Eastman School of Music - Score Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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S'UPHllIVIUHE ELASS HISTUHY The Wheel of fortune spins- Round and round it goes, Where it stops, nobody knows. Ladies and Gentlemen! May we present for your approval, Major Hanson and his original Amateur Hour, broadcasting on a national hookup through Station ESM and brought to you by the courtesy of the S. A. B. M. CSociety for the Advancement of Budding Musiciansl-Folks, the Major. Cmuch ap- plausel. Alright, alright-Tonight, you know, is the first anniversary of the original Amateur Hour, and I would like to review some of the high lights of the past year's amateur programs. We started out with a bang by landing 76 amateurs, but Ima Freshman from 424A University Avenue, who recited the banking rebus, won first place by 416 votes. Ima, a rather naive little girl when she came in here as an amateur, cer- tainly has changed into a subtle sophomore since she has been on the Eastman tour. Willie Greenhorn came in with a close second or 400 votes by his novel interpretation of polishing the marble stairs with a pink tooth brush to the tune of A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother. The Amateurs sponsored a dance in the middle of the year, in which the poor dears went into the hole Cas usuall. I am proud to announce that my entire group of amateurs survived the gong and are becoming well established on the Eastman tour. In honor of the anniversary, our original amateurs have returned for a re- union. In view of the fact that our amateurs have been working hard, they have decided to hold a Leap Year Dance for the benefit of this year's amateurs and last year's professionals. Our honor city for this program is Rochester, New York, and I am proud to say that it shows great promise of becoming a prominent music center. Among the many telegrams received were those from Guy Fraser Harrison of the Roch- ester Civic Music Associationg The Kilbourn Quartetg Paul White, Director of the Eastman School Symphony, Herman Genhart, Director of the Eastman School Chorusg the Opera Department, and last, but not least, the new Rochester Philharmonic Conductor, Jose Iturbi. A 70

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Nancy Gay Elizabeth Hamilton Edith Harrison Arlene Hershey Luella Hinkle Ione Hinman Katharine Hoffman Cornelia Hughes Gerald Ingraham Harry Jacobs Fred Kimball William Koogler Mary Lawrence Linn Ledford 1 Mifjjmffjil Eleanor Leek Avery Lockner George Lott Jack Lowe Frederick Marsh John McGrosso Doris McLaughlin George Merrill Helen Mills Eleanor Mitchell Barbara Murray Wilson Myers Manuel Newman Marion O'Brien Vola O'Conner Robert Ottman Susan Owen Adele Page Robert Palmer Eleanor Partridge Mignon Prendergast Oren Quick William Rader Esther Pasche Richard Remy Elizabeth Rhodes Betty Richards Helen Riedy .2421 MBL. V774 Ellen Reggio Harlan Rogers Marie Rohr Arthur Saunders Louis Saverino Sanford Schonbach Lillian Sinclair Kenneth Spencer Mary Stewart Nettie Whiphey Mary R. Williams Robert Yost Martha Zak John Zaumeyer ELASS l 69

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