{"id":4794,"date":"2024-07-09T20:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/?p=4794"},"modified":"2024-07-09T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:15:18","slug":"images-from-the-hall-macklin-orchestra-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/2024\/07\/09\/images-from-the-hall-macklin-orchestra-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Images from the Hall Macklin Orchestra Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4795\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image-1536x1256.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/07\/Hall-Macklin-Orchestra-Collage-Image-2048x1675.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/>The Hall Macklin Orchestra, a dance orchestra, was organized by University of Illinois student Hall Macklin in the late 1920s under the name Illini Singing Band. Band members included, at various points, Ray Dvorak, Russell S. Howland, Leif Juhl, John Heiden, Frederick M. Armstrong, Jack Fedderson, Louis W. Clift, Jack Courtright, Raymond Shoultis, and Walter H. Bailey. The orchestra performed locally and did periodic tours across the Midwest. In 1932 the Hall <span class=\"highlight0 bold\">Macklin<\/span> Orchestra performed regularly on the Illini Union Campus Hour, broadcast by WILL Radio.<\/p>\n<p>After <span class=\"highlight0 bold\">Macklin<\/span> and many other members of the Orchestra graduated from the University of Illinois in 1932 the Orchestra came under the leadership of Chicago-based singer Glenn Lee.\u00a0 The Glenn Lee Orchestra toured regularly throughout the 1930s, including a homecoming tour to the University of Illinois in 1935.<\/p>\n<p>Hall Macklin (March 6, 1908 &#8212; November 7, 1991) grew up in Whiteside, Illinois. Upon entering the University of Illinois he organized a group of musicians originally known as the Illini Singing Band, but\u00a0 later renamed the Hall Macklin Orchestra.\u00a0 Macklin graduated from the University of Illinois in 1932 and in 1938 he earned a Master&#8217;s of Music from the University of Idaho.\u00a0 He later became a professor of Music at the University of Idaho until he retired in 1975.\u00a0 In 1970 Hall Macklin participated in a reunion of the Hall <span class=\"highlight0 bold\">Macklin<\/span> and Glenn Lee Orchestras held in Elkhart, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hall Macklin Orchestra, a dance orchestra, was organized by University of Illinois student Hall Macklin in the late 1920s under the name Illini Singing Band. Band members included, at various points, Ray Dvorak, Russell S. Howland, Leif Juhl, John Heiden, Frederick M. Armstrong, Jack Fedderson, Louis W. 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