Word: sung
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deum was sung in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral for King Boris' escape. Thirty thousand cheering people marched through the palace grounds and, later, a military parade marched past the King. The general belief was that the King was a chance victim of the ambuscade which was intended for the Orchanie-Sofia autobus, occupants of which were known to be carrying large sums of money...
There is little actual record of the first evening's performance except that which has been left by the secretary of the club in an astonishing doggerel. He writes that "A fragile boy as thickhipped Distaffina sung and skipped" and chronicled the actions of the other members of the cast in a similar manager. He spends more time, however, in a description of one of the club's annual celebrations and ends his poem as follows...
...then had sung of love and liberty...
...Business School to administer. This will give the boys laboratory practice in the mismanagement of big affairs Incipient captains of industry who can make two sticks of gum grow where one grew before will be awarded their degrees "summa cum Wrigley." Then, too, the following little poem sung to any old tune that fits, can serve as the HBS national anthem...
Included in the program, which resembles those of former concerts, is the "Chanson a Boire," which was sung at the Symphony Hall concert on February 18. This piece was dedicated to the Glee Club by the composer, Monsieur Poulenc, who is one of the famous modernists of "The Six" at Paris, and whose piece shows distinct modernistic tendencies...