So what else happened on the day that Ethel posted the card to Nellie?
Well, the 9th. June 1906 marked the opening of the Melbourne Glaciarium in City Road, South Melbourne.
The Melbourne Glaciarium (also known as the Glaci) was the second indoor ice skating facility built in Australia after the Adelaide Glaciarium.
The Glaci hosted the first game of ice hockey played in Australia. At the time the Melbourne Glaciarium was opened, it was the 3rd. largest indoor ice rink in the world.
The rink closed in 1957 and was demolished soon after.
The Opening of the Melbourne Glaciarium
The Melbourne Glaciarium was officially opened at 3:00pm on the 9th. June 1906 with the then-Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sir Henry Weedon attending the opening ceremony.
2500 people, invited by the directors, attended the opening of the Glaciarium, where an exhibition of "free skating" was conducted by Professor Brewer.
The professor's performance was followed by 50 experienced skaters skating to orchestral music.
Later that evening the Glaciarium was opened to the general public and was filled to capacity. There was an exhibition of ice hockey given by Professor Brewer and other instructors.
The KOM League
Flash Report
For
December 3, 2020
For those with an ounce of nerve and/or a scintilla of curiosity this report can be accessed at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/50673672507/
Take note:
This report was prepared on the evening of Decemeber 2. It was uploaded to the Flickr site with the intent being to take another look at it before informing those on the mailing list that it had been posted.
One subject in the report was still bothering me and my I-pad went with me to bed, last night. While laying there a decision was made to attempt to find something on Brian Gibson, mentioned in this report. For the past 25 years I couldn’t find any current information on him. Then Brian Frederick Albert Gibson was entered into Ancestry.com and like magic another mystery was solved. The first thing found on that site was his history. He was born November 15, 1930 in Peace River, Alberta, Canada and passed away October 27, 2014 in Calgary, Alberta.
There were a couple of options at that point. A revision of the article in this report could be undertaken without anyone knowing that action had been taken. However, upon arising this morning a shock was experienced as nearly 200 readers had already viewed the site. So, if you were one of those eager to see the report please be advised that it was completed to the best of my ability early last night but significantly updated this morning.
If you get to the article about the members of the 1950 Pittsburg Browns who have passed away you, like me, will know not a one of them survived except in the hearts of those who loved them and memory of those who didn’t.
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Life!!!
Generally speaking many people believe 2020 has been the worst year of their life. Aside from the Chinese virus other issues have come upon individual families which make them hope for a better 2021 when in reality it could be even worse. I suspect those who suffered through the depths of the great depression, the holocaust, a civil or world war would gladly exchange places with those living through the trials of 2020.
In psyching myself for what might be the final Flash Report of 2020, or maybe the last one ever, who knows, the old line of a song came to mind “Life is filled with swift transitions…” If you care to hear the origin of that line, in music, go for it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cESoLne6Fw
Change, loss and sorrow are all part of getting from the cradle to the finish line. 2021 will ring in the 75th anniversary of the founding of the KOM league. With the best information available to the old man penning this report only 214 former players of the nearly 1600 are still emitting carbon dioxide. There are 48 former players with whom contact was attempted but they ignored the outreach for reasons beyond my pay grade to determine. 2020 was the year another bunch of great guys became “late” members of the league. This section pays tribute to these men.
Theodore John Pallone—Bartlesville--Pittsburg ’52—D. 9/30
Willis Frank Carruth—Bartlesville ’48—D. 6/14
Nicholas Casaletto—Carthage ’47—D. 4/9
Howard Powles—Carthage ’48—D. 8/19
Wendell Clifton—Independence ’52—D. 5/9
James Snyders—Independence ’52—D. 9/14
Russell White—Iola ’46—D. 3/19
Homer Cole—Iola ’48—D.6/19
Howard Hunt—Iola ’50—D. 8/20
Joseph Elble—Iola ’51—D.8/21
Robert Field—Miami ’46—D. 7/15
Shannon Deniston—Pittsburg ’48—D. 4/4
Donald Ross Harris—Pittsburg ’50-- D. 9/18
Nicholas Stefano—Pittsburg ’50—D. 5/18
Nicholas Kucher—Ponca City ’47—D. month and day unknown
Eugene Castiglione—Ponca City ’48-’49—D. 1/7
Ewing Turner—Ponca City ’48—D. 4/1
Robert Henne—Ponca City “50-’51—D. 10/7
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Nicholas Charles Stefano
www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=nic... (Obituary and photo included)
Sporting News card-- digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/140671...
