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Mormon Tabernacle Choir → Global Index  → Groups Index
Official Choir of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, named for its home in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. Its history begins with the Mormon settlements in the Great Basin and the completion of the old Tabernacle in 1851.
Performed at four presidential inaugurations (1965, 1969, 1981, 1989) and other national occasions in the second half of the 20th century. From 1935 to 1957, J(oseph) Spencer Cornwall served as its conductor.
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Lemma "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" in the Utah History Encyclopedia HN

Strange Interlude → Global Index  → Works Index
O'Neill, Eugene, Strange Interlude. New York: H. Liveright, 1928.
Cit. acc. to Nine Plays. New York: Modern Library, 1932.
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[681]: "marsden. (paternally—in her father's tone) You had best forget the whole affair of your association with the Gordons. After all, dear Nina, there was something unreal in all that has happened since you first met Gordon Shaw, something extravagant and fantastic, the sort of thing that isn't done, really, in our afternoons. So let's you and me forget the whole distressing episode, regard it as an interlude, of trial and preparation, say, in which our souls have been scraped clean of impure flesh and made worthy to bleach in peace.
nina. (with a strange smile) Strange interlude! Yes, o[O]ur lives are merely strange dark interludes in the electrical display of God the Father! (Resting her head on his shoulder) Your're so restful, Charlie. I feel as if I were a girl again and you were my father and the Charlie of those days made into one."
From the End of Act XI.
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Sullivan, Ed(ward Vincent) (1901-1974) → Global Index  → Persons Index
Host of CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show (aka The Toast of the Town) from 1948 to 1971, the longest running variety series in television history.
Among the many celebrities appearing on the show, the performances of Elvis Presley in 1956-1957 (Season 8, Episode 51; Season 9, Episodes 6 and 16) and The Beatles in 1964-1965 (Season 16, Episodes 19, 20, 21; Season 18, Episode 1) stand out as television events. Among the more regular guests was also Walt Disney, who was showcased by Sullivan three times in 1956 (Season 8, Episodes 24 and 40; Season 9, Episode 15) and again in 1963 (Season 15, Episode 38).
Sullivan "succumbed to the anti-Communicst hysteria of the early 1950's, allowing blacklisted dancer Paul Draper on his show, then apologizing when conservative critics denounced the appearance. (He continued banning 'blacklisted' acts for several more years.)" (Mike Spadoni, "Biography of Ed Sullivan")
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Episode Guide on TV.com HN