Picnic, Vocal Concert, and Dance

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Park

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 May 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jul 1867, 10:00 AM
01 Jul 1867, 3:00 PM

Program Details

10 a.m. - procession starts at Wutschel’s Sängerhalle on Bowery. 3 p.m. – flag presentation. Flag Inauguration and Picnic of the Orpheus Singing Society; includes a social dance.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orpheus Gesangverein;  Bloomingdale Liederkranz;  Sängerlust Gesangverein;  Concordia Männerchor;  Frohsinn Gesangverein;  Concordia Gesangverein

Citations

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Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 July 1867, 8.

About 1000 people attended the event. After the flag presentation followed a few choral recitals in which especially the Harlem men’s chorus stood out. Social dance concluded the celebration.