Rita's Entry: Monday, April 10, 1911
No lesson. Hated to miss it but stayed in bed all day. Gave Mrs. S. my ticket for the Apollo Club concert. "Death of Gerontius"
IN RITA'S DAY: The Apollo Musical Club was a group of around 33 men who volunteered to sing and give performances. They started after the great fire and became known for the annual production of the Messiah. The Apollo Club was the first group to perform "Dream of Gerontius" by Edward Elgar in 1900 and they continued to perform it periodically. Looks like being sick might have confused Rita about the title. Actually, it is really about death so it isn't surprising.
TODAY: The Apollo Musical Club is now known as the Apollo Chorus. I believe it consists of about 140 volunteer singers, both male and female. It still performs the Messiah every Christmas.
Judy's Entry: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Church as usual. Wanted to get together with Diane, but my son was coming over at 2:30 and her younger son was coming at 3:30 so it didn't work out. Watched some of the Masters Golf tournament. Doug is just waiting for Tiger Woods to make a come-back. Tiger did much better but didn't win. Got estimates for painting at Liz and Mike's. Too high!
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