A look back at an era of American Musical History when Mandolin Orchestras were "All The Rage," through the lens of my Great Grandfather's Mandolin Orchestra; "The Adams Plectrum Society", "The Gibsonians", or "The Gibson-ites." Joseph Ivers my Great Grandfather was a Mandolin Teacher and Gibson Mandolin Company Agent.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Summer Strummers
Here's a picture of my father, Robert Ivers, playing the same F-4 my great grandmother is holding in the 1921 Gibson Catalog photo. The group is the Summer Strummers, who perform each summer at the Chautauqua Institute, in Chautauqua N.Y.
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