Orpheus Chorus: Doubles Trio
Photograph
Identifier:
2019.4.1circa 1950
Description
A group of men and women standing in front of some trees. They are all wearing heavy jackets.In the back: Bodel Olson, Marcin Wright, Asa Beecher and Vernon Kotter.
In the front: Mary Jensen, Norma Watkins, Nola Watkins, Regena Jensen, Miss Bergen.
The Orpheus chorus was a female only chorus assembled in 1929 by Norman Victor Watkins. It was first known as the young ladies mutual improvement association chorus and then the name changed as it began to expand. It started as a church related activity before opening up to the city. They performed in Utah and Idaho. Men would occasionally join in, usually with their wives.