Kennedy Center Opens as Nation Honors Arts Heritage
Richard Leichert surveys the Kennedy Center’s 1976 opening as a national cultural monument. He notes three halls the Concert Hall Opera House and Eisenhower Theatre with plans for restaurants and a founding artists series to fund education. He argues government backing could either support or supplant artistic vitality.
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United States
Pacific
John F. Kennedy
Italy
Kennedy Center
Acropolis
Greece
Peggy Cass
Leo Sullivan
Washington
Virginia Avenue
Potomac River
Rock Creek Drive
Eisenhower Theatre
Eisenhower
Claire Bloom
John F. Kennedy Center
Leonard Bernstein
Center
Marlene Dietrich
Duke Ellington
Danny Kaye
Peggy Lee
Joan Sutherland
Leslie Uggams
Dionne Warwick
Pablo Casals
van Cliburn
Pearl Bailey
Count Basie
Jack Benny
Birgit Nilsson
New York City
America
Ford
Department of the Interior
Lincoln Memorial
Therm
Viola d Amore shown in Tollefson Collection at SIU Lovejoy Library
In Carbondale Illinois a rare viola d amore with fourteen strings is displayed in the Tollefson Collection at Southern Illinois University's Lovejoy Library. The instrument is played with a bow on seven strings while the other seven resonate in sympathy beneath.
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Carbondale, Ill
Tollefson
Southern Ilinois University
Lovejoy
Miss Shaffer Weds Donald Green in Calvary Ceremony
Miss Marilyn Sue Shaffer and Donald Ephraim Green were united in marriage July 17 at Calvary United Methodist Church in Frederick. The couple's families are named from Frederick Walkersville and Manheim Virginia, with Rev. Kenneth Tyson officiating and a full choral accompaniment. The bride wore a nylon organza gown with Schiffli embroidery, Venise lace accents, a cathedral bouquet of white phalaenopsis orchids, roses and baby’s breath.
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Marilyn Sue Shaffer
Donald Ephraim Green
Calvary United Methodist Church
Frederick
Lynn M. Shaffer
Guy Shaffer
Manheim
Paul J. Green
Walkersville
Ephraim Zimmerman
Marion Green
Kenneth Tyson
Joseph Clem
Doris Felton
Tom Silliman
Paul R. Shaffer
Elizabeth Shaffer Bride of Charles Zimmerman in Walkersville
Miss Elizabeth Lynne Shaffer served as maid of honor at a Walkersville wedding to Charles Richard Zimmerman. Attendants wore empire style gowns and carried Victorian bouquets. best man and ushers named. Reception at Holiday Inn Frederick followed by a Nassau honeymoon. Bride and groom details from Gov. Thomas Johnson and Catawba College backgrounds.
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Elizabeth Lynne Shaffer
Nancy Shaffer
Frederick
Paula Green Zimmerman
Walkersville
Cynthia Jacques
Barbara Critchley
Charles Richard Zimmerman
Philip A. Brohawn
Jefferson
Ronald Smith
Gaithersburg
Richard Murray
Woodsboro
John Grover Hanes
Mountain Park
N. C
George Ayersman
Brenda Sue Nolan
Patrick Nolan
Holiday Inn
Nassau
Bahamas
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick Community College
State Farm Insurance Co
Walkersville High School
Catawba College
Salisbury
Farmers Supply Co
Maple Avenue
Jacques
Dale Ganley
Robert Shaw
Jay Tinney
Tommy Powell
State Farm
Charles Zimmerman
Joseph Leichert
Catonsville
Betty’s
Gabriel
Burall 25th Anniversary Celebrated With Open House
Mr and Mrs Jesse L Burall marked their silver wedding anniversary on July 5 with an open house at their Montovia home. The couple wed July 5 1946 in Washington by Rev Warren D Bowman. Attending were numerous family and friends, with many others sending remembrances.
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Jesse L. Burall
Montovia
Hurail
Warren D. Bowman
Washington City
Ue Brethren In
Washington
Mia. Burall
Jesse I. Burall
Dianne Bussard Burall
Wayne M. Burall
Gail Webb Burall
Eric Burall
Teresa Burall
Ashley Burall
Brian Burall
Sherri Burall
Gareth B. Lease
Edith Lease
Herbert Snyder
Alverta Falconer
James R. Hahn
Catherine Wilcom
Charles E. Murphy
Alice M. Maher
Jesse M. Burall
Mary B. McGolerick
Kenneth McGolerick
Roger Delauter
Irma S Linthicum
Harold Thomas
Thomas McDonough
Robert Clark
Paul Gaver
Franklin Smith
Earl Ridgley
Amy Selby
Frances Crum
Robert L. Holmes
Bruce Crum
John Scheel
Lloyd Boyer
Agnes McClain
Ella Hutzell
Jennie Carpenter
Ralph Smith
Philip Smith
Carolyn Smith
Michael Souders
John Kondig
Fred Butler
Judy Butler
Freddie Butler
Ethan Summers
Frank Gladhill
Charles Cline Jr
William G. Null
Noah King
Paul Zimmerman
Rodman Myers
Kemp E. Weller Jr
Carl Garver
Donna Lee Garver
Helen Nusbaam
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By Richard Leichert
the Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Virginia Ave
Constitution Hall
Norway
Opera House
Potomac
Sweden
Grand Foyer
Concert Hall
Miss Shaffer
Donald Green
Celaine Hobbs Studio
Sv Tee
SON Se
Bidar Ky
Home News
She Beederick
News-Post
Crnas Sr
Jesse Burall
Dwight Repp
Ken Steiding
Ellis Main
Monty Ahalt
Brenda
Riel] Ahalt
J, Rolfe Castleman
Jesse L Burall
the Man
the Gentlemen of the Moving Industry
Shookstown Road
Frederi
Haber’s
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