Historical December 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Four Corners for Four Evenings program provided our community with an array of entertainment. Residents were able to attend performances by the Community College at Forest Park Jazz Ensemble, the St. Louis String Ensemble, the Muny/Student Theatre Project and the Mid-America Dance Company.
Each of these performances was well attended. Leo Chears, D.J. from WMRY radio station, was the master of ceremonies for the first performance of modern American • jazz.
The second concert by the renowned • St. Louis String Ensemble captured classical music lovers from all around. Mr. Nick Van Hevelingen, Director of.the St. Louis Commission on the Arts and Humanities was the master of ceremonies.
The third performance was a dramatization of the tale of the “Wrath of Achilles.” This children’s play performed by the Muny/Student Theatre Project was the favorite of the aspiring young actors and actresses of the community.
Each child , was asked to participate as a member of the cast. Mr. Paul Deming, Program Administrator of the Missouri Arts Council, was the master of ceremonies.
The final performance by the MidAmerica Dance Company was a series of modern dances performed by a top notch professional company.
A thank you is extended to the Pantheon Corporation, the Central West End Savings and Loan, Pitzman Surveying, Commerce Bank of University City, the St. Louis Commission for the Arts and Humanities and the Missouri Arts Council for the funding of this fine series.
A special thank you is extended to Mr. Skip Coburn and the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council for their sponsorship. Plans are currently being made to carry on with more programs of a similar quality for our community.
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Four Corners performance. Photograph by Mike Bono. The Paper, December 1980, page 1.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1980.
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