The NATO Tour - 1955

These photos are from the program booklet for Italy - March & April, 1955
(Pisa, Genova, Torino, Milano, Bergamo, Verona, Firenze, Roma, Ancona, Napoli)
"A cura dell' U.S. Information Service - Roma."
Photos from original army prints for the booklet, courtesy of Regis Cronauer


Photo had to be hurriedly retouched at army's expense to get rid of "unsuitable" background.


Il Complesso da Camera della VII Armata
(Norman Paulu, Ronald Valpreda, Jacob Berg, Henry Huttenbach, Allen Gove, Paul McEnderfer)

Serg. Kenneth D. Schermerhorn, Dirrettore dell'orchestra sinfonica della VII Armata

Soldato Ronald Ondrejka, Maestro Sostituto

Sold. Stanley Plummer, violino solisto

Sold. Lewis Kaplan, primo violino

Sold. Jacob Berg, flauto

Sold. Henry Huttenbach, flauto

Sold. Allen Gove, violoncello

Sold. Paul McEnderfer, viola

Edinburgh, Scotland - our poster (Photo courtesty of Tom Crown)

At left, Don Harrow, Earl Mitchell to his right - extreme right is James Lienhard, Glen Soellner in foreground (Photo courtesty of Ron Rhodes)

Photos courtesy of Susanna Valpreda

Nato Tour Begins The orchestra leaves Patch for Strasbourg.

Nato Tour Ends Proper attire for the flight from Naples (Paul McEnderfer, Ronald Valpreda)

Nykbing F., Denmark - July, 1955
A kiosk advertises our concert
The townspeople graciously put us up in their homes
Shown - Phil Naegele, Ronald Valpreda, Henry Huttenbach,
Paul McEnderfer, Jacob Berg, John White


Training for the Tour de France?
not really - enjoying some time off in Ancona, Italy
are Allen Gove, Henry Huttenbach and Jake Berg

Firenze
(Photo courtesy of Earl Mitchell)

Concert in Palazzo Vecchio - the "Room of the 500"


Kenneth Schermerhorn conducts

All was not work - there was also sightseeing


La Spezia, Italy - a stop for lunch on the Italian Riviera -
Dave Moore and Dave Irving check out the fishing boats
(photo courtesy of Tom Crown)

Al Gove at the first stop in Italy (photo supplied by Ron Rhodes)

Milano - Jack Coan and Tom Crown relax near the Duomo (photo courtesy of Tom Crown)

Ken Schermerhorn & Dave Irving, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. (photo courtesy of Dave Irving)

Norman Paulu visits Verona's Castelvecchio (photo courtesy of Susanna Valpreda)

When in Rome........
(photo courtesy of Don Black)

Ron Rhodes takes up the Italian ways, more or less


The hat, a cheap imitation of a Borsalino, was purchased in a Genoa hat shop.
When the orchestra returned to Stuttgart, it was often borrowed (why?) by other members.

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Arrival in Belfast
(photo courtesy of Tom Crown)


Henry Huttenbach, Norman Paulu, Ron Valpreda, Jake Berg, Don Black, Gene Becker, Ed Myers, Lenny Berkal, Mel Flanzman

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