Nicholas C. Stefano, born Paterson, NJ to Josephine and Nicola Stefano. To know him was to love him. Charismatic and kind, the world changed for the better the day he was born and lost someone special the day he left us (5/18/2020). He was a sports and horse-racing enthusiast and could expertly whistle along with birds. He loved jokes, Andrea Bocelli, black licorice, raviolis and a well-made drink. People were drawn to his youthful spirit that never diminished and his love of life. He enjoyed playing cards, soaking in the sun and spending time with family. If you were to hear one of his stories, you would walk away smiling. Impressively, he could play music by ear and as a young man, his athletic ability gave him the opportunity to travel the country playing baseball in the minors for the Cardinals, Phillies and Twins. He even made it to "Hollywood" as an extra in an Esther Williams movie. He is survived by the love of his life, Janet. Left to carry on his beautiful spirit are sons Nicholas and Randy and daughter Nicole Malino (née Stefano). Also well loved were his, daughters-in-law, Carol & Catherine Stefano, son-in-law Alex Malino, grandchildren, Stephanie, AnnMarie and Natalie Stefano and Julia & Brooke Malino, and two great grandchildren, many beloved nieces and nephews and his best friend, Charlie. He was predeceased by his brother, Victor and sisters, "Tootsie" and Marie. With his charming personality, he made an indelible impression on many. "Maverick", "Hogan", "Mr. S", "Big Guy" as known to some, will be greatly missed by all. A celebration of Nick's life will be held at a future date due to the current pandemic.
Ed comment:
Shortly after this Thanksgiving the following was received from baseball necrologist, Jack Morris. “John, Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. Did we know about this death back in May of this year? I can’t find anything on my computer about it. www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=nic...
This is the message shared with Morris. “No, I didn’t know of his death. I knew some stuff about Stefano and that he was still alive up to this year. I called what I believe was his residence, many times, but got a nasty reception each time by the person answering the phone. I finally gave up trying to reach him. I figured someday I would see the item you shared with me today. My visual of Stefano is of him sitting in an easy chair in Pittsburg, Kansas with his ankle wrapped and a pair of crutches nearby. I always wanted to talk with him about that photo.”
(A companion photo, to the one in the easy chair, is the Flickr pictorial for this report.)
Another comment to Morris was shared the day after Thanksgiving. “I guess you have all the information you need on the deceased. The obituary had the wrong St. Louis organization. He, of course, was with the Browns. His last place of residence was Woodland Park, NJ. He could have died in a Paterson hospital. He was probably born in a Paterson hospital in September 13, 1928. However, he could have been born at home as I was on this date in 1939.
Also, the obituary would make it appear he was once the property of the Minnesota Twins. However, he was on the roster of the Twins but it was the Fargo, North Dakota—Moorhead, Minnesota version not the big league St. Paul—Minneapolis version. The Minnesota Twins weren’t even in existence at that time.
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One thing leads to another, another and another
Upon learning of the passing of any former KOM leaguer a search is made of the remaining roster members. Quickly, I was in the midst of researching the 1950 Pittsburg, Kansas Browns.
Over the years contact had been made with the exception of two of that group. There were letters and telephone calls exchanged with Richard Potak and Raymond Carl Lindquist. However, in looking over the previous Flash Reports there was no mention of the death of those two men Potak passed away on May 31, 2017 and Lindquist had passed away four months earlier on January 18th.
Richard Potak B. 8/12/1932-- D. 5/31/2017
His gravesite is found at: www.findagrave.com/memorial/180810542/richard-s-potak
Raymond Carl Lindquist B. 9/30/1929—D. 1/18/2017
His passing is found at: hodges-kiser.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Raymon...
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Finally, Donald Ross Harris identified.
