Rita's Entry: Friday April 21, 1911
Home all morning. Much practice. Tin and I took turns carefully. Doubled up on some. After lunch Tin, Mary and I heard Thomas Orchestra. Perfectly wonderful, of course. Last of the season.
Fran waited 1 hour on L platform for Fam. to go to show. Fam tho't it was on Saturday. Fran muchly disappointed.
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| Thomas Orchestra in 1907 |
IN RITA'S DAY: It's not too surprising that Fama got the days confused for the orchestra performance since from 1905 until at least 1913, the orchestra followed a schedule of two concerts a week - a public rehearsal on Friday afternoon and a concert Saturday evening. The season consisted of 28 weeks, beginning in October and ending in April. Above is a picture of the orchestra about 4 years before Rita saw it. The picture probably gives a good idea of what Rita saw. I wonder if she realized it would be the last time she would be in the audience.
TODAY: The Theodore Thomas Orchestra became the Chicago Symphony, which has been cited by Gramophone as being the best orchestra in the US, the fifth best in the world.
Judy's Entry: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Went shopping for Easter dinner. Came home and did a little painting outside, but the wind was so strong, it was a losing battle. After getting cleaned up, went to MJ. The drive home, which should have taken 25 or 30 minutes, took over an hour. I was not a happy camper.
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