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| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background. |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Carol Jack, Janet Saevre, and Gilman Voss are among the 5,000 high school musicians at the State Solo-Ensemble Festival held in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The former Broadway smash hit, "Glass Menagerie," was presented at the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater at the Washington Scho... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | A chamber drama, "Johnny Pye and the Fool Killer," was one of the features planned for the tenth anniversary program of the Madison Youth Summer Theater. M... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Kathy McCloskey, at the piano, and Andy Rothblatt, with a guitar, rehearse a Civil War ballad for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Madison Youth Su... |
| Date: | 12 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of characters in Franklin School first graders' annual Christmas play. Left to right in the picture are: seated: David Mielke, John Colson, ... |
| Date: | 02 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Presenting musical numbers, in costume, at a meeting of the Rosaline Peck Society, Children of the American Revolution include, from left to right, Anne Fa... |
| Date: | 03 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of writers for the Orpheus Show at Wisconsin High School. The theme for the show was "Mickey Moose Club, Anything Can Happen Night." Picture... |
| Date: | 06 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Three youth with marionettes preparing a puppet show for the Youth Summer Theater. Left to right, Gibbs Burray, Ralph Retherford and Steve Birchall. Assis... |
| Date: | 06 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Waiting to audition for the Youth Summer theater are, left to right: Marian Bennett, Harriet Shands, Dosier Helsabeck and Karen Legg. |
| Date: | 07 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Three people enjoying a picnic at the Green Ram Theater north of Baraboo. |
| Date: | 07 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Frances Parrish of Louisville, Kentucky volunteers at the opening of the Green Ram theater near Baraboo. She is serving soft drinks to Reid M. Bergh, ... |
| Date: | 07 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert Ott (left), Marianna Steele, Althea Steele and Robert Ott attend the first performance of "Bell, Book, and Candle" at the opening of the Green ... |
| Date: | 07 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Schmitt selling tickets to customers Mrs. and Mrs. Rice of Wisconsin Dells at the opening of the Green Ram theater near Baraboo. |
| Date: | 07 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Professor Fredrick Buerki, technical director of the Wisconsin Union theater and designer of the new playhouse's stage facilities, cleaning a table on stag... |
| Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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| Description: | The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. A group from Beth El Temple rehearsing a scene in wh... |
| Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Appearing as Adam and Eve (left) are Richard Aukerma of 6... |
| Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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| Description: | The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Depicting the conversion of Izeyl to Buddhism (left ... |
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