Word: concert
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...them slept most of the day. The Wah Hoos elected officers for one year and then the car was fairly quiet. At New York the clubs weat right to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. J. Wendell '91 met the fellows there and made them feel at home After the Concert at Chickering Hall there was a reception at the Harvard Club where graduates and undergraduates sang Fair Harvard to the merry click of glasses. Every body had a fine time...
Next morning at eleven the men left for Philadelphia, two and a half hours away. Here they stopped the Colonade which was very near the Hall where the concert was to be given. Mr. H. K. Caner '89 gave a dinner to the Banjo Club at his home on Walnut St. Invitations came about three o'clock from the Union League Club, to a reception in honor of Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. Minister to England. Most of the men had made other engagements but those who went to the reception were certainly amply rewarded. The Club house is magnificent...
...breakfast came, the train was crawling along through a heavy snow storm in the region of Johnstown. As it was no scheduled to arrive till 6.15 and was then about two hours late the officers of the Clubs began to be anxious about arriving in time for the concert. As the day went by the train fell behind more and more. Telegrams were sent to Columbus, Ohio, for a special train from there to Cincinnati, and to the manager of the concert asking him to hold the audience as long as possible. The first telegram did not reach the Railroad...
...Past experience has shown that the prospects of giving one concert only, does not arouse sufficient interest among the candidates for the Musical Clubs to stimulate to the work necessary in preparation...
Symphony Orchestral Concert. Sanders Theatre...