Magyar News, 2001. szeptember-2002. augusztus (12. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2002-01-01 / 5. szám
Hungarian Voices in Eridgencrt mi Marie Gall from the Fairfield Library gave me some clippings out of the local paper. The significance of it was that the paper was printed in 1937. It was about the first Hungarian university chorus to visit the United States. The reason that I got very excited about it was that a few years after their visit I myself was a member of the same chorus. We show two excerpts from the paper. Also a photo shot when Mayor McLevy signed the gest-book of the chorus. On his right are the well known and very talented Father Chemitzky, and City Attorney Harry Schwartz, on the Mayor’s left is Dr. Victor Vaszy, conductor of the chorus. In the back row are Dr. Tibor Cholnoky, Dr. Eugene Kalman, Dr. Paul Lengyel, Elemer Lang, and László Veress, all well known members of the Hungarian community. On the bottom of the page there is a photo of the university chorus depicting the singers and the conductor. On the right is the portrait of conductor Dr. Victor Vaszy. Since then, specially recently, we were glad to see more choruses from Hungary visit us. All of them were praised for their outstanding quality. Many of them received international awards. J.F.B. Student Chorus To Be Honored Hungária Club Arranges for Tea at the Stratfield This Afternoon. Students from Budapest university who will appear here In concert tonight at Cehtral High school auditorium, will be entertained at a tea this afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock at the Stratfield hotel. Members of the Hungária club will be hosts for the affair. To Write Home About j \ WOMAN sat in the back row of the packed auditorium last night, continually A weeping. Even as her features laughed, . the tears fell ...even the song about the Ahorse-thief. that heaved up "the good earth" of some Hungarian memory and the emotion was too strong to compete with comedy. She kept dab- bing her eyes, at times it seemed, angry with herself. This was a phase that made the concert of the Budapest University chorus memorable. Eleanor Palmer pointed out the woman, there were probably more as moved. Materially the concert was somethitng to be proud of, a magnificent audience, exuberance, loyalty shining in their faces; In precise figures, 1,700 (seating capacity 1,000). Naturally such spirit must go places, so there was a supper and csárdás dancing for 800 at the Hungarian hall on Pine street. In addition to the harp given the conductor by Grace Csongrádi, whose reward was a suavely administered kiss on the hand, the members of the chorus each received at the supper a Bridgeport-made pencil, presented for the committee by Father Chemitzky. (The Bridgeport Telegram, Friday, January 29, 1937) Page 6
