La Plata Hall hosted Mr. Henry O’Keeffe who staged a giant concert assisted by local talent Messrs. Bradish, Ball, Eells, Henry Franz, Griswold, Marsh and Pardee – all members of the Virginia Glee Club.
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A rolling street theatre parade rolls though town ending at a theatre
Lincoln’s First of January Proclamation (Emancipation Proclamation) news reached VC and people had a giant street fair of dancing and fundraising for the Sanitary Fund (the precursor to the Red Cross). Sam Clemens is there and reporting on the party. He is drunk and makes an ass of himself, and it all made it into […]
Dancing schools open in VC
Fox and Stauts opened dancing schools at Carey’s new La Plata Hall in VC