My daughter is currently a Grad Student at Longwoo Univ Va. & discovered an article about a Scottish Ensemble performing at what was then Longwood Ladies College. Longwood University
Digital Commons @ Longwood University
Rotunda Library, Special Collections, and Archives
Winter 1-11-1961
Rotunda - Vol 40, No 10 - Jan 11, 1961
Longwood University
I found this page as I was interested in knowing who Mr Macpherson, the soloists, S.Gordon Lang Baritone, Hilda Wilson Soprano were. I would have been 5 & listening to Kenneth McKellar!
From this I found Va newspapers (archives) covered this ensemble. The date of this tour is interesting as his production "Caledonia" features a whole section on Burns! Also LU is in Farmville Va which at the time was 'the middle of nowhere'; the south west of Va would have been sparsely populated rural foothills of the Blue Ridge with Universities/colleges/mil schools etc (inexpensive ground, accessible brick making/quarries near by & no risk of students going off the rails as most counties/towns were 'dry'.) I do not know if any of the Universities etc recorded the performances or sold records of any of the artisits.
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