Over the past quarter century the search for a pitcher by the name of Donald Ross Harris was conducted. When reporting to Pittsburg, in 1950, his home was listed as Van Dyke, Michigan. Nothing ever turned up giving any hint where he might reside. When searching the Internet for recent deaths the following obituary was located. In reading the obituary his hometown is listed as Detroit. However, when registering for the draft, on 2/19/1946 he listed his place of residence as Centerline and his place of birth is as Baseline, Michigan. For the readers who verify what this old guy spews over the pages of these reports here is the documentation for the previous statement. www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/4401... If you don’t have Ancestry.com you will have to accept the opening statement, on faith.
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Donald Ross Harris, Sr., 92, of Pine Bluff, died Friday, September 18, 2020.
www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2020/sep/20/donald-harr...
He was born February 19, 1928 in Detroit, Mich., son of William Ross Harris and Kathleen Corruthers Harris.
Don was reared and received his early education in Detroit, graduating from Busch High School in Center Line, Mich. Don received a baseball scholarship as a pitcher from Michigan State University. After his freshman year he was drafted professionally to play baseball with the St. Louis Browns. While with the St. Louis Browns organization, he was assigned to play with the Pine Bluff Judges. While in Pine Bluff he met his future wife, Mary Leah "Puddin" Hildreth.
When the Korean Conflict began, Don was drafted by the United States Army. After serving for two years, he returned to Michigan State University to finish his degree. Throughout his time serving in the Army and finishing his degree, Don and Puddin continued to correspond. After finishing his degree, Don returned to Pine Bluff to marry Puddin.
Don began his insurance career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company before accepting an offer to work with State Farm Insurance Company in 1967. He served as a state farm agent for 53 years and always attributed his success to living by the Golden Rule. Because of his success with State Farm, Don and his family were blessed to be able to travel to over 20 countries throughout the world as a reward for his accomplishments with the company. Don was always kind to everyone he ever met and made many lifelong friends while living in Pine Bluff.
He was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church, where he served as a Deacon, Elder, Sunday School teacher and usher, since 1960. One of the things he enjoyed most was holding the door for families as they passed from the Sunday School Building to the Sanctuary, which he did for approximately 30 years. Don was known by his friends and associates as a genuinely humble Christian man.
Because of his love for baseball, Don was a Little League umpire for 32 years at 8th and Oak Field and later at Ed Brown Field until age 70. Don and his wife, Puddin, loved watching their sons and their grandchildren play sports for many years.
Don was also an active 50-year member of the Watson Chapel Lions Club and was a charter member of the JRMC Wellness Center, where he continued to exercise until the age of 88. From the time Don arrived in Pine Bluff he lived every day of his life to be a blessing to everyone that he knew and anyone that he encountered.
Along with his parents, Don was preceded in death by his wife, Leah "Puddin" Hildreth Harris; brother, Bob Harris; and daughter-in-law, Nancy Harris.
Survivors include his four sons, Don Harris, Jr. of Pine Bluff, Tom Harris (Susan) of White Hall, Will Harris of Woodlawn and Brannon Harris of Pine Bluff; brother, Ken Harris of Brownwood, Texas; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and so many other friends and family who considered Don a pillar in their lives.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson and Son with Dr. John Landis officiating. Interment will follow in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Robinson's. Masks will be required at both events and social distancing will be encouraged.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 717 West 32nd Avenue, Pine Bluff, Ark., 71603.
Published September 20, 2020
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One remaining member of the 1950 Pittsburg Browns.
Upon completing the verification of the death of Donald Harris the only potential surviving member of the 1950 Pittsburg Browns is Brian Frederick Albert Gibson. He was born November 19, 1929 in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
Tracking the early days of Mr. Gibson proved to be much easier that determining his current status or fate. The newspapers from Calgary, Ontario are full of his pitching exploits in that city starting in 1948. He played for a couple of amateur teams there both prior to and after his time with the Pittsburg Browns.
In 1948 Gibson was pitching in Calgary and was being observed by a Brooklyn Dodger scout. Here is the quote. “Brooklyn Dodgers announced they had offered two Calgary youngsters baseball tryouts in their 1949 spring training camps at Florida. Glen Gorbous, 18-year-old third sacker with Calgary Purity 99s in the Alberta Big Four circuit, and 17-year-old Brian Gibson from Calgary's junior ranks. Howard Haak, Dodger's Pacific Coast scout who ran a short summer school for Southern Alberta hopefuls, said Darwin Walkingshaw was another possibility for a tryout offer.”
