[Magdalen] Joan Baez

[Jay Weigel]

I sang in many a concert myself there at the Stock Pavilion (usually
referred to by the locals as the Cow Palace), from grade school on
up....all-city music festivals, UW Summer Music Clinic concerts, etc., etc.
It was a great venue!

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/15/2016 12:21:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> Yes  indeed, the round and be-domed auditorium in Old Cabell Hall on the
> UVA
> > campus is a great place to hear music.  I thought at first  that it was
> too
> > large for chamber music but that is not at all the  case.  We have heard
> > some great music  there>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
> There are now newer concert venues, but back in the day, the  classical
> music concerts in Madison, WI were held at the Stock Pavilion on the
> UW Farm Campus.  They'd clean the place up and put down fresh
> straw, but you could always smell the manure.  Acoustically,  though,
> it was Wisconsin's Carnegie Hall.
>
> Nothing like Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic
> Orchestra in the spot where cows are ordinarily paraded.
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> David Strang.....Remembering Babcock Hall ice cream, the edible
> souvenir of the UW Farms:
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> http://www.wisconsinmade.com/babcock-hall-ice-cream.aspx
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