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TILE DETROIT JEWISH CIIRONICI.E and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
MANAGING DIRECTORS OF
"THE ROMANCE OF A PEOPLE"
The Geniuses Who
Created the
Pageant
ISAAC VAN GROVE
Production Director.
MEYER W. WEISGAL
General Director.
"In bringing 'The Mini o n,. of
a l'eople f to Detroit, one of tie.
things that gives me the greatest
pleasure is the association I have
had with the young people here.
)I ere than 1 2,0ml young men and
women have joined casts of 'The
Romance of a People' from its
first presentation in Chicago until
today, Mils( of these have formed
permanent organizations to inark
the ceming of the pageant to
their city, 41 11,1 I 'MOW that they
have liven highly enthusiastic. Bill
hell . ill Detroit there 0001110 It
he all even greater enthusiasm
among these who are singing, act-
ing and dancing in the pageant.
I want to take this opportunity
1.1 expressing my deep gratitude
111
fie, and its summit in making this
production of 'The Runlanee of a
People' probably the outstanding
one of all we have had. There was
a spirit of real eagerness to fee
operate that made ,.vary one Of
re
us 011 the production l , tatf
double our own (doll,: 01 Ina oll1
a banner production !Weal', we
knew that oar teat'llillg, %Vett' he-
1
. 11).; appreciated.
"I feel sure that the cast itself
"I'roiatbly this is hroughl about
hoTalISI , !Jetfoil. IS Stich a COsIllo-
politall oily maybe it is just the
spirit found here, but anyway,
there is here in this city a feeling
of 1.1 11 iVerS111 our-IleSS that makes
toe feel I have met all of these
people before and they are all my
old friends."
•
10 010 east fur its unstinting et-
is getting a great deal out of the
production—in learning how thea-
ters on a large scale can by con-
ducted and in adding to their
knowledge of dancing and el
dra Mat les. "
Directing Heads of
Detroit Pageant
KURT PEISER
Executive Director.
t
-One of the most amttzinv and
interesting eXilt•riellVeS of my en-
tire life in contacting the puldi ,
instrumental ,
has C0111•
Ihnaigh the Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation. in bringing 'The Romance
of it People' to Detroit.
"I feel that it is env of the
which
greatest accomplishments
tilt . Fedor:atoll has 116•11,
41 11 11 That through it will come a
deeper inter-racial sympathy and
understanding than Detroit has
over known. Needles to say. I
;MI happy to he aide to make this
contributein of illy energy 11 1111
limo lo ameliorate the intolerable
cendition of our persecuted co
religienists in Germany.
- The response which I 101roll
showing a 11114 demonstrates the
impatience of the general public
with the inhuman attitude of that
small hand of narrow - minded
bigots now inenacimg the tran-
quility of the world."
Committee
HON. ALEX J. GROESBECK
Chairman of Pageant Committee.
"It is indeed a pleasure for itic
tu be :1551/elated in till:, venture•
of bringing to Detroit the World-
famous dramatic pageant, 'Tlic
Item:ince of a Peopl•.'
think
and the
that
the organization
liel,f111fol, rreiIIi
for 1 Is canting
hie
are to
he highly commended for doing
in dyed of great civic betterment
both artistically and from the
.tandpoint of cementing the fe•l-
ing of universal hrOl1WIlloolf
au happy to have had a part in
t his undertaking."