As it turned out Walkingshaw signed with the Dodgers. The interesting names in a July 8, 1949 at news story are Joe Tufteland and Don Stewart who were outstanding KOM league players at Ponca City. “Calgary Herald (July 8, 1949) 18-year-old Darwin Walkingshaw, a Lethbridge junior baseball player, signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers and will report to the club's Vero Beach, Florida camp for spring training next spring. He was discovered at an Alberta tryout camp and was the second Lethbridge player to join the Dodgers. Joe Tufteland signed two years ago and went 18-2 for the Dodger squad in the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri league.
Two young players attending a Brooklyn baseball school at Edmonton were considered "likely prospects" for professional ball. Don Lindeberg, chief instructor at the Dodgers' school, said the two -- Don Stewart of Unity, Saskatchewan, and Marshall Severyn from Wetaskiwin, Alberta -- might be invited to spring training in California.”
As it turned out Gorbous signed with the Dodgers, in 1949, and spent that season with Medford, Oregon of the Far West league where he hit .343. Gorbous had some good seasons in the Brooklyn Dodger organization but never played with them. His major league career encompassed parts of three seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. The greatest feat in the career of Gorbous was his “rifle arm.” To check out one feat read this link.
www.baseballroundtable.com/a-rifle-arm-and-the-longest-ba...
Meanwhile Gibson was back with Calgary, in 1949. A June 9, 1949 article in the Calgary Herald mentioned Gibson’s pitching accomplishments. “Closing Rally by (Purity Dairy) 99'ers coming through with ninth inning rally to back up Brian Gibson's nine-hit pitching chore.”
Gibson only appears in KOM league box scores, in 1950, but a year later he was back home, in Alberta, pitching for the Purity Milk team. There are also references that he took up a winter sport and was a very accomplished curling performer.
Unfortunately, nothing can be found to verify the whereabouts of Gibson at this time. It would be great to let him know he is the last man standing from the 1950 Pittsburg club which included future big league performers Jim Pisoni and Charlie Locke.
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On the theme of Pittsburg Brown players
Recently, a photo of a former Pittsburg Brown, from 1949, was spotted in a news article from two years previous. It announced the 65th wedding anniversary of him and his wife. When spotting that photo two people came to mind. The first was a lady in Iowa City, Iowa who took a liking to that particular Pittsburg ballplayer when she spent that summer in Southeast Kansas.
A link was sent to that Iowa lady and she responded that her former “heart throb” looked nothing like he did 69 years ago. I suspect that is true for all of us who have long passed the “Three-Score and Ten,” marker. The second person with whom the photo and article were shared was Sal Nardello the shortstop for the 1949 Pittsburg club. He responded thusly. “John; Thanks for the update on (name omitted). He was one of my favorite guys when I played out there in a 1949. He and Nate Beamon were the only two guys on our team who could hit anything worth mentioning. I remember (name omitted) he loved Nate King Cole's version of the song "Nature Boy" he sang it all the time. I also remember him having 3 doubles one night and being released 2 days later. I could never figure that out except that I didn’t know he was 20 years old and that was probably too old to be in D- ball. I thought everyone was 18 years old like me.” (Ed note: The man whose name was omitted was 24-years of age and too old to be considered a prospect and was summarily cut lose by the St. Louis Browns.)
Nardello went on to say; “I just read just yesterday an obituary about a guy who played in the K.O.M part of 1949 a pitcher for Independence Kansas supposedly a roommate of Mickey Mantle in 1949. I thought Bob Mallon was Mickey's roommate. The article said that Mickey was playing at Independence Kansas as a 20 year old outfielder.
We both know they should have checked with you for the facts before they wrote the article.
Stay safe!!” Sal Nardello
Response to Nardello.
That article you read yesterday was from a book written by a gentleman in Chattanooga. I contacted him about the story.
There were a number of things in that story that were factually incorrect. Mantle was 17, not 20 and as you well know Independence was in Kansas not Missouri as far as the KOM was concerned. And, you are correct, Bob Mallon was Mantle’s roommate. Sammy Joyce didn’t show up until August. No one is going to get anything past us.
Comment:
There wasn’t any reason to “pick a fight” over an article. I communicated with the person who penned that story and found him to be a very nice person. The reason for his story was to talk about a Chattanooga boy by the name of Arnold Sammy Joyce who played with the Independence Yankees at the close of the 1949 season. In this case Mickey Mantle wasn’t the main character of the article.
