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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit
before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18
ANDERSON
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money for her to study with tenor/coach
Giuseppe Boghetti when she was 19.
This gave her the opportunity to sing
for more people in more concerts.
In 1925, Boghetti entered Anderson in
a contest for the Lewisohn Stadium
Concert Award. Her voice survived 300
other singers and she won the opportunity
to sing with the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra.
Afterward, she received a Rosenwald
Foundation Fellowship, which gave her the
chance to perform in England and
Germany.
Anderson toured Europe where she
gained recognition for her performances.
She also learned German Leider when she
studied in Germany, broadening her reper-
toire.
Composer Jean Sibelius dedicated the
song “Solitude” to Anderson when she vis-
ited Germany and Finland.
She stayed in Europe and performed
for 10 years. She sang for the Archbishop of
Salzburg and Europe’s leading musicians
during an appearance at the 1935 Mozart
festival in Austria.
The archbishop requested an encore of
Schubert’s “Ave Maria” which led Arturo
Toscanini to say, “Yours is a voice one hears
once in a hundred years.”
Upon returning to America in 1935,
Anderson gave a successful recital at New
York’s Town Hall. At the same place she
gave her first recital only 11 years, ques-
tioning her vocal career.
In 1939, Anderson’s new manager, Sol
Hurok, and officials from Howard
University attempted to hold a concert in
Constitution Hall in Washington. The own-
ers, the Daughters of American Revolution,
said no to Anderson because of her race.
This sparked great protest and resulted
in one of Marian Anderson’s greatest con-
certs.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was so
upset and disgusted by the DAR’s racism
that she revoked her DAR membership and
encouraged the U.S. Department of the
Interior to have Anderson to perform a
concert on the steps of Lincoln Memorial
on. Easter Sunday.
The concert drew 75,000 people and
millions of radio listeners, far more publici-
ty than she ever would have gotten by
singing at Constitution Hall.
Metropolitan Opera general manager
Rudolf Bing signed Anderson in 1954 to
the role of Ulrica in the production of
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,”
“The Masked Ball.”
At 57, she became the first African
American hired by the Metropolitan Opera
Company in New York.
Critics described her voice and per-
formance as “showing the effects of her
age,” but author Rosalyn Story said,
“Obviously, Bing could have given the
honor of “first black” to someone younger
and musically stronger.... But the point was
clear; Anderson, whose career had quietly
and continuously broken barriers, dissolved
hostilities, and awakened the consciousness
of an entire country, was the only singer
whose presence could signify the real
meaning of the event....”
Anderson received several awards dur-
ing her lifetime. In 1938, she was given the
NAACP’s Springham Award, which was
presented by President Roosevelt, and in
1963 she received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, given by President Lyndon
Johnson.
Over two dozen universities awarded
her honorary doctorates.
She performed for the king and queen
of England and the presidential inaugura-
tions of Dwight Eisenhower and John F.
Kennedy.
She served as the U.S. State
Department’s goodwill ambassador from
1957 to 1958 and was awarded the U.N.
Peace Prize in 1972.
Her nephew, James De Priest, conduct-
ed her 1965 retirement concert in
Philadelphia.
She was inducted into the Woman’s
Hall of Fame in 1973 and received the
National Medal of Arts in 1986.
She and her husband, Orpheus Fisher,
lived, on a farm in Connecticut until she
moved to Portland, Ore., to live with her
nephew in 1992.
She died on April 8,1993, from congestive
heart failure after suffering a stroke.
More than 2,000 enthusiasts honored
her at a memorial service the following
June at Carnegie Hall in New York where
people spoke about her and played her
recordings.
Marian Anderson once said, “There
are many persons ready to do what is right
because in their hearts they know it is right.
But they hesitate, waiting for the other fel-
low to make the first move — and he, in
turn, waits for you. The minute a person
whose word means a great deal dares to
take the open-hearted and courageous way,
many others follow.
Not everyone can be turned aside from
meanness and hatred, but the great majori-
ty of Americans is heading in that direction.
I have a great belief in the future of my
people and my country.”
Information for this article has been drawn
from the following sources:
Biography of Marian Anderson:
http://txtx.essortment.com/biographyofmar_rgtl.htm
Marian Anderson,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson
National Women’s Hall of Fame website, Marian
Anderson
Afrocentric Voices In “Classical” Music website
Famous African Americans in History by Louise
Gikow and Sibban McGowan. The Popular Group,
2002.
Famous Firsts of Black Americans. Sibyl Hancock.
Pelican, 1993.
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Thursday, February 3
4:45 p.m.
Courir du Mardi Gras Parade
5 p.m.
10 p.m. Closing
Gates open
Friday, February 4
6 p.m.
Gates open
7p.m.
Midnight Closing
Krewe of Krewe’s Parade
Saturday, February 5
Noon
Gates open
1:30 p.m.
Royalty March
2 p.m.
Boat Parade
4 p.m.
Motorcycle Showcase
6 p.m.
Midnight Closing
Majestic Krewe of Aurora Parade
Sunday, February 6
Noon
Gates open
1:30 p.m.
Munchkin Parade
4 p.m.
Motor Parade
6:30 p.m.
Super Bowl Party
8 p.m.
Fireworks/Closing
Saturday, February 5
11 a.m. Krewe of Iris: Uptown
12:30 p.m. Krewe ofTucks:Uptown
4:30 p.m. Krewe of Endymion: Mid-City
Sunday, February 6
11 a.m. Krewe of Okeanos: Uptown
11:30 a.m. Krewe ofThoth: Uptown
2 p.m. Krewe of Mid-City: Uptown
5:15 p.m. Krewe of Bacchus: Uptown
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Saturday, February 5
5:30 p.m. - Knights of Momus Grand Night
Parade begins at Seawall Boulevard and 21st
Street.
Performances by The Philadelphia Mummers,
marching bands, and dignitaries.
Free of charge.
WORKSHOP
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on Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. in McDonald Gym,
Evans said.
Local and statewide
recruiters will once again host
30-minute interview sessions
with students who are inter-
ested. Interviews will last 20
minutes, and the remaining 10
minutes are dedicated to re-
cruiter critiques and a ques-
tion-and-answer session, he
said.
“A lot of students don’t
really know the right way to
do an interview, how to nail it,
or how to write the perfect
resume,” Tade said. “We bring
in corporate representatives
to tell them what companies
are actually looking for.”
Students must attend at
least two workshops, drop
their resume off by using the
career center online recruiting
system and sign-up for an
interview to attend the mock
interview day event.
For more information re-
garding career development
month, the workshop series or
the mock interview day, con-
tact Evans at 880-8871.
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