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Remembering Bill Allen: Assistant Director: 1970-1982. Director: 1982-1989. Funeral Service for Bill Allen | Bill directing The Lord's Prayer | Bill's songs and albums | Obituary |
Misc. topics about recordings, how to help and volunteer, etc
Via Brent Watson: Brothers, I wanted to share with you details for Dustin Hopkin's celebration of life. We plan on singing a few tunes there. (If you plan to attend please respond here so more details… Continue reading
on: 9/19/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments
After graduating from Purdue I set out to make a documentary about the Glee Club. The PVGC was singing at Carnegie hall that year, and I met a Purdue grad and filmmaker (forgot his name) who gave me some suggestions for camera techniques, lighting, interviewing, and style. The goal was to be a first-person overview of the Glee Club as an organization, supported by interviews, concert and rehearsal footage, as well as bus-loading, sirs meetings, backstage antics, etc. Continue reading
on: 5/23/2022, by: Paul L., 2 comments
This post is dedicated to Dave Pope: March 8, 1950 - April 8, 2022.
This End of Season has a few interesting points. Hall of Fame performers Ken Knowles (4 solos), Mike Chung, and Dave Pope give their last official campus performances. Al Stewart’s story about performing “Mamie” for President Eisenhower (and the First Lady) in 1953 is definitely worth a listen.
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on: 4/11/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments
In this recording from First Nighter 1978, Glee Clubber and Ukrainian-American Andrew Werbiansky sang a [popular folk song](https://pvgcdb.com/songs/entry/78-eos-15-ukranian-folk.mp3) from his… Continue reading
on: 3/5/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments
A big portion of the Glee Club repertoire is schmaltzy songs. Here’s some obvious selections that come to mind to share with your valentine. Chime in with more if you have suggestions! Continue reading
on: 2/14/2022, by: Paul L., 0 comments
My friend Jeremy Long found this packet of Table Songs we were given as New Men in 1998. I've encountered many of these songs in PVGCDB recordings, most (but not all) we got to sing. Here are various… Continue reading
on: 1/10/2022, by: Paul L., 5 comments
It's been great connecting with everyone this year: beta testers, audio submitters, soloist-namers, year-fixers, editors, correctors, and contributors! It seemed appropriate to close out the year… Continue reading
on: 12/31/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments
PMODB, as you might guess, is modeled after PVGCDB with a goal of expanding searchable content to all PMO eras and ensembles. For now, though, it's all Christmas Show music and playlists. I'll add… Continue reading
on: 12/11/2021, by: Paul L., 0 comments
Thanks to submissions by Craig and Cristine Muir, Bill McGauhey Kevin McGuire, I was able to digitize several albums of the Al Stewart singers. I wasn't quite sure what to make of these (or at least,… Continue reading
on: 11/8/2021, by: Paul L., 2 comments
Giuseppe Verdi was born on or around October 10, 1813 in the Italian town of Le Roncole. There's some dispute on the precise birthday, but since my dad's birthday is October 10 (today) let's go with… Continue reading
on: 10/10/2021, by: Paul L., 2 comments