Hard-bitten old farmers shook their heads and said the corn was more important. Younger Iowans had been singing for months, singing while they plowed and planted, milked their cows and fed the hens. Frequently they would do their chores before dawn, drive all day to rehearse at county meetings with other farm folk. Result: an all-rural production of
The Bohemian Girl last week at the State College football field in Ames.
The cast of 175 singers, chosen by competition, represented 47 Iowa counties and the 15-year ambition of Josephine Arnquist Bakke, State 4-H club...
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