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2017
Ridgewood 4th of July Parade
This year Orpheus was awarded 1st Place in the category
"Best Musical Group on a Float."
Congratulations to all the Orpheans who earned this honor!
This year Orpheus was awarded 1st Place in the category
"Best Musical Group on a Float."
Congratulations to all the Orpheans who earned this honor!
Sunday, June 11, 2017
CARMINA BURANA
CARMINA BURANA
Orpheus booth at the World War I Bazaar in Ho-Ho-Kus on May 20, 2017
Spring Concert - "The Yanks Go Over There"
Sunday, April 30, 2017
As a community service and to bring the love of music to a new generation, Orpheus made a surprise appearance at the Blue & Gold Banquet
of Cub Scout Pack 120, Norwood, NJ, on Saturday, March 11, 2017.
The scouts joined Orpheus in singing America the Beautiful and God Bless America.
Orpheus rehearsal March 1, 2017 with John Palatucci cutting the birthday cake. We rehearse hard, and cake hard. Pictured with John clockwise are Dave Strife, Eric Schwarz, and Ron Levy.
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2009
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1994
1991
Orpheus rehearsal, November 7, 1991, with Richard Lane on piano and young John Palatucci directing.
1980s
1984
1976
December 1976 photo of Orpheus Club members gathering in the lobby of the Valley Hospital spreading Christmas cheer
1969
1965
1965 concert at Benjamin Franklin Middle School with Gerald Weale conducting and a young Richard Lane at piano.
1964
The Orpheus Club's 140th concert was held on April 17, 1964
Orpheus sings at the World's Fair Concert on June 6, 1964 at the Sugar Bowl in Flushing Meadows, NY with the Associated Male Choruses of America, Inc. Bailey Harvey (Orpheus interim Conductor, 1977-1978) was Master of Ceremonies. Gerald Weale, Orpheus' own Conductor, was organist for the concert, in which 75 choruses performed.
1959
1940
Orpheus gives a twilight concert at the Lagoon of Nations for the 1940 Opening Ceremonies of the New York World's Fair on May 11, 1940.
1939
Worlds Fair Daily Calendar from the New York Times of July 2, 1939, showing Orpheus in Concert under the directon of Frank Kasschau, with the Associated Glee Clubs of America.
1932
Orpheus performs in Bryant Park in Manhattan on April 30, 1932 as part of the George Washington Bicentennial Concert with the Associated Glee Clubs of New York
1930
1926
Orpheus sang with the Associated Glee Clubs of America in November, 1926 at the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of Philadelphia 1926 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
1918
ORPHEUS IN WORLD WAR I
These men from the Orpheus Club served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I
H.S. Ball
J.G. Crowley
D. R. Dussenberry
Donald D. Leonard
Alexander Mackenzie
H.S. Ball
J.G. Crowley
D. R. Dussenberry
Donald D. Leonard
Alexander Mackenzie
Above is the concert program from the January 30, 1918 Orpheus Club concert held at the Ridgewood Playhouse. The concert had a distinctly martial and patriotic focus, as one might expect.
On Washington's Birthday 1918, men of the Orpheus Club served as singing waiters at a Red Cross Benefit Luncheon in Ridgewood
On May 6, 1918 the Orpheus Club sang to 2,000 soldiers at Camp Merritt in Cresskill, NJ, just before embarkation to France. The following week, the Orpheus Club traveled to Brooklyn, NY to sing at a Red Cross Benefit Concert.
At its September 16, 1918 meeting, the Orpheus Club dedicated all its efforts to war service. Foregoing semi-annual concerts, Orpheus rehearsed more popular music to entertain the soldiers at Camp Merritt, to perform at Liberty Bond rallies, and to support morale at home with a series of community sing-alongs.
1910
1909
Minutes of the Organizational Meeting of the Orpheus Club, October 11, 1909
