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IWINGS OVER IORDAN(Continued from Page ONE-Rev. Settles thanking him for resigning and accusing him of being a very miserable failure.”“That,” said Cecil Dandy, lead tenor in the quartette and soloist with the choir, Has been the policy in every case where anyone has attempted to intercede for the choir as a whole.**James L. Elkins, Conductor and Charles King, associate Conductor were particularly bitter in their denunciation of Rev. Settle. Elkins, who receives 1150 per weekg and is also responsible for his own expenses, stated that he was interested only in the welfare of H choir members.I Was planning to leave choir soon, to accept a position as I head of the music department at Albany State College, Albany,! Georgia. When I told Rev. Settle of my feelings regarding his treatment of choir members, he denounced me bitterly. He told me that I was the worst conductor he had ever had. This, in spite of the fact that out of the 14 conductors he has had In ten years, I am the only one who was ever recognized by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra,”Elkins Is a graduate of the Ob-erlin Conservatory of Music, having his M. A., and has been cited by the University of Belgium. The members of the choir also stated that, in addition to 14 conductors in ten years, the choirs person, nel had changed so often that there had been approximately 250 different people in the chofr in the same length of time.Shortly after the group's return from Its European tour, most of the members resigned In protest against Rev. Settle's treatment. They contended, according to present members, that they had not received proper compensation Theefeolr, as originally constituted,was composed of approximately 40voices. At the present time (t has shrunk to 17. which number Includes the conductor, associate conductor and the personnel manager. jffiLSresft CZSlFor almost ten years the Wings Over Jordan Choir has been heard each Sunday morn lag over theColumbia Broadcasting System In 1M7, when Rev. Settle was pastor of Geathemane Baptist Church in Cleveland, O., hie choir broadcast over station WOAR in thatHes •# nWorth Kramer, musical director of WOAR, resigned his position to become conductor. Wings OverJordan went on a national hookup in 1938 and became so popular that Rev. Settle resigned as pastor of his church to devote his time entirely to the choir, and to the Spiritual Preservation Fund which he originated., , . .;Although Rev. Settle attempted to call a meeting of the choir on Sunday to persuade them to return to his organization, all but one of the members refused to accede to his request. Nothing is known as rcgaerds the future plans of Rev. Settle or what will be the status of his agreement withlilioittlntlt;ifi|tlt;itJciPhfictiafiIIrFt!1ts»Ii4dthibCii
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Call and Post
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1947
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