{"id":28,"date":"2016-09-28T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2024-02-29T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:52:26","slug":"90-plus-a-short-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"90 plus \u2013 a short history of the RTWCS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2hokk-969121752ea956e82a797d305c8ac3ef\">\n.flex_column.av-2hokk-969121752ea956e82a797d305c8ac3ef{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2hokk-969121752ea956e82a797d305c8ac3ef av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-217wg-39379ee4b9f044f4cdd5484a7a1d0766 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"mainContent\">\n<div id=\"mainContent\">\n<p>Mary Standen joined the choir in 1945 and served as Membership Secretary for most of the latter half of the 20th century. She wrote\u00a0a short history of the Choir entitled &#8220;90 plus&#8221; which can be seen here in PDF copies:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/archive\/preface90+.pdf\">preface<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/archive\/90plus.pdf\">text<\/a>.\u00a0Photographs and illustrations that were included together with a few additions can be seen in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/early-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early photos<\/a> page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Francis Foote &#8211; the choir&#8217;s founder and conductor up to 1942.<\/li>\n<li>Albert Croucher &#8211; the choir&#8217;s conductor 1945-1948.<\/li>\n<li>Robin Miller &#8211; the choir&#8217;s musical director from 1948-1953<\/li>\n<li>Dr Harold May &#8211; the choir&#8217;s musical director from 1953-1964<\/li>\n<li>Derek Watmough &#8211; the choir&#8217;s conductor at the time the time the book was published (c. 1996)<\/li>\n<li>Choir singing carols in 1963 and 1967.<\/li>\n<li>1943 Poster &#8211; advertising the Messiah in the Assembly Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/archive\/90+App1.pdf\">Appendix I<\/a>:\u00a0 List of all RTWCS Concerts up to 2000 as published in &#8220;90 plus&#8221;. There is an <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/concert-archive-1905-2000\/\">amended list<\/a> with links to programmes, where available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wiesbaden-events\/\" target=\"90+\">Appendix II<\/a> Concerts with Wiesbaden Bach Chor 1985-1999 (amended list)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>. Mary Standen died in March 2002 after serving the Society for over 50 years. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/progrev100\/\">concert in November 2003<\/a> (Bach&#8217;s <i>Christmas Oratorio<\/i>) was dedicated to her memory as a mark of the Choir&#8217;s affection and gratitude.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1odsc-47a2d8eaa2ed58ab07652e757cf083ec\">\n.flex_column.av-1odsc-47a2d8eaa2ed58ab07652e757cf083ec{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1odsc-47a2d8eaa2ed58ab07652e757cf083ec av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3vg8-02bb457394618e135b0db129cf609215\">\n.avia-image-container.av-3vg8-02bb457394618e135b0db129cf609215 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-3vg8-02bb457394618e135b0db129cf609215 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-3vg8-02bb457394618e135b0db129cf609215 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-21 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-21 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/cover90plus-1.jpg\" alt='' title='cover90plus'  height=\"500\" width=\"298\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/cover90plus-1.jpg 298w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/cover90plus-1-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}