tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post871425966786608208..comments2023-12-12T13:20:28.418+10:30Comments on Australian Lithuanian History: Lituania Adelaide Lithuanian ChoirDaina Pociushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11749490215124052045noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-59442501277961414082011-12-12T17:40:30.397+10:302011-12-12T17:40:30.397+10:30Thanks Daina. Your source was most likely the Lit...Thanks Daina. Your source was most likely the Lituania choir's 25th anniversary souvenir publication (1974) which was compiled while my father was the choir's business manager. The same publication notes that the name Lituania was only adopted in 1951. The first men's choir disbanded in mid 1949, but was quickly followed by the establishment of a new choir under V Simkus in August Jonas Mockunashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268906016321490297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-25658502038840124262011-11-18T13:08:46.004+10:302011-11-18T13:08:46.004+10:30The date 1974 is refering to when J Mockunas wrote...The date 1974 is refering to when J Mockunas wrote the history of the choir, not when the choir began. Sorry that wasn't clear in the way I posted it. The choir began in late 1948.Daina Pociushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749490215124052045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806345446227697926.post-69398701334139125802011-11-14T08:49:03.306+10:302011-11-14T08:49:03.306+10:30"First Adelaide Choir" conducted by J. M..."First Adelaide Choir" conducted by J. Mockūnas in 1974? I don't think so. I arrived in Adelaide in 1964 at the age of 16 and along with my parents I joined the Choras „Lituania“ (which was already well-established then and had been going quite a few years) and I participated in it until 1970 when I left Adelaide to further my studies in Melbourne. The conductor at that time was GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424298142378503161noreply@blogger.com