Port Elizabeth Male Voice Choir
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Founding and early history
Roger Ascham’s Port Elizabeth Male Voice Choir was inaugurated on December 4, 1911, at the Port Elizabeth Town Hall.
Its origins can be traced back to the founding of the Cambrian Male Voice Choir which took place in the Port Elizabeth Town Hall on November 15, 1905.
The Cambrian Male Voice Choir was trained and conducted by Miss Attie Temple Richards until she left Port Elizabeth in 1909.
Aims and function
Current status
Impact on SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
1953: The choir was one of the organisations which participated in the play King Henry VIII which was staged at the Feather Market Hall to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sources
Port Elizabeth, a social chronicle until the end of 1945 by Margaret Harradine.
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