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Stage Show
In the 1940s the most popular municipal venue in Charlotte for stage shows was the Armory Auditorium (later renamed the Grady Cole Center). When touring and local groups assembled for "hayrides" or "jamborees," the Armory was the place, and WBT was usually the station that broadcast them.
1st row (l to r): |
Bob Johnson, Jim Johnson, Betty Johnson, Ken Johnson |
2nd row: |
Whitey & Hogan (Roy "Whitey" Grant and Arval Hogan) |
3rd row: |
Kenneth "Pappy" Wolfe, Garnet B. ("Elmer") Warren, Don White, Bill Davis, Fred Kirby, Pa Johnson, Ma Johnson, Claude Casey, Cecil Campbell. The next four men are members of the Rangers Quartet:
Denver Crumpler
(tenor), Arnold Hyles (Bass), Vernon Hyles (Lead); Walter Leverette (baritone).
Larry Walker sits at the piano. |
| 4th row: |
The Golden Gate Quartet. |
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| Courtesy Jim Scancarelli |
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