Over the years Joyce was in contact with this source and he shared his scrapbook and photos of some interesting times such as when Irv Noren, Enos Slaughter, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and others stopped at a Chattanooga restaurant, on their way north from spring training, and invited him to lunch. Somewhere in my “pile of stuff” is a photo of all those attending including the restaurant manager and staff.
Sal Nardello wasn’t the only person who brought that article to my attention. Earlier in the week Jack Morris, baseball necrologist, had sent it along knowing that I would have some interest in it. It is safe to say if the KOM league is mentioned in print, anywhere, that the word will get around and someone affiliated with the old league will spot it.
Sammy Joyce arrived in Independence arrived too late in order to be included in the team photo. However, if anyone comes across the official team picture it will show where Joyce signed the photo when it was signed by all the team members on the last day of the 1949 season. There are two signatures is located at the top of guys not in the photo. Sammy Joyce signed in the upper right corner of the photo and Len Weisner signed on the left side.
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That is it for this time.
This report is was prepared even though the writer had misgivings in so doing. There is a minimum number of people accessing these reports, through Flickr, that has to be reached prior to another one being prepared and sent to the “few.” Since the previous release on November 13, the number of “hits” anticipated on the Flickr site are 30% less than meeting the minimum level.
But, it was decided to put out this edition and take off the rest of the month of December. Hopefully, not too many of the usual readership has been sidelined by illness. If the lack of “hits” on the Flickr site is due to boredom with these reports that is totally understandable and no one in that category needs to ask forgiveness.
Until next year…Have a Merry Christmas and get your Chinese flu vaccine if you are so inclined. Hopefully, that shot will not destroy the appetite for good Chinese cuisine.
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International Bendigo Pottery Award 1976
Artists by Invitation : _
Noel Flood. Peter Rushworth, Alan Watt,
Bruce Neil, Brigitte Cockram, Thomas Cockram, John Dermer,
Rudolf de Roma Dybka, Gillian Dodds, Ivan Englund,
Elizabeth Feldman, John Gilbert, Gillian Grigg, Peter Hook,
June Lord, Judy Lorraine, Marga McEvoy, Gus McLaren,
Janet Mansfield, Tim Moorhead, Alan Peascod,
Richard Rofe, Ron Rowe, Scott Joyce, Shigeo Shiga,
Derek Smith, Penny Smith, John Teschendorff,
Agi Yeoli, Shunichi Inoue, Val Barry, Russell Collins,
John Davies, Deidre Burnett, Frank Smith,
Geoffrey Swindell, Anne Mercer.
International Bendigo Pottery Award 1976
Artists by Invitation : _
Noel Flood. Peter Rushworth, Alan Watt,
Bruce Neil, Brigitte Cockram, Thomas Cockram, John Dermer,
Rudolf de Roma Dybka, Gillian Dodds, Ivan Englund,
Elizabeth Feldman, John Gilbert, Gillian Grigg, Peter Hook,
June Lord, Judy Lorraine, Marga McEvoy, Gus McLaren,
Janet Mansfield, Tim Moorhead, Alan Peascod,
Richard Rofe, Ron Rowe, Scott Joyce, Shigeo Shiga,
Derek Smith, Penny Smith, John Teschendorff,
Agi Yeoli, Shunichi Inoue, Val Barry, Russell Collins,
John Davies, Deidre Burnett, Frank Smith,
Geoffrey Swindell, Anne Mercer.
Ilse Kramer, Martha Nielsen, Patty Tanalski, Elizabeth Roberts, Mary Beth Fafard,
Karen Robison, Judi Drew, Christine Johnson, Caroline Patterson, Carol Maiello,
Debra Moorhead, Claudia Demick, Kathy Jellison, Gwen Kangis, Kristin DuKuiper,
Chris Parker, Emily Maranjian, Michelle McNamara, Ginger Harkey, Lucy Hanna, Janet Jagger.
Missing from picture - Nancy Jacobs, Justine Dunlap, Diane Worthen-Hirsch
Artist - Victor Greenaway. Ceramics
Exhibition - 6-24 May 1985 -
Ceramics : eat, drink and be merry.
