In Muscatine on Sunday, November 18, 1951, Dale wrote, “Stayed in bed till noon. Stanley to high school in the afternoon to sing. Kids both went to a show. Baked chicken for dinner. TV at night – good programs. To bed at 10 P.M.” I was in a Madrigal group (above) in my freshman year of high school. Madrigal vocal music originated in the Renaissance and early Baroque eras and was usually performed without instruments.
