National Music Week Teen Programs Highlighted
Raleigh County teens present special music programs in schools for National Music Week with a Mother’s Day finale at Woodrow Wilson High School. Students from Mount Hope Hin ton Sophia Woodrow Wilson Shady Spring high schools performed after All-State Chorus. The piece covers teen preferences with singers like Connie Francis Mathis Ricky Nelson and Elvis Presley, plus views from Mrs. B K Peter on youth choirs and music education.
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Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mount Hope
Hinton
Sophia
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Duke Williams
Sophia High School
Johnny Mathis
Connie Francis
America
Ricky Nelson
Mathis
Miss Francis
Bobby Darin
Frankie Avalon
Paul Anka
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley
Pat Boone
Doris Day
Annette Funicello
Connie Stevens
Diana Shore
Peggy Lee
Musical Week Opens With Local Teen Trio At Stratton High
The 39th Observance of National Music Week begins with Stratton High School teenagers Eva Martin Diane Redd and Vernell Hoston performing as they travel through community activities. Eva and Diane are sophomores in clubs and church groups, while Vernell participates in theater and business groups. Their latest show was at the April meeting of the local King's Daughters.
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Kingston Trio
McGuire Sisters
Platters
Stratton High School
Eva Martin
L. Frances Martin
Ringleben St
Diane Redd
Robert Redd
Eva
Diane
Moving Moderneers
Future Teachers of America
Glee Club
Ebenezer Baptist Church
BYF
Ebenezer Church
Beckley Christian Youth Council
Vernell
Thespian Society
Future Business Leaders of America
Central Baptist Church
King’s Daughters
Met Opera On Tour With SRO Buzz For 1961-62 Season
The Metropolitan Opera Company tours nine U S cities ending in Toronto, highlighting the enduring appeal of grand opera. Popular works in New York 1960-61 included La Boheme and Il Trovatore each 14 performances, with La Traviata and Turandot also drawing strong tour showings. News notes advance interest in Joan Sutherland, Galina Vishnevskaya, Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, and new productions like Adriana Lecouvreur and Verdi’s Masked Ball. The traveling company may spotlight local workshops and organizations.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
United States
Toronto
New York
Berg
Verdi
Richard Strauss
Puccini
Flotow
Metropolis
Metropolitan
Rudolf Bing
Joan Sutherland
Galina Vishnievskaya
Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Renata Tebaldi
Jet-Smooth Chevrolet Summer Promotion Ad
Jet-smooth Chevrolet invites buyers to visit dealers for a summer sale. It touts a gentle ride with full coil suspension and Fisher Body construction, urges model comparisons, notes trade-in allowance, and highlights prices below rivals for 18 Six and 18 Jet-smooth Chevies.
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Fisher
Chevrolet
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Beckleyan
Monday Music Club
B. K. Peter
Peter
Hoover Ave
Vernel Hoston
Nathaniel Hoston
Johnny Parker
Udy
George Blasco
Alfred Music
Darrell Mentz
Alice Crutchfield
Lynn Suiter
Darrell
The
Met
Sigmund Spaeth
Lawre
J. W. Dant
ESERG
Ind
Lewis Chevrolet Company, Inc
Neville Street
Beckley
Berman’s
PEARL
Meldale
Bulova
Elgin
Rekly
Ayen
Hale
W. Va
Kredit Jewelers
Joe Terie
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Beckley Hotel
Hill Building
Oak Hill
Eer
Tomo Adem
Berman
Neville St., Beckley
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