At Gryphon Gallery.
Artists exhibiting were:
Merle McIntyre, Victoria Howlett, Andrea Ebsworth,
Peter Davis, John Dermer, Rod Collie,
Penny Smith, Sue Moorhead, Mark Ryan,
Alistair Whyte, Gail Barwick, Janet DeBoos,
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Victor Greenaway, Anne Mercer,
Janet Mansfield, Bernadette Magee, Ian Crawford,
Tim Strachan, Les Blakebrough, Angela Valamanesh,
Sam Keane.
(The piece in the photo was not in the exhibition)
Either Team 2 or 3 , Parish Mission Builders, Department of Evangelism, The American Lutheran Church, 1970.
Team 2 consisted of (L-R): Linda Johnson, Wayzata, Minn., graduate of the University of Minnesota with a year at the Lutheran Bible Institute, Seattle, Wash.; Marcia Greene, Tescott, Kansas, completed junior year at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; Sue LaValley, Stillwater, Minn., completed first year at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Minneapolis, Minn.; Deborah Harms, Forrest, ill., completed sophomore year at Parkland Junior College, Champaign, Ill.
Team 3 consisted of (L-R): Patrica Boline, Vermillion, S.D., completed first year at California Lutheran Bible School, Los Angeles; Oronah Forbord, Benson, Minn., completed sophomore year at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; janet Langseth, Williston, N.D., completed sophomore year at North Dakota State University at Fargo; Myrna Rud, Mondovia, Wis., completed first year at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Minneapolis.
Parish Mission Builders were college-aged youth sent in teams of four on three three-week visitations to ALC congregations each summer, beginning in 1955. These teams did survey work, conducted visitations, and helped revitalize youth programs. Travel, board and room are supplied, as well as a "salary" of one dollar per day.
ELCA Archives image.
Either Team 2 or 3 , Parish Mission Builders, Department of Evangelism, The American Lutheran Church, 1970.
Team 2 consisted of (L-R): Linda Johnson, Wayzata, Minn., graduate of the University of Minnesota with a year at the Lutheran Bible Institute, Seattle, Wash.; Marcia Greene, Tescott, Kansas, completed junior year at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; Sue LaValley, Stillwater, Minn., completed first year at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Minneapolis, Minn.; Deborah Harms, Forrest, ill., completed sophomore year at Parkland Junior College, Champaign, Ill.
Team 3 consisted of (L-R): Patrica Boline, Vermillion, S.D., completed first year at California Lutheran Bible School, Los Angeles; Oronah Forbord, Benson, Minn., completed sophomore year at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; janet Langseth, Williston, N.D., completed sophomore year at North Dakota State University at Fargo; Myrna Rud, Mondovia, Wis., completed first year at Golden Valley Lutheran College, Minneapolis.
Parish Mission Builders were college-aged youth sent in teams of four on three three-week visitations to ALC congregations each summer, beginning in 1955. These teams did survey work, conducted visitations, and helped revitalize youth programs. Travel, board and room are supplied, as well as a "salary" of one dollar per day.
ELCA Archives image.
Group of three Augustana Synod Luther League Caravaners, June 1956. L-R: Robert Auld, Centerville, Iowa; Janet Hibbard, San Marino, Calif.; C. Harry Forse, Mountoursville, Pa.
Augustana Synod Luther League Caravaners divided into teams of four to travel from congregation to congregation, helping to revitalize the youth programs in the churches. The 1956 group attended the Youth Rally at Moorhead, Minnesota, dividing into teams on June 20 to begin their visitation work.
Augustana Synod negative 9760.1.
ELCA Archives image.
Larry Lesinger and Karyn Kreider wedding
Dec. 12, 1981
Wadsworth OH
Front - David Amstutz, Amanda Gruber, Jenni Wheeland, Scott Fisher
Back - Russ Moorhead, Janet Keyser, Eric Kreider, Melanie Clifford, Karyn Cleavely, Larry Lesinger, Lonnie Lesinger, Beth Dye, Rook Keyser, Gretchen Moorhead
In preperation for major flooding in the Red River of the North river basin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, opened up an emergency field office in Moorhead, Minn., March 28. Here, Janet Golubski, administrative assistant, checks in Jake Fall, Corps flood engineer, April 5. --Shannon Bauer, USACE