Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 30: MUSIC AND DANCE
Town Hall New York Fundraising
For PMSS, November 21, 1938
Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. Cover, p.1. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_001.jpg]
MUSIC Town Hall New York Fundraising
For Pine Mountain Settlement School, November 21, 1938
TAGS: Town Hall New York, fundraising, PMSS students, PMSS staff, The English Folk-Dance & Song Society of America, May Gadd, John Martin, Choir of the Church of the Savior, dance critics, New York Times, dancers, Glyn Morris, Leonard Elsmith, folk music and dance, string quartet
The year 1938 was a busy one for Pine Mountain as Director Glyn Morris engaged donors across the major northeast area of the United States to assist with fundraising efforts. The following program was part of the 9th season, the 1938-39 Town Hall Endowment Programs.
On Monday evening of November 21, 1938, at 8:30 pm, students and staff from the Pine Mountain Settlement School presented an evening of Folk-Music and Folk-Dance at The Town Hall in New York City “for the benefit of the Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County, Kentucky.” The program was planned to support the School’s Silver Jubilee.
Those present included the following:
John Martin, Dance Critic of The New York Times
The English Folk-Dance & Song Society of America – May Gadd, Director
Choir of the Church of the Saviour – Morris Watkins, Director
The Durieux String Quartet – Willem Durieux, Director
Students from Pine Mountain Settlement School – Glyn Morris, Director
Leonard Elsmith, Chairman, Program Committee
TRANSCRIPTION: MUSIC Town Hall New York Fundraising
PROGRAM
| I. AVE | |
| Christ Church Bells | Round for voices Longways Dance |
| II. FOLK SONGS | |
| Cape Cod Chantey | arranged by Raymond Bowers |
| May Day Carol | arranged by Deems Taylor |
| Lilibulero | decant by Mary Chater |
| Twenty, Eighteen | arranged by Deems Taylor |
| Singers |
| III. COUNTRY DANCES (traditional style) | |
| Lilibulero | Longways for as many as will |
| Step Stately | |
| Newcastle | Square for four couples |
| Folk dancers |
Intermission 5 minutes
| IV. FOLK-MUSIC for PIANO | |
| One More Day, My John | Percy Grainger |
| Lilibulero | Henry Purcell |
| The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol | Percy Grainger Leonard Elsmith |
| The Newcastle Dance | Hubert J. Foss, Stanley Fearl, Leonard Elsmith |
| V. “FOLK ART IN THE LIFE OF TODAY” | John Martin |
| VI. COUNTRY DANCES (modern style) | |
| Yorkshire Square Eight | Square for four couples |
| Oranges and Lemons | Square for four couples |
| Phillibelulah all the way | Longways for as many as will |
| Folk Dancers |
| VII. SWORD DANCE | |
| Winlaton | From Durham Sword Dance Team |
Intermission 10 minutes
| VIII. SONGS FROM THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS | |
| Black, Black, Black, is the Color of my True Love’s Hair | |
| The Cuckoo | |
| Amazing Grace | |
| Ruby Ayers and Lucille Christian |
| IX. STRING QUARTET | |
| Sally in Our Alley | arranged by Alfred Pochon |
| Londonderry Air | Frank Bridge |
| Molly on the Shore | Percy Grainger |
| X. MORRIS DANCES | |
| Trunkles | from Blidington, (Gloucestershire) |
| I’ll Go and Enlist For a Sailor | from Sherborne, (Gloucestershire) |
| Lads a Bunchum | from Alderberry, (Gloucestershire) |
| Morris Dance Team |
| XI. FOLK – SONGS | |
| Jon, Com Kisse Me, Now! | In the form of a dialogue |
| Hame, Dearie, Hame | arranged by Marshall Bartholomew |
| What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? | arranged by Maurice Jacobson |
| Singers |
| XII. VALE | |
| Kentucky Running Set | |
| Four in a square — Lady’ round the lady and gent don’t go — Shoot that owl — Bird in the cage — All form a single line — Ocean wave — lady fall through the old side door — Wild goose chase | Students from Pine Mountain School |
| Students from Pine Mountain School | Ruby Ayers, Lucille Christian, Helen Ruth Cornett, Pauline Frost, Paul Hayes, Noel Howard, Walter Revis, Wilbur Wilder |
| Singers | Laura McKenna Bear, Elsie Beuer, Elaine Gerber, Veronica Olson, Virginia Russell, Jan Shanley, Lucile Towne, Mortimer Davenport, Paul Haskell, Herman Henning, Theodore Valentine |
| Dancers | Mary Chapman, May Gadd, Kathleen Hider, Betty Jeffries, Frances Putnam, Eugenia Townsend, Catherine White, Muriel Youland, Stanley Fearl, Robert Hider, Russell Houghton, Kenneth Knowles, Francis Latady, Albert Meyer, William Partington |
| Quartet | Christine Phillipson, Marie vanden Broeck, Eugenie Limberg, Willem Durieux |
| Accompanist for singers |
Luis Harold Sanford |
| Accompanist for dancers |
Alice Haigh, assisted by Philip Callaci, Seymour Schwartzberg, Leo Teraspulsky |
| The pianos are Steinways |
GALLERY: MUSIC Town Hall New York Fundraising
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. Cover, p.1. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_001.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp.2-3. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_002.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp.4-5. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_003.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp.6-7. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_004.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp. 8-9. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_005.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp. 10-11. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_006.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp. 12-13. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_007.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. pp. 14-15. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_008.jpg]
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- Program, Town Hall, New York, Fundraising. Nov. 21, 1938. Back Cover. p.16. [ny_town_hall_fundraiser_009.jpg]
See Also:
DANCE
GLYN MORRIS Correspondence 1938
MUSIC and DANCE Guide
