Word: concertant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tempered their desire for "the members' mutual improvement in instrumental music" with a congenital weakness for good times during and after rehearsals. Despite these tendencies, administrative curbs, and financial troubles, the Sodality is still maintaining its tradition of music and enjoyment, celebrating its 150th birthday with a concert this Friday. In their first century and a half, the followers of the Nine Muses who dwell on Mt. Pieria have managed to found the Harvard Glee Club, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, and the annual Concert Series...
...following years Pierian turned to the pleasanter occupation of visiting Smith, Wellesley, and Radcliffe. Their first concert at Wellesley was under the auspices of the Tennis Association. Apparently the girls were somewhat shy of the Harvardmen; the Pierian record says that they offered "many prayers to Zeus the Averter that it would be the last...
...Sodality used much of its time to practice for Exhibition Day, occurring in the spring and fall, which the President, faculty, and students attended. Since the Sodality's appearance was considered a special occasion, pre-concert jitters were the rule. "How many were disappointed when they cast their eyes over the bill of fare and saw a blank where they are wont to see "Music by the Pierian Sodality." Sometimes the Pierians were so busy bracing themselves with a bumper that they almost missed the exercises, or arrived too breathless to play...
...officers, and the Pierians pay dues to the Sodality; no one pays dues to the H-R O, which is administered by "the Board," consisting of Pierian's officers, the Radcliffe President, and the conductor. The Radcliffe dues are never spent because all expenses for the concerts are paid by Pierian dues, concert profits, and the Pierian Trust Fund. Thus the Radcliffe group has accumulated $209 in its bank account, and this year reduced its dues to $.50 per year...
...Cliffie reports that the girls were taken along as "excess bags," she later adds that "a glad and gleeful time was had by all." Wellesley and Groton School were also destinations of the combination's travels, but in February, 1948, the Pierians asserted their freedom by giving a concert with the Mt. Holyoke College orchestra, or so the first page of the program says. Radcliffe girl's names appear in the roster on page three...