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...Wisconsin A.F.M. official thought he knew a poor idea when he heard one. Start a symphony orchestra in little (pop. 20,000) Waukesha? The A.F.M. man could already see his musicians suing for their salaries. "There isn't going to be any symphony," he said. "Oh, yes there is," said Milton Weber, violin professor at Waukesha's Carroll College. "And you are going to be at the first concert, playing the cymbals...
That was in 1947. Last week, when the 80-man Waukesha (pronounced wauk-a-shaw) Symphony gave its third concert of the 1950-51 season before the usual standing-room-only audience, the A.F.M.'s Frank Hayek was right there with his cymbals. Moreover, he is now one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Waukesha's orchestra...
...want to be a virtuoso but who still wants to play"-and who otherwise doesn't have a chance "unless he is a little Heifetz." Nelson Vance Russell, president of Carroll College, was as eager as Weber, and Cymbalist Hayek finally agreed to try. Result: the Waukesha Symphony...
...motorcycle 30 miles from his Watertown job, wearing an old Air Force flying suit over his tuxedo, to play. Until she retired to have her fourth baby, his wife used to ride with him, clutching her cello. Now, at their five concerts a year in the Soo-seat Waukesha High School auditorium, Waukeshans hear creditable and sometimes even polished performances of the classics and a fair sampling of moderns...
Coult Lyman Harris, Jr. of 416 Fudd Lake Drive Fairmont, Minn.; Fairmont High. Curran, Peter Ferguson of 312 East College Avenue Waukesha Wis.; Waukesha High. DcMuth, William John of 634 Glenview Street, Street, Wia.; South Division High, Milwaukee. Dennis, Jackson Daniel of 1100 O Avenue N. W. Cedar Rapids, la.; Roosevelt High, Cedar Rapids. Gray, John Walker of 688 Chippewa Street. St. Paul; Humboldt High, St. Paul...