Jeanette MacDonald performed at the then-new Mayo Civic Auditorium in 1939.
Written By:
Thomas Weber | ×
Jeanette MacDonald chats with Harry Salisbury, manager of the Time Theatre, during a pre-concert appearance on April 19, 1939, at the Kahler Hotel in downtown Rochester. Salisbury is holding a poster for MacDonald s new movie, Broadway Serenade. (Contributed photo from the History Center of Olmsted County)
It was going to be a gala evening at the brand-new Mayo Civic Auditorium.
Singer and film star Jeanette MacDonald would entertain, and the two men who gave the auditorium complex to the city, Drs. Will and Charlie Mayo, would be in attendance with their wives.