MacDowell Club Christmas Concert Program
“Christmas Festival ~ MacDowell Club of Mountain Lakes” - a green program held together with gold colored thread. Delicate and fragile inner pages spell out a concert given by the MacDowell Club chorus conducted by Gena Branscombe. The concert was presented on Tuesday evening, December 20, 1932 at 8:30 PM at the Community Church House. The performance was given nearly 85 years ago during the height of the great Depression. Established in 1896, MacDowell Clubs formed to honor American composer, Edward MacDowell (1860-1908). At the height of their popularity there were 400 such clubs across the United States. In the ensuing years the number of clubs has dwindled to only five remaining clubs; Mountain Lakes, New Jersey being one of them. The MacDowell Clubs were community organizations where lectures were presented by renowned people of their day, concerts of piano or vocal literature were performed, some chapters est...